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Search the NASA ADS astrophysics database using field-qualified queries, boolean operators, and functional operators to find papers, citations, references, trending research, and review articles.
Instructions
Search the NASA ADS database.
Supports the full ADS query syntax including field-qualified searches, boolean operators, and functional operators.
Common query patterns:
author:"Einstein, A" year:1905
title:"dark matter" property:refereed
abs:"gravitational waves" database:astronomy
To find citations and references of a paper:
citations(bibcode:2016PhRvL.116f1102A) — papers that cite it
references(bibcode:2016PhRvL.116f1102A) — papers it cites
Other functional operators:
trending(abs:"exoplanet") — trending papers
reviews(abs:"dark matter") — review articles
useful(bibcode:2016PhRvL.116f1102A) — related useful papers
similar(bibcode:2016PhRvL.116f1102A) — similar papers
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | Yes | ADS search query (e.g. 'author:"Einstein" year:1905') | |
| fields | No | Comma-separated list of fields to return. Add 'abstract' for paper summaries. Default: bibcode,title,author,year,pub,citation_count,identifier | bibcode,title,author,year,pub,citation_count,identifier |
| sort | No | Sort order (e.g. 'citation_count desc', 'date desc'). Default: 'date desc' | date desc |
| rows | No | Number of results to return (1-200). Default: 10 | |
| start | No | Starting index for pagination. Default: 0 |