paper_citations
Retrieve papers that cite a given paper, with influential citation annotations and citation context snippets.
Instructions
Get papers that cite a given paper (forward citations / 'cited by'). Shows which papers reference this work, with influential citation annotations and citation context snippets.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | No | Number of results to return (1-100, default: 10) | |
| fields | No | Comma-separated fields to return, overriding defaults. Paper fields: paperId, title, abstract, authors, year, citationCount, referenceCount, influentialCitationCount, isOpenAccess, openAccessPdf, fieldsOfStudy, externalIds, url, venue, publicationVenue, publicationTypes, publicationDate, journal, citations, references. Author fields: authorId, name, affiliations, homepage, paperCount, citationCount, hIndex. | |
| offset | No | Offset for pagination (default: 0) | |
| paper_id | Yes | Paper identifier. Accepts: bare S2 Paper ID (40-char hash), DOI:10.xxxx/xxxx, ARXIV:xxxx.xxxx, PMID:nnnnn, PMCID:PMCnnnnn, MAG:nnnnn, ACL:xxx, CorpusId:nnnnn | |
| response_format | No | Output format: 'markdown' for human-readable text (default), 'json' for raw structured data | markdown |