Scite API

Literature search built for AI agents

Give your tools and workflows access to peer-reviewed literature, Smart Citations, patents, clinical trials, grants, regulatory data, and more.

1.6B+Smart Citations

317M+Articles Indexed

49M+Full-Text Sources

44+Publisher Partners

Start building with Scite API

Every Scite product runs on the same API you can build with. Request citation classifications, citation statements, search results, and metrics for any paper — and get structured JSON back in milliseconds. Read the docs to explore every endpoint.

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Available Data Feeds

Assistant

POST /assistant

Generate AI answers grounded in peer-reviewed, full-text literature — every response linked back to the sources it was drawn from.

Search

GET /search

Query 300M+ articles by full text and citation statement, not just titles and abstracts. Filter by classification, section, journal, and more.

Smart Citations

GET /tallies/{doi}

Pull supporting, contrasting, and mentioning tallies for any paper — plus the classified citation statements behind them. The citation intelligence that powers Scite Reports, available for every DOI.

Reference Check

POST /reference-check

Submit a list of references and get back retractions, editorial notices, and contrasting-evidence flags — the engine behind manuscript Reference Check.

Journal, Organization & Funder Metrics

GET /journals/{issn}

Aggregate Scite Index scores and citation breakdowns for journals, institutions, and funders — ideal for benchmarking and research-analytics dashboards.

Evidence Datasets

GET /evidence

Go beyond the literature with patents, clinical trials, grants, regulatory data, and more.

Read the docs

Explore the full reference in the interactive API documentation.

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