API Credits
Choose the API credit package that best fits your needs.
Whether you're doing bibliographical search, building a lightweight app to monitor new papers in a narrow niche,
or rolling out a mission-critical application that depends on complete, end-to-end access to global research, we have you covered.
Starter kit for early-stage builders and manual literature search
Ideal for production pilots and quick validation
Best value for scaling applications
For high-volume operations that rely on full scholarly coverage
Credits expire 12 months after purchase.
Invoices can be paid with a wire transfer or online payment via embedded link.
Usage Rates
Returns the full binary PDF of the publication.
Returns the full plain-text content of the publication extracted from its PDF or web page.
Returns plain-text content for up to a hundred (100) publications at once.
N = number of texts retrieved
Returns up to a thousand (1,000) metadata records sorted by indexing time for exhaustive search or ingestion. Abstracts included if available.
N = number of records retrieved
Returns up to a thousand (1,000) metadata records of the most relevant publications matching the keywords. Abstracts included if available.
N = number of records retrieved
| Endpoint | Description | Cost per Request |
|---|---|---|
GET /pdf | Returns the full binary PDF of the publication. | 5 credits |
GET /text | Returns the full plain-text content of the publication extracted from its PDF or web page. | 5 credits |
GET /texts | Returns plain-text content for up to a hundred (100) publications at once. N = number of texts retrieved | N × 5 credits N × 3 credits Promo until June 30, 2026 |
GET /list | Returns up to a thousand (1,000) metadata records sorted by indexing time for exhaustive search or ingestion. Abstracts included if available. N = number of records retrieved | 10 + N credits 5 + N credits Promo until June 30, 2026 |
GET /search | Returns up to a thousand (1,000) metadata records of the most relevant publications matching the keywords. Abstracts included if available. N = number of records retrieved | 10 + N × 2 credits 5 + N credits Promo until June 30, 2026 |