# getScholarlyCitations

**Identifier:** `lens_getScholarlyCitations`

**Provider:** [Lens](https://kirha.com/providers/lens.md)

Retrieve citation links for a scholarly work: forward (works and patents citing it) and/or backward (its reference list). size and from paginate each list. Citing patent Lens IDs work with getPatent or searchPatents lensIds. Use for impact analysis, literature mapping and science-to-patent linkage.

## Run it with the CLI

```bash
kirha tools run lens_getScholarlyCitations \
  --input '{
    "lensId": "064-908-811-700-011"
  }'
```

`--input` takes a JSON object that matches the input schema. Pass `--input -` to read it from stdin.

## Call it over HTTP

```bash
curl https://api.kirha.com/tools/v1/execute \
  --request POST \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: **********' \
  --data '{
  "tool_name": "lens_getScholarlyCitations",
  "input": {
    "lensId": "064-908-811-700-011"
  }
}'
```

Replace the stars with an API key from https://app.kirha.com/api-keys.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "direction": {
      "default": "both",
      "enum": [
        "forward",
        "backward",
        "both"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "from": {
      "default": 0,
      "maximum": 9999,
      "minimum": 0,
      "type": "number"
    },
    "lensId": {
      "description": "Scholarly Lens ID from searchScholarlyWorks or getScholarlyWork, e.g., 064-908-811-700-011",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "size": {
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "number"
    },
    "sort": {
      "default": "citations_desc",
      "description": "Order of citing works",
      "enum": [
        "citations_desc",
        "date_desc"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "lensId"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "citationCount": {
      "description": "Scholarly works citing this one",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "citingPatentLensIds": {
      "description": "Patent Lens IDs citing this work, for getPatent or searchPatents lensIds",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "citingWorkLensIds": {
      "description": "Scholarly Lens IDs for composition",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "citingWorks": {
      "items": {
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "citationCount": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "journal": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "lensId": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "year": {
            "type": "number"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "lensId"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "context": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "found": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "lensId": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "patentCitationCount": {
      "description": "Patents citing this work",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "referenceCount": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "referenceLensIds": {
      "description": "Scholarly Lens IDs for composition",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "references": {
      "description": "Works cited by this one; lensId absent when unresolved",
      "items": {
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "lensId": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "text": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "type": "object"
      },
      "type": "array"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "context",
    "lensId",
    "found"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```

## Related tools

Other Lens tools that this tool refers to, or that refer to it.

- [`searchPatents`](https://kirha.com/providers/lens/searchPatents.md)
- [`getScholarlyWork`](https://kirha.com/providers/lens/getScholarlyWork.md)
- [`searchScholarlyWorks`](https://kirha.com/providers/lens/searchScholarlyWorks.md)
- [`getPatent`](https://kirha.com/providers/lens/getPatent.md)

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