---
title: "Receive citations with the DOI as a source paper"
method: GET
path: "/api_partner/citations/cited_by/{doi}"
tags: ["Smart Citation Graph"]
---

# Receive citations with the DOI as a source paper

`GET /api_partner/citations/cited_by/{doi}`

Get citations made from a given DOI.

Note that the citation statements are excluded from the output.

Can also return relevant paper metadata and tallies for citation sources.

This endpoint requires an API token with special access. For
more information, please contact us at sales@scite.ai

## Path parameters

- `doi` string, required

## Query parameters

- `papers` boolean — Also fetch source paper metadata.
- `tallies` boolean — Also fetch source tally metadata.

## Headers

- `authorization` string — Set to `Bearer <token>` to pass token for authorization.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- CitationsCitedByExternalSchema
  - `tallies` object, nullable
  - `papers` object, nullable
  - `metadata` CitationsMetadataSchema, required
    - `totalCitationCount` integer, required
    - `restrictedCitationCount` integer, nullable
    - `distinctSourceCount` integer, nullable
    - `citingCounts` CitationsCitingCounts
      - `total` integer, required
      - `sections` SectionCounts, required
        - `introduction` integer, required
        - `methods` integer, required
        - `results` integer, required
        - `discussion` integer, required
        - `other` integer, required
      - `pubTypes` object, required
      - `journals` object, required
      - `relationships` RelationshipCounts, required
        - `selfCite` integer, required
        - `independent` integer, required
      - `dateHistogram` object, required
      - `authors` object, required
    - `isApproximate` boolean, nullable
    - `maxPaginationOffset` integer, nullable
  - `citations` CitationsCitedByExternal[], required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `source` string, required
    - `target` string, required
    - `snippet` string, nullable
    - `refLocation` string, nullable
    - `section` string, nullable
    - `expertClassification` string, nullable
    - `type` string, nullable
    - `typeConfidence` number, nullable
    - `selfCites` SelfCiteSchema[]
      - `type` string, nullable, required
      - `family` string, nullable, required
      - `given` string, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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