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

# Receive citations with the DOI as a target paper

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

Get citations made toward a given DOI.

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

Results can be filtered both by a list of source_dois and a list of
to limit output.

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.
- `limit` integer, nullable — Can be used in conjunction with offset to page through references if the total count exceeds 3,000.
- `offset` integer, nullable — Can be used in conjunction with limit to page through references if the total count exceeds 3,000.

## Headers

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

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- CitationsExternalSchema
  - `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` CitationExternal[], required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `source` string, required
    - `target` string, required
    - `negative` number, nullable
    - `positive` number, nullable
    - `neutral` number, nullable
    - `section` string, nullable
    - `expertClassification` string, nullable
    - `type` string, nullable
    - `typeConfidence` number, nullable
    - `memberId` integer, nullable
    - `selfCites` SelfCiteSchema[]
      - `type` string, nullable, required
      - `family` string, nullable, required
      - `given` string, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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