Cortexa research tool·literature·crossref

Crossref Search Works

Search Crossref Works API for scholarly articles, publications, and research outputs by keyword. Returns metadata including title, abstract, journal, authors, publication year, DOI, URL, citations, and publisher. Supports filtering by publication type (journal article, conference paper, etc.) and date range. Use this to discover academic literature, verify citations, or build bibliographies. Find DOIs to use with Crossref_get_work for complete metadata.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 85msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 85ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "filter": {
      "description": "Optional filter string for Crossref API. Examples: 'type:journal-article' (only journal articles), 'from-pub-date:2020-01-01' (published after date), 'has-abstract:true' (only with abstracts). Multiple filters comma-separated.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Number of articles to return. This sets the maximum number of articles retrieved from Crossref. Max 100 per request.",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Search query for Crossref works. Use keywords separated by spaces to refine your search across titles, abstracts, authors, and other bibliographic fields.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Crossref Search Works call

public-safeinput

{
  "limit": 3,
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_Crossref_search_works
Tool name: Crossref_search_works
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

Crossref Search Works

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 85msCortexa

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{ "properties": { "filter": { "description": "Optional filter string for Crossref API. Examples: 'type:journal-article' (only journal articles), 'from-pub-date:2020-01-01' (published after date), 'has-abstract:true' (only with abstracts). Multiple filters comma-separated.", "type": "string" }, "limit": { "default": 10, "description": "Number of articles to return. This sets the maximum number of articles retrieved from Crossref. Max 100 per request.", "type": "integer" }, "query": { "description": "Search query for Crossref works. Use keywords separated by spaces to refine your search across titles, abstracts, authors, and other bibliographic fields.", "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "query" ], "type": "object" }