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PubMed Get Cited By

Get a list of PubMed articles that cite a specific PMID using elink. Returns PMIDs of articles that have cited the input article in their reference list. Use this to track citation impact, find more recent work building on a paper, or explore how research has been applied. Essential for literature reviews, impact analysis, and staying current with research developments. Find PMIDs using PubMed_search_articles.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 104msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 104ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "default": 20,
      "description": "Maximum number of citing articles to return (default: 20, max: 100).",
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "pmid": {
      "description": "PubMed ID (PMID) for which to find citing articles (e.g., '12345678'). Find PMIDs using PubMed_search_articles.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "pmid"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default PubMed Get Cited By call

public-safeinput

{
  "limit": 3,
  "pmid": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_PubMed_get_cited_by
Tool name: PubMed_get_cited_by
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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