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ICite Search Publications

Search PubMed publications by query and get citation metrics from NIH's iCite API. Returns papers matching the search query with citation counts, NIH percentile rankings, approximate potential to translate (APT) scores, and research category flags. Useful for finding highly-cited papers in a specific topic area and evaluating their translational potential. Returns up to 1000 results sorted by citation count.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 92msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 92ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum number of results (default 10, max 1000)",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "offset": {
      "description": "Offset for pagination (default 0)",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Search query for PubMed (e.g., 'BRCA1 cancer', 'COVID-19 vaccine efficacy', 'CRISPR gene editing')",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default ICite Search Publications call

public-safeinput

{
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_iCite_search_publications
Tool name: iCite_search_publications
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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