Opencitations Tools

Configuration File: opencitations_tools.json Tool Type: Local Tools Count: 3

This page contains all tools defined in the opencitations_tools.json configuration file.

Available Tools

OpenCitations_get_citation_count (Type: BaseRESTTool)

Get the total citation count for a scientific article using OpenCitations COCI index. Returns the…

OpenCitations_get_citation_count tool specification

Tool Information:

  • Name: OpenCitations_get_citation_count

  • Type: BaseRESTTool

  • Description: Get the total citation count for a scientific article using OpenCitations COCI index. Returns the number of times a paper has been cited in the OpenCitations database. Faster than retrieving the full citation list when you only need the count.

Parameters:

  • doi (string) (required) DOI of the paper to count citations for. Do not include ‘https://doi.org/’ prefix. Example: ‘10.1002/jcc.21224’

Example Usage:

query = {
    "name": "OpenCitations_get_citation_count",
    "arguments": {
        "doi": "example_value"
    }
}
result = tu.run(query)

OpenCitations_get_citations (Type: BaseRESTTool)

Get the list of papers that cite a given scientific article (its citation count and citing papers…

OpenCitations_get_citations tool specification

Tool Information:

  • Name: OpenCitations_get_citations

  • Type: BaseRESTTool

  • Description: Get the list of papers that cite a given scientific article (its citation count and citing papers) using OpenCitations COCI index. Returns who has cited the paper since its publication. Useful for measuring research impact, finding follow-up work, and understanding how a paper influenced subsequent research.

Parameters:

  • doi (string) (required) DOI of the paper to find citations for. Do not include ‘https://doi.org/’ prefix. Examples: ‘10.1038/nature12373’, ‘10.1002/jcc.21224’

Example Usage:

query = {
    "name": "OpenCitations_get_citations",
    "arguments": {
        "doi": "example_value"
    }
}
result = tu.run(query)

OpenCitations_get_references (Type: BaseRESTTool)

Get the list of papers cited by a given scientific article (its reference list) using OpenCitatio…

OpenCitations_get_references tool specification

Tool Information:

  • Name: OpenCitations_get_references

  • Type: BaseRESTTool

  • Description: Get the list of papers cited by a given scientific article (its reference list) using OpenCitations COCI index. OpenCitations is a free, open scholarly citation database derived from CrossRef. Returns citation links with DOIs, publication dates, and time spans between publications. Useful for citation analysis, bibliometrics, and understanding research impact.

Parameters:

  • doi (string) (required) DOI of the paper to get references for. Do not include ‘https://doi.org/’ prefix. Examples: ‘10.1002/jcc.21224’, ‘10.1038/nature12373’

Example Usage:

query = {
    "name": "OpenCitations_get_references",
    "arguments": {
        "doi": "example_value"
    }
}
result = tu.run(query)