> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scrapebadger.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Scholar Author Citation Chart

> Return the citations-per-year chart for a Google Scholar author.



## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /v1/google/scholar/author/citation
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: ScrapeBadger Google Scraper
  description: >-
    Dedicated API for scraping Google products (SERP, Maps, News, Hotels,
    Trends, Jobs, Shopping, Patents, Scholar, Autocomplete, Images, Videos,
    Finance, AI Mode, Lens, Products).
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://scrapebadger.com
    description: Production
security:
  - apiKeyAuth: []
paths:
  /v1/google/scholar/author/citation:
    get:
      tags:
        - Google Scholar
      summary: Get citation chart data for a Scholar author
      description: Return the citations-per-year chart for a Google Scholar author.
      operationId: scholar_author_citation_api_v1_scholar_author_citation_get
      parameters:
        - name: author_id
          in: query
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            description: Scholar user ID
            title: Author Id
          description: Scholar user ID
        - name: hl
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            description: Language code
            default: en
            title: Hl
          description: Language code
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScholarAuthorCitationResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    ScholarAuthorCitationResponse:
      properties:
        author_id:
          type: string
          title: Author Id
        citations_by_year:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CitationByYear'
          type: array
          title: Citations By Year
        total_citations:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          title: Total Citations
      type: object
      required:
        - author_id
      title: ScholarAuthorCitationResponse
      description: Response for GET /api/v1/scholar/author/citation.
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    CitationByYear:
      properties:
        year:
          type: integer
          title: Year
        citations:
          type: integer
          title: Citations
      type: object
      required:
        - year
        - citations
      title: CitationByYear
      description: One point in the citations-per-year chart.
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key

````