Citation History

Type: object

Time-series of citation counts for tracked papers. Keyed by paper identifier (CONF/YEAR/HASH); each entry contains metadata and dated snapshots from citation sources (OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar).

Additional Properties

Each additional property must conform to the following schema

Type: object

Historical citation data for a single paper.

No Additional Properties

meta Required

Type: object

Metadata identifying the paper.

No Additional Properties

title Required

Type: string

Paper title.

conference Required

Type: string

Conference abbreviation.


Examples:

"OSDI"

"ATC"

year Required

Type: integer

Publication year.


Example:

2022

area Required

Type: enum (of string)

Research area: 'systems' or 'security'.

Must be one of:

  • "systems"
  • "security"

paper_doi Required

Type: string

DOI of the paper (may be empty string if unknown).

snapshots Required

Type: array

Chronologically ordered citation count snapshots.

No Additional Items

Each item of this array must be:

Type: object

Citation counts from multiple sources at a point in time.

No Additional Properties

date Required

Type: string

ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD) when citation counts were fetched.


Example:

"2026-04-28"

cited_by_count Required

Type: integer

Total citation count (combined/primary).

Value must be greater or equal to 0

Type: integer

Citation count from OpenAlex.

Value must be greater or equal to 0

Type: integer or null

Citation count from Semantic Scholar (null if unavailable).