---
title: "Search papers"
method: GET
path: "/search/research/papers"
tags: ["Research"]
---

# Search papers

`GET /search/research/papers`

## Query parameters

- `query` string, required
- `k` integer
- `authors` string
- `categories` string
- `from` string, date
- `to` string, date

## Response `200`

Ranked paper results.

- ResearchSearchPapersResponse
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `results` ResearchPaperResult[], required
    - `paperId` string, required — Canonical paper id, or web:<url> for SERP-discovered display results.
    - `primaryId` string, required — Preferred cite/fetch id such as arxiv:<id>, pmid:<id>, pmcid:<id>, or doi:<id>.
    - `ids` ResearchIdMap — Source identifiers grouped by namespace.
    - `title` string, required
    - `abstract` string, required
    - `score` number, double, required
    - `signals` ResearchPaperSignals
      - `structural` number, double, required — Raw structural graph signal.
      - `semantic` number, double, required — Semantic score from the intent search.
      - `articleRank` number, double, required — Structural expansion article-rank score.
      - `seedOverlap` integer, required — Number of distinct seeds connected to this candidate.

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request
- `401` — Missing or invalid bearer token
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded
- `500` — Internal server error

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