---
title: "Changes to Receive citations with the DOI as a source paper"
method: GET
path: "/api_partner/citations/cited_by/{doi}"
---

# Changes to Receive citations with the DOI as a source paper

`GET /api_partner/citations/cited_by/{doi}`

> Every recorded change to this operation, newest first.

## Timeline

Changed in 1 of 15 revisions.

- **2026-07-13** `2f4508f2311b`: 12 breaking, 8 info

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** `2f4508f2311b`: 12 breaking, 8 info
  - response property `citations/items/expertClassification` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - response property `citations/items/refLocation` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - response property `citations/items/section` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - response property `citations/items/selfCites/items/family` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - response property `citations/items/selfCites/items/given` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - response property `citations/items/selfCites/items/type` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - response property `citations/items/snippet` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - response property `citations/items/type` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - response property `citations/items/typeConfidence` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - response property `metadata/restrictedCitationCount` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - response property `papers` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - response property `tallies` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null` to media type `application/json` of response `200`
  - added the optional property `metadata/citingCounts` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `metadata/distinctSourceCount` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `metadata/isApproximate` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `metadata/maxPaginationOffset` to the response with the `200` status
  - the response property `citations/items/selfCites/items/family` became required for the status `200`
  - the response property `citations/items/selfCites/items/given` became required for the status `200`
  - the response property `citations/items/selfCites/items/type` became required for the status `200`
  - the `selfCites` response's property default value `` was removed for the status `200`

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[Operation](https://skmtc.dev/scite/apis/scite-api/docs/api_partner/citations/cited_by/:doi/get.md) - [API](https://skmtc.dev/scite/apis/scite-api.md) - [Page](https://skmtc.dev/scite/apis/scite-api/changes/api_partner/citations/cited_by/:doi/get)