# pub.chive.discovery.getCitations

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## Definitions

### `pub.chive.discovery.getCitations`

**Type**: `query`

Get citation network data for an eprint, including papers that cite it and papers it references (within the Chive index)

#### Parameters

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `uri` | `string` (at-uri) | Yes | AT-URI of the eprint |
| `limit` | `integer` | No | Maximum number of citations to return |
| `cursor` | `string` | No | Pagination cursor |
| `direction` | `string` | No | Citation direction: citing (papers this cites), cited-by (papers citing this), or both |
| `onlyInfluential` | `boolean` | No | Only return influential citations |

#### Output

**Encoding**: `application/json`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `counts` | `ref` → `#citationCounts` | Yes |  |
| `cursor` | `string` | No | Pagination cursor for next page |
| `eprint` | `ref` → `#eprintRef` | Yes |  |
| `hasMore` | `boolean` | Yes | Whether more results are available |
| `citations` | `array` | Yes |  |

#### Errors

- **NotFound**
- **ServiceUnavailable**

### `pub.chive.discovery.getCitations#citation`

**Type**: `object`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `source` | `string` | Yes | Source of citation data (e.g., semantic-scholar, openalex) |
| `citedUri` | `string` (at-uri) | Yes | AT-URI of the cited paper |
| `citingUri` | `string` (at-uri) | Yes | AT-URI of the citing paper |
| `discoveredAt` | `string` (datetime) | No | When this citation was discovered |
| `isInfluential` | `boolean` | No | Whether this is an influential citation |

### `pub.chive.discovery.getCitations#eprintRef`

**Type**: `object`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `uri` | `string` (at-uri) | Yes |  |
| `title` | `string` | Yes |  |

### `pub.chive.discovery.getCitations#citationCounts`

**Type**: `object`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `citedByCount` | `integer` | Yes | Number of papers citing this eprint |
| `referencesCount` | `integer` | Yes | Number of papers this eprint references |
| `influentialCitedByCount` | `integer` | Yes | Number of influential citations |

## Raw Schema

```json
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      "type": "query",
      "errors": [
        {
          "name": "NotFound"
        },
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        }
      ],
      "output": {
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            "eprint",
            "counts",
            "citations",
            "hasMore"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "counts": {
              "ref": "#citationCounts",
              "type": "ref"
            },
            "cursor": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Pagination cursor for next page"
            },
            "eprint": {
              "ref": "#eprintRef",
              "type": "ref"
            },
            "hasMore": {
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            },
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              }
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          },
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            "type": "string",
            "description": "Pagination cursor"
          },
          "direction": {
            "type": "string",
            "default": "both",
            "description": "Citation direction: citing (papers this cites), cited-by (papers citing this), or both",
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              "citing",
              "cited-by",
              "both"
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    },
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        },
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        },
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        }
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      ],
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          "minimum": 0,
          "description": "Number of papers citing this eprint"
        },
        "referencesCount": {
          "type": "integer",
          "minimum": 0,
          "description": "Number of papers this eprint references"
        },
        "influentialCitedByCount": {
          "type": "integer",
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          "description": "Number of influential citations"
        }
      }
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}
```