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post/academic/v1/references1 credit

works this paper references (hydrated)

Working example

Parameters

idrequired

Paper id — OpenAlex id (W…), OR DOI (10.…), OR arXiv id, OR PMID.

limitoptional

Max records (1-200, default 50); clamped. (1–200)

request preview

curl -X POST https://api.reefapi.com/academic/v1/references \
  -H "x-api-key: $REEF_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id":"W3009885589"}'

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