GET /api/ctxp/v1/articles

nih.gov:pubmed-central-api

Summary: Get formatted citations
Operation ID: citationExporter
Auth: unknown
Description

Returns formatted citations for articles from PubMed and PMC in various export formats (MEDLINE, RIS, etc.)

Parameters (4)

email (string, query, optional)

Email address for contact

format (string, query, optional, default: medline)

Export format

Constraints: {'enum': ['medline', 'ris', 'nbib', 'citencbi', 'bibtex', 'apa', 'mla', 'chicago']}

ids (string, query, required)

Comma-separated list of article identifiers (PMID, PMCID, or DOI)

tool (string, query, optional)

Tool name for logging

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
Single article citation in MEDLINE format curl https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/api/ctxp/v1/articles?ids=11752252
Multiple articles in RIS format curl https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/api/ctxp/v1/articles?ids=11752252,PMC7423423&format=ris
Citation with contact info and tool identification curl https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/api/ctxp/v1/articles?ids=2657212&format=nbib&email=researcher@university.edu&tool=BibliographyScript

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2026-03-23 10:30:27.434578 404 508ms
2026-03-23 10:13:25.082716 404 532ms
2026-03-23 09:02:15.387017 404 522ms