Export Google Scholar citations to CSV

Google Scholar has no button to download a profile's publication list with citation counts. CiteVector builds a dashboard from any public profile and lets you download that list as a CSV file for a spreadsheet, or the full dashboard data as JSON. It is free and needs no sign-in.

How to download Google Scholar profile data

  1. Paste the profile URL (or just the user= ID) above and load the dashboard.
  2. Scroll to Publications and select Download CSV. The file is named citevector-<user ID>-publications.csv.
  3. For the dated history as well, select Export JSON at the top of the dashboard.

The file is built in your browser from the data already on the page.

CSV columns

One row per publication, most cited first:

ColumnContents
rankPosition by citations
title, authors, venue, yearAs listed on the Scholar profile
citationsCurrent "Cited by" count
citations_per_yearCitations divided by the paper's age (publication dated mid-year)
projected_1yr, projected_3yr, projected_5yrForecast citation count 1, 3 and 5 years ahead (method)
doiDOI matched through OpenAlex, filled for the top 20 papers once matching finishes; blank otherwise
scholar_urlLink to the paper's Google Scholar entry

JSON export

Export JSON saves the profile as loaded (metrics, yearly citation counts and the publication list), CiteVector's own dated observations, and the Wayback Machine snapshots with the citations, h-index and i10-index parsed from each. Use it when you need the h-index history rather than just the paper list.

How many papers are included

The dashboard notes which source the data came from.