---
name: "xpay-google-scholar-search-google-scholar"
description: "Search Google Scholar for academic papers and research articles. Supports filtering by author, publication year range, and returns structured results with titles, authors, abstracts, and URLs."
version: "1.0.0"
price: "$0.01/call"
provider: "Google Scholar"
---

# Search Google Scholar

Search Google Scholar for academic papers and research articles. Supports filtering by author, publication year range, and returns structured results with titles, authors, abstracts, and URLs.

**Provider:** Google Scholar
**Price:** $0.01/call
**Pricing model:** Flat rate per call

## When to Use

Use this tool when you need to search google scholar for academic papers and research articles. supports filtering by author, publication year range, and returns structured results with titles, authors, abstracts, and urls.. This is part of the Google Scholar provider on xpay✦.

## MCP Connection

Connect to xpay✦ to access this tool (and 0+ others):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xpay": {
      "url": "https://mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key=YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}
```

For Claude Code:
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http xpay "https://mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key=YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## How to Execute

Use the xpay✦ meta-tools to run this tool:

1. **`xpay_details`** — Get full input schema: `xpay_details("google-scholar/search_google_scholar")`
2. **`xpay_run`** — Execute: `xpay_run("google-scholar/search_google_scholar", { ...inputs })`

## Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `startYear` | number | No | Filter results from this year onwards (optional) |
| `numResults` | number | No | Number of results to return (default: 10, max: 20) |
| `endYear` | number | No | Filter results up to this year (optional) |
| `author` | string | No | Filter results by specific author name (optional) |
| `query` | string | Yes | The search query string (e.g., 'machine learning', 'neural networks') |

## Pricing

- **Cost:** $0.01/call
- **Balance check:** Use `xpay_balance` to check remaining credits
- Get your API key at [xpay.tools](https://xpay.tools/account/settings/api-keys/) — $5 free credits included

## Related Skills

- [Google Scholar (all tools)](https://xpay.tools/skills/google-scholar/SKILL.md) — 1 tools


## Links

- Tool page: https://xpay.tools/google-scholar/search-google-scholar/
- Provider: https://xpay.tools/google-scholar/
- All tools: https://xpay.tools/explore