---
name: "xpay-jina-search-bibtex"
description: "Search for academic papers and return BibTeX citations. Searches DBLP (computer science) and Semantic Scholar (broad academic coverage) for comprehensive results. Returns formatted BibTeX entries ready to use in LaTeX documents."
version: "1.0.0"
price: "$0.01/call"
provider: "Jina AI"
---

# Search Bibtex

Search for academic papers and return BibTeX citations. Searches DBLP (computer science) and Semantic Scholar (broad academic coverage) for comprehensive results. Returns formatted BibTeX entries ready to use in LaTeX documents.

**Provider:** Jina AI
**Price:** $0.01/call
**Pricing model:** Flat rate per call

## When to Use

Use this tool when you need to search for academic papers and return bibtex citations. searches dblp (computer science) and semantic scholar (broad academic coverage) for comprehensive results. returns formatted bibtex entries ready to use in latex documents.. This is part of the Jina AI provider on xpay✦.

## MCP Connection

Connect to xpay✦ to access this tool (and 19+ 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("jina/search_bibtex")`
2. **`xpay_run`** — Execute: `xpay_run("jina/search_bibtex", { ...inputs })`

## Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `year` | number | No | Filter by minimum publication year (e.g., 2020 for papers from 2020 onwards) |
| `author` | string | No | Filter by author name (e.g., 'Vaswani', 'Hinton') |
| `query` | string | Yes | Search query - paper title, topic, or keywords (e.g., 'attention is all you need', 'transformer neural networks', 'deep learning optimization') |
| `num` | number | No | Maximum number of results to return (1-50, default: 10) |

## 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

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## Links

- Tool page: https://xpay.tools/jina/search-bibtex/
- Provider: https://xpay.tools/jina/
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