Dblp Search
- 16 installs
- 869 repo stars
- Updated June 8, 2026
- beita6969/scienceclaw
dblp-search is a Claude skill that queries the DBLP computer-science bibliography via its public REST API to find publications, authors and venues.
About
This skill queries the DBLP computer-science bibliography through its public REST API. A developer uses it to find CS publications, retrieve an author's publication list, or look up conference and journal metadata. It needs no API key but does not provide citation counts or full text.
- Queries the DBLP computer-science bibliography for publications, authors and venues
- No API key required; uses the public DBLP REST API via curl
- Supports keyword, year, author and venue search with pagination
Dblp Search by the numbers
- 16 all-time installs (skills.sh)
- Ranked #1,318 of 2,065 Data Science & ML skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
- Data as of Aug 2, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
dblp-search capabilities & compatibility
Free; DBLP public API with no key
- Capabilities
- literature search · author lookup · venue lookup
- Use cases
- research · web search
- Runs
- Runs locally
- Pricing
- Free
What dblp-search says it does
Computer science bibliography via DBLP API. Use when: user asks about CS publications, author publication lists, or venue (conference/journal) metadata.
No API key required. Public REST API.
Does NOT include citation counts (use Semantic Scholar for that)
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| Installs | 16 |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 869 |
| Last updated | June 8, 2026 |
| Repository | beita6969/scienceclaw ↗ |
What it does
Look up computer-science papers, author publication lists and venue metadata via the DBLP API.
Who is it for?
Finding CS papers, author publication lists and conference/journal metadata from DBLP.
Skip if: Non-CS publications, citation counts, impact metrics or full-text paper access.
When should I use this skill?
You need computer-science publication, author or venue data from DBLP.
What you get
Titles, authors, venues and years for matching CS publications from DBLP.
- Publication records
- Author publication lists
- Venue metadata
By the numbers
- Free API, no key required
- Supports XML and JSON output formats
Files
DBLP Search Skill
Query the DBLP computer science bibliography for publications, authors, and venues.
When to Use
- "Find papers by this CS researcher"
- "List publications from ICML 2024"
- "Search for papers on transformer architectures"
- "Get author's full publication list"
When NOT to Use
- Non-CS publications (use semantic-scholar or openalex)
- Citation counts or impact metrics (use semantic-scholar)
- Full-text paper access (use arxiv-search)
Setup
No API key required. Public REST API.
API Base
https://dblp.org/search/Common Commands
Search Publications
# Search by keyword
curl -s "https://dblp.org/search/publ/api?q=attention+is+all+you+need&format=json&h=5" | python3 -c "
import json,sys
data=json.load(sys.stdin)
for hit in data['result']['hits'].get('hit',[]):
info=hit['info']
print(f\"Title: {info.get('title','')}\")
print(f\"Authors: {', '.join(a.get('text','') for a in info.get('authors',{}).get('author',[]))}\")
print(f\"Venue: {info.get('venue','')}, Year: {info.get('year','')}\")
print()
"
# Filter by year
curl -s "https://dblp.org/search/publ/api?q=large+language+model+year%3A2024&format=json&h=10"Search Authors
# Find author
curl -s "https://dblp.org/search/author/api?q=Yoshua+Bengio&format=json&h=5"
# Get author's publication list
curl -s "https://dblp.org/pid/b/YoshuaBengio.xml?format=json" | python3 -c "
import json,sys
data=json.load(sys.stdin)
pubs=data.get('dblpperson',{}).get('r',[])[:10]
for p in pubs:
entry=list(p.values())[0] if isinstance(p,dict) else {}
print(f\"{entry.get('year','')} - {entry.get('title','')}\")
"Search Venues
# Find conference/journal
curl -s "https://dblp.org/search/venue/api?q=NeurIPS&format=json&h=5"Pagination
# h = results per page, f = first result index
curl -s "https://dblp.org/search/publ/api?q=graph+neural+network&format=json&h=20&f=0"
curl -s "https://dblp.org/search/publ/api?q=graph+neural+network&format=json&h=20&f=20"Notes
- Free, no API key needed
- Covers CS conferences, journals, and workshops comprehensively
- Author disambiguation built-in (PID-based)
- Supports XML and JSON output formats
- Rate limit: be respectful, no official limit
- Does NOT include citation counts (use Semantic Scholar for that)
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Does it need an API key?
No. DBLP exposes a free public REST API and the skill states no API key is required.
Can it give citation counts?
No. It does not include citation counts; the docs point to Semantic Scholar for that.