Ieee Advanced Search

IEEE Xplore Advanced Search

Perform a filtered search on IEEE Xplore using command search syntax via URL parameters.

Command Search Syntax

IEEE Xplore supports boolean command search via the queryText parameter with matchBoolean=true. Field names are enclosed in double quotes.

Available Fields

Boolean Operators

Fields can be combined with AND, OR, NOT:

("Document Title":deep learning AND "Authors":LeCun)
("Abstract":transformer OR "Abstract":attention) AND "Authors":Vaswani

Year Range

Use ranges parameter for year filtering:

ranges=2020_2025_Year

Content Type Filter

Use contentType parameter:

contentType=conferences        # Conference papers only
contentType=periodicals        # Journal/magazine articles only
contentType=standards          # Standards only
contentType=books              # Books only

Steps

Step 1: Parse user intent

From $ARGUMENTS, identify which fields the user wants to filter on. Map natural language to command search syntax:

• "by author X" → "Authors":X
• "in journal Y" → "Publication Title":Y
• "titled ..." → "Document Title":...
• "about topic Z" → "All Metadata":Z
• "from 2020 to 2025" → ranges=2020_2025_Year
• "conference papers" → contentType=conferences
• "DOI 10.1109/..." → "DOI":10.1109/...

Step 2: Build and navigate to URL

Construct URL:

{BASE_URL}/search/searchresult.jsp?action=search&matchBoolean=true&queryText={BOOLEAN_QUERY}&highlight=true&returnType=SEARCH&matchPubs=true&rowsPerPage=25&pageNumber=1&ranges={YEAR_RANGE}&contentType={TYPE}

Use navigate_page with initScript:

initScript: "Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'webdriver', {get: () => undefined})"

Step 3: Check access

• If the page shows a captcha or bot challenge: tell the user "请在浏览器中完成验证后告知我。"
• If redirected away from IEEE Xplore: tell the user "页面被重定向，请在浏览器中完成登录或认证后告知我。"

Step 4: Extract results

Use evaluate_script with built-in waiting (same as ieee-search). Do NOT use wait_for.

async () => {
  for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
    if (document.querySelectorAll('.List-results-items .result-item').length > 0 ||
        document.querySelector('.Dashboard-header span')) break;
    await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 500));
  }

  const items = document.querySelectorAll('.List-results-items .result-item');
  const papers = [];

  for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
    const item = items[i];
    const titleLink = item.querySelector('h3 a[href*="/document/"]');
    const authors = [...item.querySelectorAll('.author a[href*="/author/"]')].map(a => a.textContent.trim());
    const pubLink = item.querySelector('.description a[href*="/xpl/"]');
    const publisherInfo = item.querySelector('.publisher-info-container');
    const infoText = publisherInfo?.textContent?.trim() || '';
    const yearMatch = infoText.match(/Year:\s*(\d{4})/);
    const docNumber = titleLink?.href?.match(/\/document\/(\d+)/)?.[1] || '';
    const itemText = item.textContent || '';
    const citedByMatch = itemText.match(/Cited by:.*?(\d+)/);
    const citedBy = citedByMatch ? citedByMatch[1] : '';

    papers.push({
      rank: i + 1,
      title: titleLink?.textContent?.trim()?.replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '') || '',
      arnumber: docNumber,
      authors,
      publication: pubLink?.textContent?.trim() || '',
      year: yearMatch ? yearMatch[1] : '',
      info: infoText,
      citedBy,
    });
  }

  const resultCount = document.querySelector('.Dashboard-header span')?.textContent?.trim() || '';
  return { papers, resultCount };
}

Step 5: Present results

Show applied filters at the top, then same format as ieee-search:

Search filters: {applied filters}
{resultCount}

1. {title} ...

Examples

# Author + keyword
/ieee-advanced-search author: LeCun deep learning

# Journal + year range
/ieee-advanced-search in IEEE TPAMI from 2020 to 2025 attention mechanism

# Conference papers about transformers
/ieee-advanced-search conference papers about vision transformer 2023-2025

Tested Boolean Query Examples (Proven Effective)

These queries were tested in production and returned precise, relevant results:

Common Pitfalls to Avoid

Notes

• URL parameter approach avoids form filling, keeping operations to 2 tool calls.
• All parameters are optional and combinable.
• If the user provides a DOI or article number, consider using ieee-paper-detail instead.
• Standards-specific search tip: Use contentType=standards to filter for IEEE/ANSI standards only. IEEE Xplore does NOT host IEC/ISO standards — use ieee-standards-search for IEEE SA website, or direct users to IEC Webstore for IEC originals.
• When searching for IEC-related content, search by technical topic rather than IEC standard number (e.g. "coupling capacitor" "power line carrier" instead of "IEC 60358").