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PubMed Scraper: Articles, Abstracts & Citations

Scrape PubMed articles by keyword or PMID: abstracts, MeSH terms, DOIs, cited-by and related papers. Export CSV, JSON, Excel or XML. No API key needed.

Input: 11 fields, none required. Billed per event on the free Apify plan: Article record $0.015, Abstract + MeSH $0.012, Cited-by article $0.01 and 1 more event. Results export as JSON, CSV or Excel. Last updated 2026-10-04.

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STATUS: PRODUCTION
INPUT FIELDS: 11
REQUIRED: 0
PRICING: PAY PER EVENT
UPDATED: 2026-10-04
OUTPUT: JSON, CSV, Excel

01 / INPUT

What you can configure.

FIELDTYPEDESCRIPTION

Search termssearchTermsarrayPubMed search queries, one search per term, with full PubMed syntax: keywords, boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) and field tags such as [au], [ti], [mh]. Example: breast cancer AND immunotherapy. Provide this or PMIDs.

Specific PMIDspmidsarrayList of exact PubMed IDs (PMIDs) to fetch, for example 31295471. Runs before the searches and in addition to them. Provide this or search terms.

Max ItemsmaxItemsintegerMaximum number of articles to return (cited-by and related rows are extra and capped separately). Free users are limited to 10 articles per run. Paid users: up to 1,000,000; PubMed caps one query at 9,999 records.

Sort bysortBystringOrder of PubMed search results. default: "relevance"

Published after (YYYY/MM/DD)publishedAfterstringOnly articles published on or after this date, in YYYY/MM/DD format (publication date). Leave empty for no lower limit. default: ""

Published before (YYYY/MM/DD)publishedBeforestringOnly articles published on or before this date, in YYYY/MM/DD format (publication date). Leave empty for no upper limit. default: ""

Abstract + MeSH termsincludeAbstractbooleanFetch the full structured abstract, MeSH headings and author keywords for each article. Billed as the Abstract + MeSH event, only for articles that have an abstract. default: true

Cited-by articlesincludeCitedBybooleanAdd one row per article that cites each result (recordType cited-by), with full bibliographic data. Billed per citing article. default: false

Max cited-by per articlemaxCitedByPerArticleintegerCap on citing-paper rows per article. default: 20

Related articlesincludeRelatedbooleanAdd one row per article from PubMed similar-articles for each result (recordType related). Billed per related article. default: false

Max related per articlemaxRelatedPerArticleintegerCap on related-article rows per article. default: 10

02 / PRICING

Pay for what you collect.

EVENTDETAILPRICE

Article record · BASEOne PubMed article with journal, authors, dates, DOI and publication types.$0.015

Abstract + MeSHFull abstract, MeSH headings and keywords for one article.$0.012

Cited-by articleOne article citing the result, as a full bibliographic row.$0.01

Related articleOne related article from PubMed similar-articles.$0.01

Prices in USD, shown for the Apify free plan. Paid Apify plans get tiered discounts. Platform usage is included.

03 / FAQ

About the PubMed Scraper.

How much does the PubMed Scraper cost?

It charges per event: Article record $0.015, Abstract + MeSH $0.012, Cited-by article $0.01 and 1 more event. Prices are for the free Apify plan, and paid Apify plans get tiered discounts. Apify platform usage is included in the event price.

What input does the PubMed Scraper need?

No field is required. The Actor has 11 input fields and every one has a default.

Which formats can I export the PubMed Scraper results in?

Results are saved to an Apify dataset. Download them as JSON, CSV or Excel, or fetch them through the Apify API.

04 / RELATED