# Serply, free, to start, GET /v1/scholar/: SERP API

> Search Google Scholar to retrieve academic papers, articles, and research results in JSON format. Get comprehensive academic metadata including citations and publication details.

Serply's SERP API on its Free to start plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. It returns 1 of the 11 key fields we check: Organic results.
The cheapest of the 862 plans we rank by price is [Crawlora, $499 monthly, Enterprise, GET /bing/suggest](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/crawlora/499-monthly-enterprise-get-bing-suggest/llms.txt), at $0.10 per 1,000 searches.
[Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-google-search/llms.txt), [SearchApi](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/searchapi/500-monthly-scale-plan/llms.txt) and [ScrapingBee](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scrapingbee/249-monthly-business-get-api-v1-google-google-search-api-light-request/llms.txt) are the best SERP API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/free-to-start-get-v1-scholar
- [Best SERP API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-serp-api.txt)
- Get it: https://serply.io/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.serply.io/v1/scholar/`
- API key: with the plan, on https://serply.io/pricing
- Its API docs: https://serply.io/docs/resources/google-scholar
- Sold by: Serply (https://serply.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## In the answer

- Completeness: 9%
- Organic results: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Google Search · Bing Search · Google Video · Google Images · Google Jobs · Google News · Google Product · Google Maps · Request · eBay Search · GET /v1/reddit/subreddit/{subreddit} · GET /v1/reddit/subreddit/{subreddit}/about · GET /v1/reddit/user/{username} · GET /v1/reddit/post/{id} · GET /v1/reddit/comments/{id}

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search Google Scholar to retrieve academic papers, articles, and research results in JSON format. Get comprehensive academic metadata including citations and publication details.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 2,500 credits
- Enough for: 2,500 calls
- Expires: 30 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: num, start, X-Proxy-Location header, X-User-Agent header
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/scholar/

## About the plan

- Plan: Free to start
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

scholar article title, scholar article link, scholar article ID, scholar article publication info, scholar article authors, scholar article full text URL, scholar article type, scholar article cited by count, scholar article cited by URL, time taken, device region, device type

## Serply's plans (8)

- [Serply, free, to start, GET /v1/scholar/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/free-to-start-get-v1-scholar/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 9% complete, live
- [Serply, $5 pack, Micro Pack, GET /v1/scholar/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/5-pack-micro-pack-get-v1-scholar/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 9% complete, live
- [Serply, $15 pack, Starter Pack, GET /v1/scholar/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/15-pack-starter-pack-get-v1-scholar/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 9% complete, live
- [Serply, $49 pack, Growth Pack, GET /v1/scholar/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/49-pack-growth-pack-get-v1-scholar/llms.txt): $0.98 per 1,000, 9% complete, live
- [Serply, $375 pack, Pro Pack, GET /v1/scholar/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/375-pack-pro-pack-get-v1-scholar/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 9% complete, live
- [Serply, $1,875 pack, Scale Pack, GET /v1/scholar/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/1875-pack-scale-pack-get-v1-scholar/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 9% complete, live
- [Serply, $7,500 pack, Max Pack, GET /v1/scholar/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/7500-pack-max-pack-get-v1-scholar/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 9% complete, live
- [Serply, contact us, Enterprise, GET /v1/scholar/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/contact-us-enterprise-get-v1-scholar/llms.txt): 9% complete, live

## Serply's calls for this API (8)

- `GET /v1/b/search/`: [Serply, free, to start, GET /v1/b/search/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/free-to-start-get-v1-b-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/image/`: [Serply, free, to start, GET /v1/image/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/free-to-start-get-v1-image/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/maps/search/{query}`: [Serply, free, to start, GET /v1/maps/search/{query}](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/free-to-start-get-v1-maps-search-query/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/news/`: [Serply, free, to start, GET /v1/news/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/free-to-start-get-v1-news/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/product/search/`: [Serply, free, to start, GET /v1/product/search/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/free-to-start-get-v1-product-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/scholar/`: [Serply, free, to start, GET /v1/scholar/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/free-to-start-get-v1-scholar/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/search/`: [Serply, free, to start, GET /v1/search/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/free-to-start-get-v1-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/video/`: [Serply, free, to start, GET /v1/video/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/free-to-start-get-v1-video/llms.txt)

## Serply's APIs (2)

- [Serply: SERP API pricing, 8 plans, GET /v1/scholar/](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serply/free-to-start-get-v1-scholar/llms.txt)
- [Serply: job postings API pricing, 8 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/serply/free/llms.txt)

## Serply: SERP API alternatives

- [Serper, $375 pack, Standard, POST /search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/serper/375-pack/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [Decodo, $49 monthly, $49, POST /v1/scrape, Google Ads](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/decodo/49-monthly-49-post-v1-scrape-google-ads/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [Scrapeless, $699 monthly, Enterprise, POST /api/v1/scraper/request, Google Local](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scrapeless/699-monthly-enterprise-post-api-v1-scraper-request-google-local/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [OpenWeb Ninja, $150 monthly, Mega, GET /search, Video Search](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/openweb-ninja/150-monthly-mega-get-search-video-search/llms.txt): $0.75 per 1,000, 18% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-27.

- https://app.serply.io/users/sign_up?source=pricing-free
- https://serply.io
- https://serply.io/docs
- https://serply.io/docs/resources/google-scholar
- https://serply.io/docs/resources/reddit
- https://serply.io/google-scholar-api
- https://serply.io/pricing
- https://serply.io/pricing.md
- https://serply.io/terms
- https://serply.io/web-scraping-api