Google Scholar Citation Tracker Badge

Display your live Google Scholar citation count anywhere you can use a Shields badge.

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Usage

1. Find your Google Scholar author ID (the user=XXXX part of the profile URL).
2. Go to Shields Endpoint Badge and set the endpoint to:
   https://google-scholar-badge.vercel.app/citations?user=YOUR_ID
3. Add the generated markdown anywhere you like.

Copy-paste badge snippet

[![](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgoogle-scholar-badge.vercel.app%2Fcitations%3Fuser%3DYOUR_ID)](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YOUR_ID)

Replace YOUR_ID with your own author ID.

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Example

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⚠️ Limitations

• SerpApi rate limits: the free tier allows 100 requests / month. When exhausted, the badge shows “Rate limit” for about 10 minutes.
• Redis optional: without it every badge request hits SerpApi (slower and uses more credits).

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Roadmap (🛠 WIP)

• Badges for h-index, i10-index, yearly citations
• Docker image & one-command deployment
• Integration tests