Scrape Google Scholar research papers with Groq, SerpApi, CrossRef and Sheets
UnknownUnknown. This template uses community nodes we can't verify statically. Uses community nodes that can't be verified statically (unverified community packages are off by default in 3.0). Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 17 nodes and runs when a chat message arrives. Along the way it connects Groq Chat Model, Google Sheets and Serpapi (community).
How it runs
Trigger: When a chat message arrives.
- LLM Chain Processor (Basic LLM Chain): sends a prompt to an LLM, with model: Groq Chat Module
- Extract Information (Information Extractor): extracts structured fields from text with AI, with model: Groq Chat Module Alt
- Set Initial Query Fields (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
- Refine Search Queries (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Search Google Scholar (Serp Api): google scholar
- Flatten Google Results (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Check DOI Availability (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Merge: merges the data from its input branches
- Process Batch Items (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
- Remove Duplicate Entries (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
…plus 4 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).
- Check that n8n-nodes-serpapi is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Search Google Scholar).
Nodes used (13)
- Chat Trigger
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chatTrigger - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Serp Api
n8n-nodes-serpapi.serpApi - Basic LLM Chain
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainLlm - Information Extractor
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.informationExtractor - Groq Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatGroq - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Merge
n8n-nodes-base.merge - Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)
n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Wait
n8n-nodes-base.wait - Google Sheets
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
From the author
Quick overview This workflow takes a research topic from an n8n chat message, uses Groq to generate optimized Google Scholar queries, fetches paper results via SerpApi, enriches missing DOIs using the Crossref API, deduplicates the results, and appends the…