ScholarlyArticle

ScholarlyArticle schema describes academic and research papers with structured metadata that machines can parse. It extends Article with properties specific to academic publishing: page ranges, abstracts, citations, and bibliographic identifiers.

When to use ScholarlyArticle

Use this type when the page contains a peer reviewed or academic paper, a preprint, a thesis, or a formal research report. If the content is a general blog post or news article, use Article or NewsArticle instead.

Google support

Google does not have a dedicated structured data feature for ScholarlyArticle. However, Google Scholar indexes schema.org markup on academic pages, and the Article rich result documentation applies to ScholarlyArticle as a subtype of Article.

Fields

Recommended

• abstract — Short summary describing the paper's content

Optional

• citation — References to other works cited in this paper
• pageEnd — The page number where the article ends
• pageStart — The page number where the article begins

ScholarlyArticle also inherits all properties from Article and CreativeWork, including author, datePublished, headline, publisher, description, and image.

JSON-LD example

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "ScholarlyArticle",
  "name": "Be Careful What You Wish For: FRBR, Some Lacunae, A Review",
  "author": {
    "@type": "Person",
    "name": "Smiraglia, Richard P."
  },
  "abstract": "A critical review of FRBR as a conceptual model for library catalogs, examining gaps in its treatment of works and their relationships.",
  "datePublished": "2012-06-01",
  "pageStart": "360",
  "pageEnd": "368",
  "sameAs": "https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2012.682254",
  "isPartOf": {
    "@type": "PublicationIssue",
    "issueNumber": "2-3",
    "isPartOf": {
      "@type": "Periodical",
      "name": "Cataloging & Classification Quarterly"
    }
  },
  "citation": [
    {
      "@type": "ScholarlyArticle",
      "name": "Understanding FRBR as a Conceptual Model",
      "author": "Carlyle, Allyson."
    }
  ]
}

Webflow implementation

For Webflow sites publishing academic content, add ScholarlyArticle markup in Page Settings > Custom Code or through a CMS template embed. Key fields to include: name, author, datePublished, abstract, and sameAs (with the DOI URL). Page numbers and citations add bibliographic precision.

Schema HQ automates ScholarlyArticle markup for Webflow CMS template pages, mapping collection fields to the correct schema properties.