> ## Documentation Index
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# Continents Overview

> Schema reference for Continents entities

Continents represent the major geographic regions of the world. They are used for filtering works by geographic region and for understanding the global distribution of research.

## Filter, sort, and group\_by fields

The API supports filtering, sorting, and grouping on continents fields. See [Filtering](/guides/filtering), [Sorting](/guides/sort), and [Grouping](/guides/grouping) for syntax.

Fields marked **(deprecated)** are `.search` filters — use the [`search` parameter](/guides/searching) instead.

| Field                                  | Sort | Group\_by | Filter |
| -------------------------------------- | :--: | :-------: | :----: |
| `cited_by_count`                       |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `default.search` **(deprecated)**      |      |           |    ✓   |
| `display_name`                         |   ✓  |           |    ✓   |
| `display_name.search` **(deprecated)** |      |           |    ✓   |
| `from_created_date`                    |   ✓  |           |    ✓   |
| `id`                                   |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |
| `works_count`                          |   ✓  |     ✓     |    ✓   |