Elsevier Metadata APIs
The Metadata APIs cover citation counts, the Citations Overview, and serial and non-serial title metadata and search — the bibliographic layer over Scopus rather than the content itself. Six paths on api.elsevier.com/content.
Elsevier Metadata APIs is one of 10 APIs that Elsevier publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Metadata, Citations, and Journals. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, organized into 4 resource areas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 2.0.
Requests are made against the base URL https://api.elsevier.com/content.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Paths & Operations 6
Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 6 GET. They span 4 resource areas: Abstract_Citation_Count, Citations_Overview, Nonserial_Title, Serial_Title. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Abstract Citation count API
Citations Overview API
Nonserial Title API
Serial Title API
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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