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Elsevier SciVal Topic Lookup API

The SciVal Topic Lookup API API from Elsevier — 7 operation(s) for scival topic lookup api.

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Elsevier SciVal Topic Lookup API is one of 32 APIs that Elsevier publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include SciVal Topic Lookup API. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.0.1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.elsevier.com/analytics/scival.

7 operations 7 paths 9 schemas 7 GET

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
3.0.1
Base URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 7

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 7 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

SciVal Topic Lookup API 7
GET
/topic/countryId/{countryId}
Get topics by SciVal country id
getTopicsByCountryId 7 params → 200400401500
GET
/topic/institutionId/{institutionId}
Get topics by SciVal institution id
getTopicsByInstitutionId 8 params → 200400401500
GET
/topic/metrics
Get topic metrics by id(s)
topicMetrics 10 params → 200400401500
GET
/topic/metrics/countryId/{countryId}
Get topic metrics by SciVal country id
countryTopicMetrics 7 params → 200401404500
GET
/topic/metrics/institutionId/{institutionId}
Get topic metrics by SciVal institution id
institutionTopicMetrics 7 params → 200401404500
GET
/topic/scopusSourceId/{sourceId}
Get topics by Scopus source id
getTopicsBySourceId 8 params → 200400401500
GET
/topic/{id}
Get a topic by id
getTopic 4 params → 200401404500

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TopicSearchResult (6 properties), MetricBaseObject (5 properties), MetricBase (4 properties), ResponseLink (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TopicsResponse
object
3 properties
TopicResponse
object
2 properties
MetricResults
object
1 property
MetricBaseObject
object
5 properties 1 required
MetricBase
object
4 properties
ResponseLink
object
3 properties
MetricResponse
object
3 properties
TopicMetricResponse
object
TopicSearchResult
object
6 properties

Specification

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Source

elsevier-scival-topic-lookup-api-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
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elsevier:elsevier-scival-topic-lookup-api-api
Base URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content
Docs
https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
Provider
Elsevier
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