Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam journal API is one of 28 APIs that Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include journal. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.
This API exposes
27 operations
across 22 paths,
and defines 47 schemas.
It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 5.34.3.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://research.vu.nl/ws/api.
27 operations22 paths47 schemas1 DELETE18 GET4 POST4 PUT
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam journal API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as api-key (api-key).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
api-key — Security mechanism for the API
Paths & Operations 27
Across 22 paths, the API surfaces 27 operations — 1 DELETE, 18 GET, 4 POST, 4 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The contract defines 47 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Journal (25 properties), SherpaRomeoOpenAccessPermission (11 properties), AllowedKeywordGroupConfiguration (10 properties), ConflictProblemDetails (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
DisciplinesDisciplineScheme
object
A discipline scheme
2 properties2 required
SystemLocalizedString
object
A set of localized string values each for a specific UI locale.
MetricCollectionDefinition
object
Information about a set of related metrics, usually from a single provider
3 properties2 required
DisciplinesDisciplineListResult
object
List of disciplines for a specific discipline scheme
3 properties
Journal
object
A periodical presenting articles on a particular subject.
25 properties3 required
Link
object
A hyperlink describing a location on the web.
5 properties1 required
ConflictProblemDetails
object
Problem details for state conflict failures
7 properties
AdditionalISSN
object
2 properties2 required
JournalListResult
object
A list of journals
3 properties
ArticleVersion
object
Version of an article
2 properties1 required
Identifier
object
1 property1 required
MetricCollectionItem
object
A metric collection. Contents a list of metric values.
4 properties1 required
DisciplinesDisciplineAssignment
object
The assigned discipline and its split percentage
2 properties2 required
DisciplinesAssociationsQuery
object
Create a query for discipline associations
3 properties
Note
object
A note
3 properties1 required
AllowedKeywordGroupConfigurationList
object
List of allowed keyword group configurations
1 property
CompoundDate
object
A date that can be defined by only year, year and month or a full date
3 properties1 required
ClassificationRef
object
A reference to a classification value
2 properties1 required
DisciplinesDisciplineSchemeListResult
object
List of discipline schemes
2 properties
ContentRefListResult
object
List of Content Refs
1 property
ProblemDetails
object
RFC7807 Error details
5 properties
MetricCollectionDefinitionList
object
List of metric collection definitions
1 property
ContentRef
object
2 properties2 required
ISSN
object
An ISSN of a journal, can be populated with a start and end date if the ISSN is only used in a specific period.
4 properties1 required
DisciplinesDiscipline
object
A discipline within a specific discipline scheme
3 properties
SherpaRomeoOpenAccessPermission
object
Describes a SHERPA RoMEO access permissions object used in a policy.
11 properties1 required
JournalTitle
object
A title of a journal, can be populated with a start and end date if the title is only used in a specific period.
4 properties1 required
FormattedLocalizedString
object
A set of localized strings that support formatting. Invalid locale values will be ignored.
PageInformation
object
Information about pages
2 properties
ClassificationSchemeRef
object
A reference to a classification scheme
1 required
MetricCollection
object
List of metrics
3 properties1 required
SherpaRomeoPolicy
object
Describes a SHERPA RoMEO open access policy.
6 properties
ClassificationRefList
object
List of classification references
1 property
JournalsQuery
object
Create a query for journals
6 properties
AllowedKeywordGroupConfiguration
object
A specification of the allowed behavior of a specified keyword group
10 properties1 required
DisciplinesAssociation
object
An association between a content and a number of discipline assignments
3 properties1 required
WorkflowListResult
object
List of workflow steps.
1 property
LocalizedString
object
A set of string values, one for each submission locale. Note: invalid locale values will be ignored.
KeywordGroup
object
4 properties2 required
LocalesList
object
List of available locales
1 property
NoteListResult
object
List of notes
3 properties
DisciplinesAssociationListResult
object
List of discipline associations. Can contain a subset of all items along with the full count
3 properties
MetricDefinition
object
Information about how a specific metric is defined; how data of the metric is structured
3 properties2 required
Workflow
object
Information about workflow
2 properties1 required
MetricValue
object
A metric value, that contains one piece of data. Only one type of value can be set at a time, and it must match the specification of the metric definition.
6 properties1 required
OrderingsList
object
List of available orderings
1 property
PublisherRef
object
A reference to a publisher
1 required
Specification
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