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Web of Science APIs documents API

The documents API from Web of Science APIs — 2 operation(s) for documents.

Web of Science APIs documents API is one of 6 APIs that Web of Science APIs publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 11 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.clarivate.com/api/wos.

2 operations 2 paths 11 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Server
https://api.clarivate.com/api/wos
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Web of Science APIs documents API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-ApiKey (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyAuth — Clarivate API key for Web of Science API Expanded

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

documents 2
GET
/documents
Web of Science Starter Search Documents
searchDocuments 7 params → 200400401429
GET
/documents/{uid}
Web of Science Starter Get Document by UID
getDocument 1 param → 200404401

Schemas 11

The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Document (10 properties), DocumentSource (8 properties), DocumentsSearchResponse (4 properties), DocumentPages (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DocumentLinks
object
Links to the document in Web of Science
3 properties
CitationCount
object
Citation count for a specific database
2 properties
DocumentsSearchResponse
object
Response from document search containing results and metadata
4 properties
DocumentNames
object
Author and editor names
1 property
DocumentSource
object
Source publication information
8 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Error response from the API
3 properties
DocumentIdentifiers
object
Document identifiers (DOI, PMID, etc.)
4 properties
Author
object
An author of a Web of Science document
3 properties
Document
object
A Web of Science document record with bibliographic metadata
10 properties
DocumentKeywords
object
Keywords associated with the document
2 properties
DocumentPages
object
Page range information
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

web-of-science-apis-documents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Web of Science APIs publishes across the network.

Web of Science APIs citations API
Web of Science APIs journals API
Web of Science APIs records API
Web of Science APIs reports API
Web of Science APIs search API