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Web of Science APIs search API

The search API from Web of Science APIs — 3 operation(s) for search.

Web of Science APIs search 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 search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 13 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.

4 operations 3 paths 13 schemas 3 GET1 POST

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 search 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 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 3 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

search 4
GET
/
Web of Science Expanded Search Documents via GET
searchDocumentsGet 9 params → 200400401
POST
/
Web of Science Expanded Search Documents via POST
searchDocumentsPost body → 200400401
GET
/query/{queryId}
Web of Science Expanded Fetch Query Results
getQueryResults 5 params → 200404
GET
/recordids/{queryId}
Web of Science Expanded Get Record IDs for Query
getRecordIds 3 params → 200404

Schemas 13

The contract defines 13 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SearchRequest (7 properties), PubInfo (5 properties), RecordSummary (5 properties), FullRecordMetadata (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TimeSpan
object
Date range for filtering
2 properties
DynamicData
object
Dynamic data including citation counts
1 property
SearchResponse
object
Response from search and retrieval operations
2 properties
QueryResult
object
Metadata about the search query and result set
3 properties
FullRecordMetadata
object
Full record metadata including keywords and addresses
4 properties
PubInfo
object
Publication information
5 properties
WosRecord
object
A full Web of Science record with all metadata fields
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Error response from the API
2 properties
RecordSummary
object
Summary fields of a WOS record
5 properties
Records
object
Container for record results
1 property
RecordIdsResponse
object
Response containing only record UIDs
2 properties
SearchRequest
object
Search request body for POST endpoint
7 properties
StaticData
object
Static (non-citation) metadata for a WOS record
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

Other APIs Web of Science APIs publishes across the network.

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