bioRxiv

bioRxiv Pub API

The Pub API from bioRxiv — 1 operation(s) for pub.

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GET /pub/{interval}/{cursor}/{format} Get published article details (bioRxiv only) #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: bioRxiv REST Details Pub API
  description: 'REST API providing programmatic access to preprint metadata, full text, publication information, and usage statistics for biological research papers posted to bioRxiv and medRxiv. Supports filtering by date range, DOI, subject category, funder, and publisher.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: bioRxiv Support
    url: https://www.biorxiv.org/about-biorxiv
  license:
    name: bioRxiv Terms of Service
    url: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/about-biorxiv
servers:
- url: https://api.biorxiv.org
  description: bioRxiv REST API server
tags:
- name: Pub
paths:
  /pub/{interval}/{cursor}/{format}:
    get:
      operationId: getPublishedArticleDetails
      summary: Get published article details (bioRxiv only)
      description: 'Returns metadata for up to 100 articles published from bioRxiv preprints within a specified date range. Includes both preprint and published DOIs.

        '
      parameters:
      - name: interval
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Date range (YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD), numeric, or numeric+d
        schema:
          type: string
        example: 2021-06-01/2021-06-15
      - name: cursor
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Pagination cursor (0-based start position)
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          default: 0
        example: 0
      - name: format
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Response format
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - csv
          default: json
        example: json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with published article metadata
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublishedArticleResponse'
            text/csv:
              schema:
                type: string
      tags:
      - Pub
components:
  schemas:
    PublishedArticleMetadata:
      type: object
      description: Metadata for a published article derived from a bioRxiv preprint
      properties:
        preprint_doi:
          type: string
          description: DOI of the bioRxiv preprint
          example: 10.1101/339747
        published_doi:
          type: string
          description: DOI of the published journal article
          example: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.05.001
        title:
          type: string
          description: Title of the article
        category:
          type: string
          description: Subject category
        preprint_date:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Date the preprint was posted
        published_date:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Date the article was published
    PublishedArticleResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response from published article details endpoint
      properties:
        messages:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseMessage'
        collection:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublishedArticleMetadata'
    ResponseMessage:
      type: object
      description: Status message included in API responses
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          description: Status of the request (ok, error)
          example: ok
        interval:
          type: string
          description: The interval queried
          example: 2021-06-01/2021-06-15
        cursor:
          type: integer
          description: Current cursor position
          example: 0
        count:
          type: integer
          description: Number of results returned
          example: 30
        total:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of results available
          example: 342