bioRxiv Publisher API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: bioRxiv REST Details Publisher 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.

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  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: Publisher
paths:
  /publisher/{publisherPrefix}/{interval}/{cursor}:
    get:
      operationId: getPublisherArticleDetails
      summary: Get publisher article details
      description: 'Returns metadata for up to 100 articles from a specific publisher identified by their DOI prefix within a given date range.

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      parameters:
      - name: publisherPrefix
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Publisher DOI prefix (e.g. 10.15252)
        schema:
          type: string
        example: '10.15252'
      - 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
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with publisher article metadata
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublisherArticleResponse'
      tags:
      - Publisher
components:
  schemas:
    PublisherArticleResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response from publisher article details endpoint
      properties:
        messages:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseMessage'
        collection:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublisherArticleMetadata'
    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
    PublisherArticleMetadata:
      type: object
      description: Metadata for an article from a specific publisher
      properties:
        biorxiv_doi:
          type: string
          description: DOI of the bioRxiv preprint
        published_doi:
          type: string
          description: DOI of the published journal article
        title:
          type: string
          description: Title of the article
        preprint_category:
          type: string
          description: Subject category of the preprint
        preprint_date:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Date the preprint was posted
        published_date:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Date the article was published