bioRxiv

bioRxiv Sum API

The Sum API from bioRxiv — 1 operation(s) for sum.

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GET /sum/{interval}/{format} Get content summary statistics #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: bioRxiv REST Sum 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: Sum
paths:
  /sum/{interval}/{format}:
    get:
      operationId: getContentSummaryStatistics
      summary: Get content summary statistics
      description: Returns summary statistics for bioRxiv paper submissions including new and revised paper counts, cumulative totals, aggregated monthly or yearly.
      parameters:
      - name: interval
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Aggregation interval (m for monthly, y for yearly)
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - m
          - y
        example: m
      - 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 content summary statistics
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SummaryStatisticsResponse'
            text/csv:
              schema:
                type: string
      tags:
      - Sum
components:
  schemas:
    SummaryStatisticsEntry:
      type: object
      description: Summary statistics for a time period
      properties:
        month:
          type: string
          description: Month or year of the statistics
          example: 2021-06
        new_papers:
          type: integer
          description: Number of new papers posted
          example: 4532
        revised_papers:
          type: integer
          description: Number of revised papers posted
          example: 1204
        all_papers:
          type: integer
          description: Total papers (new + revised)
          example: 5736
        new_papers_cumulative:
          type: integer
          description: Cumulative total of new papers
        revised_papers_cumulative:
          type: integer
          description: Cumulative total of revised papers
        all_papers_cumulative:
          type: integer
          description: Cumulative total of all papers
    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
    SummaryStatisticsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response from content summary statistics endpoint
      properties:
        messages:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseMessage'
        collection:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SummaryStatisticsEntry'