bioRxiv

bioRxiv Usage API

The Usage API from bioRxiv — 1 operation(s) for usage.

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GET /usage/{interval}/{server}/{format} Get usage summary statistics #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: bioRxiv REST Details Usage 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: Usage
paths:
  /usage/{interval}/{server}/{format}:
    get:
      operationId: getUsageSummaryStatistics
      summary: Get usage summary statistics
      description: 'Returns usage statistics for bioRxiv or medRxiv including abstract views, full-text views, and PDF downloads, 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: server
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Preprint server to query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - biorxiv
          - medrxiv
        example: biorxiv
      - 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 usage statistics
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UsageStatisticsResponse'
            text/csv:
              schema:
                type: string
      tags:
      - Usage
components:
  schemas:
    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
    UsageStatisticsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response from usage summary statistics endpoint
      properties:
        messages:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseMessage'
        collection:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/UsageStatisticsEntry'
    UsageStatisticsEntry:
      type: object
      description: Usage statistics for a time period
      properties:
        month:
          type: string
          description: Month or year of the statistics
          example: 2021-06
        abstract_views:
          type: integer
          description: Number of abstract page views
          example: 9823451
        full_text_views:
          type: integer
          description: Number of full-text HTML views
          example: 3241876
        pdf_downloads:
          type: integer
          description: Number of PDF downloads
          example: 2156432
        abstract_views_cumulative:
          type: integer
          description: Cumulative abstract views
        full_text_views_cumulative:
          type: integer
          description: Cumulative full-text views
        pdf_downloads_cumulative:
          type: integer
          description: Cumulative PDF downloads