Clarivate

Clarivate Search API

Supports discovery and interrogation of Web of Science data.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 8

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET / Search Web of Science with a query string · Submits a user query and returns results #
Ask an LLM
“How do I run an advanced Web of Science query with a GET request and get a query ID back?”
“Can I limit a Web of Science search to papers published in a given date range?”
Tell an agent
Search Web of Science database {databaseId} for {usrQuery}.
Run the query {usrQuery} against {databaseId} for records published in {publishTimeSpan}.
POST / Submit a Web of Science search in a request body · Submits a user query and returns results #
Ask an LLM
“Can I send a long Web of Science query as a POST body instead of URL parameters?”
“What do I put in the body to search the Web of Science collection by POST?”
Tell an agent
POST a search of {databaseId} for {usrQuery}, returning {count} records starting at {firstRecord}.
Submit the query {usrQuery} to {databaseId} in a POST body limited to edition {edition}, {count} records from {firstRecord}.
GET /query/{queryId} Page through results of an earlier search · Fetch record(s) by query identifier #
Ask an LLM
“How do I fetch the next page of records from a search I already ran, using its query ID?”
“Can I re-sort the records of a previous Web of Science query without searching again?”
Tell an agent
Get records for query ID {queryId}.
Fetch {count} more records from query {queryId} starting at record {firstRecord}.
GET /related Find records related by shared references · Identify related records #
Ask an LLM
“How do I find papers that share cited references with a given Web of Science record?”
“Can I get related records for an article along with the article itself?”
Tell an agent
Find records related to {uniqueId} in {databaseId}.
List the top {count} records in {databaseId} that share references with {uniqueId}.
GET /citing Find articles that cite a record · Find citing items #
Ask an LLM
“Who has cited this Web of Science Core Collection article?”
“Can I list the citing articles for a paper published within a certain time span?”
Tell an agent
Find articles in {databaseId} that cite {uniqueId}.
List articles citing {uniqueId} in {databaseId} that were published in {publishTimeSpan}.
GET /references List the references an article cites · Find cited references by id #
Ask an LLM
“What references does a given Web of Science article cite in its bibliography?”
“Is there a way to page through a paper's cited reference list?”
Tell an agent
List the cited references of {uniqueId} in {databaseId}.
Get {count} cited references from {uniqueId}'s bibliography in {databaseId}, starting at {firstRecord}.
GET /category-context/{uniqueId} Get subject category context for a document · Get categorization context about the citing/cited references of a given document #
Ask an LLM
“Which subject categories do a document's citing and cited references fall into?”
“Can I see the ASCA category distribution around a single paper?”
Tell an agent
Get the category context for document {uniqueId}.
Show at most {maxCat} subject categories for the references around {uniqueId}.
GET /citation-report/{queryId} Build a citation report for a search · Get citation report by query id #
Ask an LLM
“How do I get a citation report for the result set of a search I ran?”
“Is there a size limit on result sets for Web of Science citation reports?”
Tell an agent
Get the citation report for query {queryId}.
Build a citation report for query {queryId} covering {startYear} to {endYear}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/ipdata-api
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/converisreadapi
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/dss-search-api
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wos-journal
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/endnote
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/legacy_api
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/converis_additional_api
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/incites
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wos
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/sushi-api
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/cud_api
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/ric_ai_api
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/cddi-counter-five
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/ric-download-api
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wos-researcher
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wos-starter
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/woslite
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/lsh-download-ext-client
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wosrl-api
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/cortellis-api-collection
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/patentmonitor-innography
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/reviewer-connect
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/ric-agent-hub-api
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/ric-searchretrieve-api
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/sushi-status-api
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Documentation
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/twa-riskmark-integration

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clarivate/refs/heads/main/openapi/clarivate-search-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clarivate/refs/heads/main/json-schema/clarivate-reference-response-xml-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clarivate/refs/heads/main/json-schema/clarivate-wos-search-response-xml-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clarivate/refs/heads/main/json-schema/clarivate-retrieve-response-xml-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clarivate/refs/heads/main/json-schema/clarivate-citation-report-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clarivate/refs/heads/main/json-schema/clarivate-category-context-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clarivate/refs/heads/main/json-schema/clarivate-category-context-response-xml-schema.json

Other Resources

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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/ipdata-api/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/converisreadapi/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/dss-search-api/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wos-journal/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/endnote/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/legacy_api/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/converis_additional_api/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/incites/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wos/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/sushi-api/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/cud_api/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/ric_ai_api/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/cddi-counter-five/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/ric-download-api/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wos-researcher/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wos-starter/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/woslite/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/lsh-download-ext-client/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/wosrl-api/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/cortellis-api-collection/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/patentmonitor-innography/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/reviewer-connect/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/ric-agent-hub-api/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/ric-searchretrieve-api/swagger
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X-GraphQLGated
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clarivate/refs/heads/main/graphql/clarivate-graphql.yml
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/sushi-status-api/swagger
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OpenAPISource
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/twa-riskmark-integration/swagger

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OpenAPI Specification

clarivate-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: This API supports rich searching across the Web of Science based on your subscription to retrieve item-level metadata, including times cited counts and contributor addresses/affiliations.
  version: 1.0.0-oas3
  title: Web of Science API Expanded Search API
servers:
- url: https://api.clarivate.com/api/wos
security:
- key: []
tags:


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