# Elsevier Metadata APIs

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-metadata-apis/  
**Provider:** Elsevier — https://apis.io/providers/elsevier/  
**Base URL:** https://api.elsevier.com/content  
**Documentation:** https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html

Elsevier Metadata APIs is one of 10 APIs that [Elsevier](https://apis.io/providers/elsevier/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Metadata, Citations, and Journals. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

The Metadata APIs cover citation counts, the Citations Overview, and serial and non-serial title metadata and search — the bibliographic layer over Scopus rather than the content itself. Six paths on api.elsevier.com/content.

## Operations (6)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/abstract/citation-count` | Cited by in Scopus image |
| GET | `/abstract/citations` | Citations Overview |
| GET | `/nonserial/title` | Nonserial Title Search |
| GET | `/nonserial/title/isbn/{isbn}` | Nonserial Title Metadata |
| GET | `/serial/title` | Serial Title Search |
| GET | `/serial/title/issn/{issn}` | Serial Title Metadata |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elsevier/refs/heads/main/openapi/elsevier-metadata-swagger.json
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elsevier/refs/heads/main/overlays/elsevier-metadata-overlay.yaml
- **Console** — https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html

## Other Elsevier APIs (9)

- [Elsevier Scopus APIs](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-scopus-apis/)
- [Elsevier ScienceDirect APIs](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-sciencedirect-apis/)
- [Elsevier SciVal API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-scival-api/)
- [Elsevier Engineering Village API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-engineering-village-api/)
- [Elsevier Embase API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-embase-api/)
- [Elsevier Retrieval APIs](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-retrieval-apis/)
- [Elsevier COUNTER SUSHI API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-sushi-api/)
- [Elsevier Abstract API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-abstract-api/)
- [Elsevier Search API](https://apis.io/apis/elsevier/elsevier-search-api/)

## Tags

Metadata, Citations, Journals

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