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Elsevier SciVal Subject Area Lookup API

The SciVal Subject Area Lookup API API from Elsevier — 3 operation(s) for scival subject area lookup api.

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Operations 3

GET /subjectArea/classificationType/{classificationType} Get subject areas by classification type #

GET /subjectArea/search Find subject areas by name or classification #

GET /subjectArea/{id} Get subject area by id #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Elsevier SciVal SciVal Subject Area Lookup API
  version: 3.0.1
servers:
- url: https://api.elsevier.com/analytics/scival
tags:
- name: SciVal Subject Area Lookup API
paths:
  /subjectArea/classificationType/{classificationType}:
    get:
      parameters:
      - description: The subject classification type for which to return subject areas
        in: path
        name: classificationType
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ASJC
          - FOR
          - FOS
          - KAKEN
          - QS
          - REF2014
          - THE
          - SDG
          - POL
          - NIRF
          default: ASJC
      - description: Your API key
        in: query
        name: apiKey
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: 7f59af901d2d86f78a1fd60c1bf9426a
      - description: Specification for authorization, institution authtoken
        in: query
        name: insttoken
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Specification for active session, secured authtoken
        in: query
        name: access_token
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreasResponse'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreasResponse'
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreasResponse'
            application/vnd.scival.v2+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreasResponse'
            application/vnd.scival.v2+xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreasResponse'
        '401':
          description: Request not authorized
        '404':
          description: No subject areas were found
        '500':
          description: Unknown error encountered
      tags:
      - SciVal Subject Area Lookup API
      operationId: getSubjectAreasByClassification
      summary: Get subject areas by classification type
  /subjectArea/search:
    get:
      parameters:
      - description: Search query string. Valid fields are name and classificatoin. Valid operators are OR and AND.
        in: query
        name: query
        required: true
        x-example: name(biology) AND classification(ASJC)
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: The number of results to return
        in: query
        name: limit
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 100
      - description: For paginating results, this is how many pages of results to skip before returning results
        in: query
        name: offset
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 0
      - description: Your API key
        in: query
        name: apiKey
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: 7f59af901d2d86f78a1fd60c1bf9426a
      - description: Specification for authorization, institution authtoken
        in: query
        name: insttoken
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Specification for active session, secured authtoken
        in: query
        name: access_token
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaSearchResponse'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaSearchResponse'
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaSearchResponse'
            application/vnd.scival.v2+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaSearchResponse'
            application/vnd.scival.v2+xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaSearchResponse'
        '400':
          description: Query not specified
        '401':
          description: Request not authorized
        '500':
          description: Unknown error encountered
      tags:
      - SciVal Subject Area Lookup API
      operationId: subjectAreaSearch
      summary: Find subject areas by name or classification
  /subjectArea/{id}:
    get:
      parameters:
      - description: Id of requested subject area
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          default: 13
      - description: The subject classification type for which to return subject areas
        in: query
        name: classificationType
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ASJC
          - FOR
          - FOS
          - KAKEN
          - QS
          - REF2014
          - THE
          - SDG
          - POL
          - NIRF
          default: ASJC
      - description: Your API key
        in: query
        name: apiKey
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: 7f59af901d2d86f78a1fd60c1bf9426a
      - description: Specification for authorization, institution authtoken
        in: query
        name: insttoken
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Specification for active session, secured authtoken
        in: query
        name: access_token
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaResponse'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaResponse'
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaResponse'
            application/vnd.scival.v2+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaResponse'
            application/vnd.scival.v2+xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaResponse'
        '401':
          description: Request not authorized
        '404':
          description: No subject areas were found
        '500':
          description: Unknown error encountered
      tags:
      - SciVal Subject Area Lookup API
      operationId: getSubjectArea
      summary: Get subject area by id
components:
  schemas:
    SubjectAreaSearchResult:
      properties:
        children:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Discipline'
          type: array
        classificationType:
          enum:
          - ASJC
          - FOR
          - FOS
          - QS
          - KAKEN
          - THE
          - POL
          - SDG
          - SCADC
          - NIRF
          type: string
        id:
          format: int64
          type: integer
        link:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseLink'
        name:
          type: string
        uri:
          type: string
      type: object
    Discipline:
      properties:
        circleOrder:
          format: int32
          type: integer
        classificationType:
          type: string
        color:
          type: string
        hasASJCMapping:
          type: boolean
        id:
          format: int32
          type: integer
        localCode:
          type: string
        localName:
          type: string
        mappingChecked:
          type: boolean
        name:
          type: string
        subjectId:
          format: int32
          type: integer
        subjectURI:
          type: string
        uri:
          type: string
      type: object
    SubjectAreaSearchResponse:
      properties:
        link:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseLink'
        results:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaSearchResult'
          type: array
      type: object
    ResponseLink:
      properties:
        '@href':
          type: string
        '@ref':
          type: string
        '@type':
          type: string
      type: object
    SubjectAreaResult:
      properties:
        children:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaSearchResult'
          type: array
        classificationName:
          type: string
        classificationType:
          enum:
          - ASJC
          - FOR
          - FOS
          - QS
          - KAKEN
          - THE
          - POL
          - SDG
          - SCADC
          - NIRF
          type: string
        id:
          format: int64
          type: integer
        link:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseLink'
        name:
          type: string
        uri:
          type: string
      type: object
    SubjectAreasResponse:
      properties:
        link:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseLink'
        subjectAreas:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaSearchResult'
          type: array
      type: object
    SubjectAreaResponse:
      properties:
        discipline:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Discipline'
        link:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseLink'
        subjectArea:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubjectAreaResult'
      type: object
x-components: {}
x-apievangelist-provenance:
  method: searched
  source: https://dev.elsevier.com/elsdoc/scival
  note: 'Verbatim copy is openapi/_original/elsdoc/elsevier-scival-swagger.json. This copy differs from the source in exactly two mechanical ways: Elsevier''s external path $refs (./listings/<Name>#/<op>) were inlined from the provider''s own listing documents (also saved verbatim under openapi/_original/elsdoc/listings/), and info.title was filled in where the provider left it empty. No operation, parameter, response or schema content was authored by API Evangelist.'
  retrieved: '2026-09-06'