Elsevier

Elsevier COUNTER SUSHI API

Elsevier's COUNTER Code of Practice Release 5 and 5.1 API, delivering standards-compliant usage statistics and reports over SUSHI. Base https://api.elsevier.com/sushi/ for COP5 and https://api.elsevier.com/sushi/r51/ for COP5.1, with /status, /members and /reports endpoints. Access requires a COUNTER requestor ID and a preconfigured key issued by Elsevier support.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://dev.elsevier.com/sushicop5.html

Other Resources

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WADL
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elsevier/refs/heads/main/wadl/elsevier-sushicop5.wadl
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WADL
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elsevier/refs/heads/main/wadl/elsevier-sushicop51.wadl
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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elsevier/refs/heads/main/conformance/elsevier-conformance.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: elsevier:elsevier-sushi-api
name: Elsevier COUNTER SUSHI API
description: Elsevier's COUNTER Code of Practice Release 5 and 5.1 API, delivering standards-compliant
  usage statistics and reports over SUSHI. Base https://api.elsevier.com/sushi/ for COP5 and https://api.elsevier.com/sushi/r51/
  for COP5.1, with /status, /members and /reports endpoints. Access requires a COUNTER requestor ID and
  a preconfigured key issued by Elsevier support.
humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sushicop5.html
baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/sushi
tags:
- COUNTER
- SUSHI
- Usage Statistics
properties:
- type: WADL
  url: wadl/elsevier-sushicop5.wadl
- type: WADL
  url: wadl/elsevier-sushicop51.wadl
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sushicop5.html
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/elsevier-conformance.yml