Web of Science APIs citations API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Web of Science API Expanded citations API
  description: The Web of Science API Expanded provides rich searching across the Web of Science based on your subscription to retrieve item-level metadata, including times-cited counts and contributor addresses and affiliations. It supports advanced search, citation analysis, related records discovery, reference retrieval, and bibliometric reporting with both JSON and XML output formats.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Clarivate Developer Support
    url: https://developer.clarivate.com/support
  license:
    name: Clarivate Terms of Use
    url: https://clarivate.com/legal/terms-conditions/
servers:
- url: https://api.clarivate.com/api/wos
  description: Web of Science API Expanded
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: citations
paths:
  /citing:
    get:
      summary: Web of Science Expanded Get Citing Articles
      description: Find articles that cite a specific Web of Science document identified by its unique identifier. Returns citation metadata and times-cited counts from the Web of Science Core Collection.
      operationId: getCitingArticles
      tags:
      - citations
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
      parameters:
      - name: databaseId
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Database identifier (WOS for Core Collection).
        schema:
          type: string
          default: WOS
      - name: uniqueId
        in: query
        required: true
        description: WOS unique identifier of the article to find citing articles for.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: WOS:000349044100001
      - name: count
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Number of records to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 10
      - name: firstRecord
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Starting record number.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      - name: publishTimeSpan
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Publication time span filter.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sortField
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Sort field and direction.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with citing articles
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /references:
    get:
      summary: Web of Science Expanded Get References for Article
      description: Retrieve the reference list cited by a specific Web of Science document. Returns all cited works including those outside the Web of Science Core Collection.
      operationId: getReferences
      tags:
      - citations
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
      parameters:
      - name: databaseId
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Database identifier.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: WOS
      - name: uniqueId
        in: query
        required: true
        description: WOS unique identifier of the article to get references for.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: WOS:000349044100001
      - name: count
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Number of references to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 10
      - name: firstRecord
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Starting record number.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with reference list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /related:
    get:
      summary: Web of Science Expanded Get Related Records
      description: Discover records that share cited references with a specified Web of Science article. Returns the parent record plus related documents ranked by the number of shared references.
      operationId: getRelatedRecords
      tags:
      - citations
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
      parameters:
      - name: databaseId
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Database identifier.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: WOS
      - name: uniqueId
        in: query
        required: true
        description: WOS unique identifier of the article to find related records for.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: WOS:000349044100001
      - name: count
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Number of related records to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 10
      - name: firstRecord
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Starting record number.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with related records
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    DynamicData:
      type: object
      description: Dynamic data including citation counts
      properties:
        citation_related:
          type: object
          description: Citation count information
          properties:
            tc_list:
              type: object
              description: Times-cited list by database
    SearchResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response from search and retrieval operations
      properties:
        queryResult:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryResult'
        records:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Records'
    QueryResult:
      type: object
      description: Metadata about the search query and result set
      properties:
        queryId:
          type: integer
          description: Identifier for this query (for subsequent pagination calls)
        recordsFound:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of records matching the query
        recordsSearched:
          type: integer
          description: Number of records searched (may differ from total database size)
    FullRecordMetadata:
      type: object
      description: Full record metadata including keywords and addresses
      properties:
        languages:
          type: object
          description: Publication language information
        keywords:
          type: object
          description: Author keywords and Keywords Plus
        addresses:
          type: object
          description: Author affiliation addresses
        fund_ack:
          type: object
          description: Funding acknowledgment information
    PubInfo:
      type: object
      description: Publication information
      properties:
        pubtype:
          type: string
          description: Publication type
        pubyear:
          type: string
          description: Year of publication
        sortdate:
          type: string
          description: Sort date
        issue:
          type: string
          description: Issue number
        vol:
          type: string
          description: Volume number
    WosRecord:
      type: object
      description: A full Web of Science record with all metadata fields
      properties:
        UID:
          type: string
          description: Web of Science unique identifier
        static_data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/StaticData'
        dynamic_data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DynamicData'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Error response from the API
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP error code
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message
    RecordSummary:
      type: object
      description: Summary fields of a WOS record
      properties:
        names:
          type: object
          description: Author and editor names
        doctypes:
          type: object
          description: Document types
        titles:
          type: object
          description: Titles (article, source, etc.)
        pub_info:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PubInfo'
        identifiers:
          type: object
          description: Document identifiers (DOI, ISSN, etc.)
    Records:
      type: object
      description: Container for record results
      properties:
        records:
          type: array
          description: Array of WOS records
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/WosRecord'
    StaticData:
      type: object
      description: Static (non-citation) metadata for a WOS record
      properties:
        summary:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecordSummary'
        fullrecord_metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FullRecordMetadata'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-ApiKey
      description: Clarivate API key for Web of Science API Expanded