Web of Science APIs journals API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Web of Science API Expanded citations journals 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: journals
paths:
  /journals:
    get:
      summary: Web of Science Starter Search Journals by ISSN
      description: Search and retrieve journal information from the Web of Science Journal Citation Reports. Query journals by ISSN to get metadata including impact factor, category, and JCR profile URL.
      operationId: getJournals
      tags:
      - journals
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
      parameters:
      - name: issn
        in: query
        required: false
        description: ISSN (print or electronic) of the journal to retrieve.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: 0028-0836
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Free-text query to search journals by name or related terms.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Number of journals to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 50
          default: 10
      - name: page
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Page number for pagination.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          default: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with journal search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/JournalsSearchResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /journals/{id}:
    get:
      summary: Web of Science Starter Get Journal by ID
      description: Retrieve detailed information about a specific journal using its Web of Science journal identifier. Returns journal title, ISSN, publisher, categories, impact metrics, and JCR profile URL.
      operationId: getJournal
      tags:
      - journals
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Web of Science journal identifier.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with journal details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Journal'
        '404':
          description: Journal not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Error response from the API
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error code or type
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Additional error details
    Journal:
      type: object
      description: A Web of Science journal record
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Web of Science journal identifier
        name:
          type: string
          description: Journal title
        issn:
          type: string
          description: Print ISSN
        eissn:
          type: string
          description: Electronic ISSN
        publisher:
          type: string
          description: Publisher name
        country:
          type: string
          description: Country of publication
        openAccess:
          type: object
          description: Open access information
          properties:
            value:
              type: string
        categories:
          type: array
          description: Web of Science subject categories
          items:
            type: string
        jcrProfile:
          type: string
          description: URL to the Journal Citation Reports profile
          format: uri
        links:
          type: object
          description: Links to journal information
          properties:
            record:
              type: string
              format: uri
    JournalsSearchResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response from journal search containing results and metadata
      properties:
        total:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of journals matching the query
        page:
          type: integer
          description: Current page number
        limit:
          type: integer
          description: Number of records per page
        hits:
          type: array
          description: Array of journal records
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Journal'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-ApiKey
      description: Clarivate API key for Web of Science API Expanded