Web of Science APIs reports API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Web of Science API Expanded citations reports 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: reports
paths:
  /citation-report/{queryId}:
    get:
      summary: Web of Science Expanded Get Citation Report for Query
      description: Generate a citation report for a query result set, providing aggregate citation statistics including total citations, average citations per item, h-index, and year-by-year citation counts.
      operationId: getCitationReport
      tags:
      - reports
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
      parameters:
      - name: queryId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Query identifier for the result set to report on.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: databaseId
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Database identifier.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: WOS
      - name: reportLevel
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Report aggregation level (WOS or AllDB).
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - WOS
          - AllDB
          default: WOS
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with citation report
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CitationReport'
        '400':
          description: Bad request or result set too large
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /category-context/{uniqueId}:
    get:
      summary: Web of Science Expanded Get Category Context for Record
      description: Retrieve the categorization context for citing and cited references of a Web of Science article. Returns ASCA traditional category distribution for the specified scope.
      operationId: getCategoryContext
      tags:
      - reports
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
      parameters:
      - name: uniqueId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: WOS unique identifier of the article.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: WOS:000349044100001
      - name: databaseId
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Database identifier.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: WOS
      - name: citeType
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Scope of category context (Citing, Referenced, or Aggregated).
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Citing
          - Referenced
          - Aggregated
          default: Citing
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with category context
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CategoryContext'
        '404':
          description: Record not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    CitationReport:
      type: object
      description: Citation report for a query result set
      properties:
        timesCited:
          type: integer
          description: Total times cited for all records in the result set
        averagePerItem:
          type: number
          description: Average citations per item
          format: float
        hIndex:
          type: integer
          description: h-index for the result set
        citingArticlesLinks:
          type: string
          description: Link to citing articles
          format: uri
        yearPublished:
          type: array
          description: Year-by-year publication counts
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/YearCount'
        citationsByYear:
          type: array
          description: Year-by-year citation counts
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/YearCount'
    CategoryCount:
      type: object
      description: A category with its record count
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Category name
        count:
          type: integer
          description: Number of records in this category
    YearCount:
      type: object
      description: Count value for a specific year
      properties:
        year:
          type: integer
          description: Year
        count:
          type: integer
          description: Count for that year
    CategoryContext:
      type: object
      description: Category context for citing or referenced records
      properties:
        categories:
          type: array
          description: ASCA traditional categories with counts
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CategoryCount'
    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
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-ApiKey
      description: Clarivate API key for Web of Science API Expanded