Web of Science APIs search API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Web of Science API Expanded citations search 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: search
paths:
  /:
    get:
      summary: Web of Science Expanded Search Documents via GET
      description: Submit search queries to retrieve Web of Science document metadata. Supports the Web of Science Advanced Search Query syntax with field tags, boolean operators, and wildcard characters. Returns a query ID and initial results page for subsequent pagination.
      operationId: searchDocumentsGet
      tags:
      - search
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
      parameters:
      - name: databaseId
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Database to search (e.g., WOS for Web of Science Core Collection).
        schema:
          type: string
          default: WOS
          enum:
          - WOS
          - BIOABS
          - BCI
          - CCC
          - DIIDW
          - MEDLINE
          - ZOOREC
      - name: usrQuery
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Advanced search query string using Web of Science query syntax. Field tags include TS (topic), AU (author), TI (title), SO (source), DO (DOI), OG (organization), etc.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: TS=machine learning AND PY=2024
      - name: count
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Number of records to return (1-100).
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 10
      - name: firstRecord
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Starting record number for pagination.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          default: 1
      - name: lang
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Language of the results (default en).
        schema:
          type: string
          default: en
      - name: editions
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Comma-separated list of WOS database editions to search.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: publishTimeSpan
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Publication date range filter in format begin=YYYY-MM-DD&end=YYYY-MM-DD.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sortField
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Field and direction for sorting results.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - LD+D
          - PY+D
          - TC+D
          - RS+D
          - LD+A
          - PY+A
      - name: loadRecord
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Include full record in response.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - true
          - false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with search results and query ID
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request - invalid query
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    post:
      summary: Web of Science Expanded Search Documents via POST
      description: Submit search queries via POST to retrieve Web of Science document metadata. Equivalent to the GET search endpoint but allows larger query parameters in the request body.
      operationId: searchDocumentsPost
      tags:
      - search
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /query/{queryId}:
    get:
      summary: Web of Science Expanded Fetch Query Results
      description: Retrieve records from a previously submitted search query using the query ID returned from the search endpoint. Supports pagination through large result sets with configurable record counts and sorting.
      operationId: getQueryResults
      tags:
      - search
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
      parameters:
      - name: queryId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Query identifier returned from the search endpoint.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: count
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Number of records to return (1-100).
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 10
      - name: firstRecord
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Starting record number for pagination.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          default: 1
      - name: sortField
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Field and direction for sorting results.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: viewField
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Comma-separated list of fields to include in response.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with query results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
        '404':
          description: Query not found or expired
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /recordids/{queryId}:
    get:
      summary: Web of Science Expanded Get Record IDs for Query
      description: Retrieve only the unique identifiers for records matching a previously submitted search query. More efficient than retrieving full records when only UIDs are needed for deduplication or subsequent lookups.
      operationId: getRecordIds
      tags:
      - search
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 100
      parameters:
      - name: queryId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Query identifier returned from the search endpoint.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: count
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Number of record IDs to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 10
      - name: firstRecord
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Starting record number for pagination.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          default: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with array of unique identifiers
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecordIdsResponse'
        '404':
          description: Query not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    TimeSpan:
      type: object
      description: Date range for filtering
      properties:
        begin:
          type: string
          description: Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format
          format: date
        end:
          type: string
          description: End date in YYYY-MM-DD format
          format: date
    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'
    RecordIdsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response containing only record UIDs
      properties:
        queryResult:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryResult'
        ids:
          type: array
          description: Array of WOS unique identifiers
          items:
            type: string
    SearchRequest:
      type: object
      description: Search request body for POST endpoint
      properties:
        databaseId:
          type: string
          description: Database to search
          default: WOS
        usrQuery:
          type: string
          description: Advanced search query using WOS query syntax
        count:
          type: integer
          description: Number of records to return
          default: 10
        firstRecord:
          type: integer
          description: Starting record number
          default: 1
        editions:
          type: array
          description: Database editions to search
          items:
            type: string
        publishTimeSpan:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimeSpan'
        sortField:
          type: string
          description: Sort field and direction
    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