Boolean Search Example

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  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://ieeexploreapi.ieee.org/api/v1/search/articles",
    "description": "Boolean search for articles about quantum computing in cryptography or security, from 2018 onwards, paginating through results.",
    "parameters": {
      "booleantext": "(quantum computing) AND (cryptography OR security OR encryption)",
      "start_date": "20180101",
      "max_records": 10,
      "start_record": 1,
      "sort_field": "publication_title",
      "sort_order": "asc",
      "apikey": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    },
    "curlExample": "curl -G 'https://ieeexploreapi.ieee.org/api/v1/search/articles' --data-urlencode 'booleantext=(quantum computing) AND (cryptography OR security OR encryption)' -d 'start_date=20180101&max_records=10&start_record=1&sort_field=publication_title&sort_order=asc&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'"
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "total_records": 4293,
      "total_searched": 6100000,
      "articles": [
        {
          "article_number": "9502467",
          "title": "Post-Quantum Lattice-Based Cryptography: A Survey of Algorithms and Implementations",
          "abstract": "The threat of quantum computers to current public-key cryptographic systems has spurred intensive research into post-quantum alternatives. This survey covers lattice-based cryptographic algorithms including CRYSTALS-Kyber and CRYSTALS-Dilithium selected by NIST for standardization, evaluating their security properties and implementation efficiency across hardware and software platforms.",
          "doi": "10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3094521",
          "authors": {
            "authors": [
              {
                "full_name": "Bernstein, Daniel J.",
                "author_order": 1,
                "affiliation": "University of Illinois Chicago",
                "author_url": "https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37271049"
              },
              {
                "full_name": "Lange, Tanja",
                "author_order": 2,
                "affiliation": "Eindhoven University of Technology",
                "author_url": "https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/29842815"
              }
            ]
          },
          "publication_title": "IEEE Access",
          "publication_year": 2021,
          "publication_date": "July 2021",
          "volume": "9",
          "start_page": "106172",
          "end_page": "106198",
          "content_type": "Journals",
          "issn": "2169-3536",
          "access_type": "Open Access",
          "is_open_access": true,
          "publisher": "IEEE",
          "citing_paper_count": 384,
          "citing_patent_count": 8,
          "author_terms": [
            "post-quantum cryptography",
            "lattice-based cryptography",
            "NIST standardization",
            "quantum threat"
          ],
          "ieee_terms": [
            "Quantum computing",
            "Cryptography",
            "Post-quantum cryptography",
            "Lattice-based cryptography",
            "Public-key cryptography"
          ],
          "pdf_url": "https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9502467",
          "html_url": "https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9502467",
          "abstract_url": "https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9502467",
          "rank": 1,
          "insert_date": "20210720"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "paginationNote": "To retrieve the next page, set start_record=11 (start_record + max_records). Repeat incrementing start_record by max_records until start_record > total_records."
}