Unpaywall Article Structure

{
  "title": "Unpaywall Article Structure",
  "description": "Structural documentation for Unpaywall article objects",
  "entity": "UnpaywallObject",
  "fields": [
    {"name": "doi", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "Article DOI (10.xxxx/xxx format)"},
    {"name": "doi_url", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "https://doi.org/{doi}"},
    {"name": "title", "type": "string|null", "required": false, "description": "Article title"},
    {"name": "genre", "type": "string|null", "required": false, "description": "Article type (journal-article, book-chapter, etc.)"},
    {"name": "is_paratext", "type": "boolean", "required": false, "default": false, "description": "Is this a journal issue or editorial (not research)?"},
    {"name": "published_date", "type": "string|null", "required": false, "description": "Publication date (ISO 8601)"},
    {"name": "year", "type": "integer|null", "required": false, "description": "Publication year"},
    {"name": "journal_name", "type": "string|null", "required": false, "description": "Journal name"},
    {"name": "journal_issns", "type": "string|null", "required": false, "description": "Comma-separated ISSNs"},
    {"name": "journal_issn_l", "type": "string|null", "required": false, "description": "Linking ISSN"},
    {"name": "journal_is_oa", "type": "boolean", "required": false, "description": "Is the journal fully open access?"},
    {"name": "journal_is_in_doaj", "type": "boolean", "required": false, "description": "Is the journal in DOAJ?"},
    {"name": "publisher", "type": "string|null", "required": false, "description": "Publisher name"},
    {"name": "is_oa", "type": "boolean", "required": true, "description": "Primary OA indicator — is there a free legal copy?"},
    {"name": "oa_status", "type": "enum|null", "required": false, "description": "OA color: gold|hybrid|bronze|green|closed"},
    {"name": "has_repository_copy", "type": "boolean", "required": false, "description": "Green OA flag"},
    {"name": "data_standard", "type": "integer", "required": true, "description": "Data version (2=current)"},
    {"name": "updated", "type": "string|null", "required": false, "description": "Last updated timestamp"},
    {
      "name": "best_oa_location",
      "type": "object|null",
      "required": false,
      "description": "The best OA location",
      "fields": [
        {"name": "url", "type": "string|null", "description": "Best available URL (PDF or landing)"},
        {"name": "url_for_pdf", "type": "string|null", "description": "Direct PDF URL if available"},
        {"name": "url_for_landing_page", "type": "string|null", "description": "Landing page URL"},
        {"name": "host_type", "type": "enum|null", "description": "publisher|repository"},
        {"name": "version", "type": "enum|null", "description": "publishedVersion|acceptedVersion|submittedVersion"},
        {"name": "license", "type": "string|null", "description": "Open license (cc-by, cc-by-nc, etc.)"},
        {"name": "oa_date", "type": "string|null", "description": "Date became open access"},
        {"name": "is_best", "type": "boolean", "description": "Is this the best location?"},
        {"name": "endpoint_id", "type": "string|null", "description": "OAI-PMH endpoint ID"},
        {"name": "pmh_id", "type": "string|null", "description": "OAI-PMH record ID"},
        {"name": "repository_institution", "type": "string|null", "description": "Repository institution name"}
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "oa_locations",
      "type": "array<OALocation>",
      "required": false,
      "description": "All OA locations found"
    },
    {
      "name": "oa_locations_embargoed",
      "type": "array<OALocation>",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Embargoed OA locations"
    },
    {
      "name": "z_authors",
      "type": "array<object>|null",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Authors from Crossref",
      "fields": [
        {"name": "given", "type": "string", "description": "Given name"},
        {"name": "family", "type": "string", "description": "Family name"},
        {"name": "ORCID", "type": "string", "description": "ORCID identifier"}
      ]
    }
  ]
}