Dimensions

aid: dimensions
name: Dimensions
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dimensions/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
description: Dimensions is a research data platform from Digital Science providing access to publications, grants, patents,
  clinical trials, datasets, and policy documents. The Dimensions Analytics API offers programmatic access to this research
  data via the Dimensions Search Language (DSL), enabling citation analysis, researcher discovery, organization benchmarking,
  and topic identification. The API is subscription-only and is not intended for bulk data extraction or to power dashboards
  or other derivative products.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/dimensions.png
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
tags:
- Analytics
- Research
- Publications
- Grants
- Patents
- Clinical Trials
- Jupyter Notebooks
created: '2025-02-06'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: dimensions:dimensions-analytics-api
  name: Dimensions Analytics API
  description: The Dimensions Analytics API provides programmatic access to the Dimensions research data platform via the
    Dimensions Search Language (DSL). It supports queries against publications, grants, patents, clinical trials, datasets,
    organizations, and researchers. Authentication uses an API key exchanged for a JWT token via POST to /api/auth, with query
    requests sent to /api/dsl/v2 carrying the JWT in the Authorization header. The API is subscription-only and rate limited
    to 30 requests per IP per minute.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.dimensions.ai/dsl/
  baseURL: https://app.dimensions.ai/api
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Research
  - Publications
  - Grants
  - Patents
  - Clinical Trials
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.dimensions.ai/dsl/
  - type: API Access
    url: https://docs.dimensions.ai/dsl/api.html
  - type: DSL Reference
    url: https://docs.dimensions.ai/dsl/language.html
  - type: API Lab
    url: https://api-lab.dimensions.ai/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/digital-science/dimcli
- aid: dimensions:dimensions-authentication-api
  name: Dimensions Authentication API
  description: The Authentication API from Dimensions — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
  humanURL: https://docs.dimensions.ai/dsl/
  baseURL: https://app.dimensions.ai/api
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dimensions-authentication-api-openapi.yml
- aid: dimensions:dimensions-query-api
  name: Dimensions Query API
  description: The Query API from Dimensions — 1 operation(s) for query.
  humanURL: https://docs.dimensions.ai/dsl/
  baseURL: https://app.dimensions.ai/api
  tags:
  - Query
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dimensions-query-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/dimensions-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dimensions-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/dimensions-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.dimensions.ai/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.dimensions.ai/dsl/
- type: Support
  url: https://plus.dimensions.ai/support/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.dimensions.ai/blog/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com