# Dimensions

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/dimensions/  
**Website:** https://www.dimensions.ai/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

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.

## Kin Score — 30.6 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 30.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 49.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 26.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 15.0 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (3)

- **Dimensions Analytics API** — The Dimensions Analytics API provides programmatic access to the Dimensions research data platform via the Dimensions Search Language (DSL). It supports queries against publicat...
- **Dimensions Authentication API** — The Authentication API from Dimensions — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
- **Dimensions Query API** — The Query API from Dimensions — 1 operation(s) for query.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Dimensions Agentic Access** — 2 operations · 2 acting

## Security (2)

- **Dimensions Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Dimensions Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Dimensions Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Analytics, Research, Publications, Grants, Patents, Clinical Trials, Jupyter Notebooks

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/dimensions/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.