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Elsevier

Elsevier is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as The Lancet and Cell, the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, the online citation database Scopus, the SciVal research performance platform, and the ClinicalKey search engine for clinicians. Its Research Products APIs expose Scopus, ScienceDirect, SciVal, Embase, Engineering Village and COUNTER usage reporting over a single host, api.elsevier.com, under an API key plus institutional entitlement model.

Elsevier publishes 32 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Abstract API, Search API, Abstract Citation Count API, and 29 more. Tagged areas include Content, Journals, Medical, Research, and Scientific.

Elsevier’s developer surface includes authentication, changelog, release notes, sandbox, developer console, developer portal, documentation, and 38 more developer resources.

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56.9/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 40/100 agent ready Front door AI 4/6 moderate saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
8 APIs
ContentJournalsMedicalResearchScientificTechnicalElsevierPublishingScholarly Publishing

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0
Composite quality — 56.9/100 · strong
Contract Quality 8.6 / 19
Developer Ergonomics 9.4 / 15
Access Clarity 12.2 / 15
Operational Transparency 4.9 / 10
Contract Governance 0.4 / 9
Discoverability 5.0 / 8
Regulatory Posture 5.5 / 15
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 40/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 6 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 6 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Health regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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APIs 32

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Elsevier Embase API

Embase APIs provide access to biomedical and pharmacological abstracts and indexing for life sciences research, drug development, and evidence-based medicine.

Elsevier COUNTER SUSHI API

Elsevier's COUNTER Code of Practice Release 5 and 5.1 API, delivering standards-compliant usage statistics and reports over SUSHI. Base https://api.elsevier.com/sushi/ for COP5 ...

Elsevier Abstract API

The Abstract API from Elsevier — 5 operation(s) for abstract.

Elsevier Search API

The Search API from Elsevier — 3 operation(s) for search.

Elsevier Abstract Citation Count API

Abstract Citation count API

Elsevier Abstract Retrieval API

Abstract Retrieval API

Elsevier Affiliation Retrieval API

Affiliation Retrieval API

Elsevier Affiliation Search API

Affiliation Search API

Elsevier Article Entitlement Retrieval API

Article Entitlement Retrieval API

Elsevier Article Metadata API

Article Metadata API

Elsevier Article Retrieval API

Article Retrieval API

Elsevier Author Retrieval API

Author Retrieval API

Elsevier Author Search API

Author Search API

Elsevier Citations Overview API

Citations Overview API

Elsevier Engineering Village Retrieval API

Engineering Village Retrieval API

Elsevier Engineering Village Search API

Engineering Village Search API

Elsevier Nonserial Title API

Nonserial Title API

Elsevier Object Retrieval API

Object Retrieval API

Elsevier Science Direct Search V2 API

ScienceDirect Search V2 API

Elsevier SciVal Author Lookup API

The SciVal Author Lookup API API from Elsevier — 4 operation(s) for scival author lookup api.

Elsevier SciVal Country Group Lookup API V1 API

The SciVal Country Group Lookup API V1 API from Elsevier — 3 operation(s) for scival country group lookup api v1.

Elsevier SciVal Country Lookup API V1 API

The SciVal Country Lookup API V1 API from Elsevier — 4 operation(s) for scival country lookup api v1.

Elsevier SciVal Institution Group Lookup API V1 API

The SciVal Institution Group Lookup API V1 API from Elsevier — 3 operation(s) for scival institution group lookup api v1.

Elsevier SciVal Institution Lookup API V1 API

The SciVal Institution Lookup API V1 API from Elsevier — 7 operation(s) for scival institution lookup api v1.

Elsevier SciVal Publication Lookup API V1 API

The SciVal Publication Lookup API V1 API from Elsevier — 2 operation(s) for scival publication lookup api v1.

Elsevier SciVal Scopus Source Lookup API

The SciVal Scopus Source Lookup API API from Elsevier — 3 operation(s) for scival scopus source lookup api.

Elsevier SciVal Subject Area Lookup API

The SciVal Subject Area Lookup API API from Elsevier — 3 operation(s) for scival subject area lookup api.

Elsevier SciVal Topic Cluster Lookup API

The SciVal Topic Cluster Lookup API API from Elsevier — 7 operation(s) for scival topic cluster lookup api.

Elsevier SciVal Topic Lookup API

The SciVal Topic Lookup API API from Elsevier — 7 operation(s) for scival topic lookup api.

Elsevier SciVal World Lookup API

The SciVal World Lookup API API from Elsevier — 1 operation(s) for scival world lookup api.

Elsevier Scopus Search API

Scopus Search API

Elsevier Serial Title API

Serial Title API

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Open Collections 4

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Elsevier Scopus APIs Abstract API

OPEN COLLECTION

Elsevier Scopus APIs Abstract Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Elsevier Scopus APIs

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Elsevier Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Elsevier Rate Limits

36 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Elsevier Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Elsevier Authentication

apiKey/bearer-like-token/oauth2 · 6 schemes

SECURITY

Elsevier Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Elsevier Trust Center

ISO/IEC 27001

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Elsevier Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Elsevier Agentic Access

106 operations · 1 acting

106 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox
Sandbox
 Console
Console
 Portal
Portal
 SignUp
SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 WellKnown
WellKnown
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill
 X-MCPServerCandidate
X-MCPServerCandidate

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance
Conformance
 Conventions
Conventions
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 DataModel
DataModel
 Components
Components

Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs
 Postman
Postman
 Examples
Examples
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes
 Compliance
Compliance

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Tutorials
Tutorials

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 ReleaseNotes
ReleaseNotes
 RateLimits
RateLimits
 Support
Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 8

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay
 Overlay
Overlay
 Overlay
Overlay
 Overlay
Overlay
 Overlay
Overlay
 Overlay
Overlay
 OpenIDConnect
OpenIDConnect
 WADL
WADL

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: elsevier
name: Elsevier
description: Elsevier is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its
  products include journals such as The Lancet and Cell, the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, the online citation
  database Scopus, the SciVal research performance platform, and the ClinicalKey search engine for clinicians. Its Research
  Products APIs expose Scopus, ScienceDirect, SciVal, Embase, Engineering Village and COUNTER usage reporting over a single
  host, api.elsevier.com, under an API key plus institutional entitlement model.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/elsevier.png
tags:
- Content
- Journals
- Medical
- Research
- Scientific
- Technical
- Elsevier
- Publishing
- Scholarly Publishing
created: '2023-11-22'
modified: '2026-09-06'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elsevier/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-embase-api
  name: Elsevier Embase API
  description: Embase APIs provide access to biomedical and pharmacological abstracts and indexing for life sciences research,
    drug development, and evidence-based medicine.
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/embase_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - Biomedical
  - Medical
  - Pharmacology
  properties:
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-embase.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/embase_apis.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-sushi-api
  name: Elsevier COUNTER SUSHI API
  description: Elsevier's COUNTER Code of Practice Release 5 and 5.1 API, delivering standards-compliant usage statistics
    and reports over SUSHI. Base https://api.elsevier.com/sushi/ for COP5 and https://api.elsevier.com/sushi/r51/ for COP5.1,
    with /status, /members and /reports endpoints. Access requires a COUNTER requestor ID and a preconfigured key issued by
    Elsevier support.
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sushicop5.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/sushi
  tags:
  - COUNTER
  - SUSHI
  - Usage Statistics
  properties:
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-sushicop5.wadl
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-sushicop51.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sushicop5.html
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/elsevier-conformance.yml
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-abstract-api
  name: Elsevier Abstract API
  description: The Abstract API from Elsevier — 5 operation(s) for abstract.
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com
  tags:
  - Abstract
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-abstract-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/elsevier-abstract-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-search-api
  name: Elsevier Search API
  description: The Search API from Elsevier — 3 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/elsevier-search-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/elsevier-search-overlay.yaml
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/search.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-abstract-citation-count-api
  name: Elsevier Abstract Citation Count API
  description: Abstract Citation count API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - Abstract_Citation_Count
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-abstract-citation-count-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-abstract-retrieval-api
  name: Elsevier Abstract Retrieval API
  description: Abstract Retrieval API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - Abstract_Retrieval
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-abstract-retrieval-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-affiliation-retrieval-api
  name: Elsevier Affiliation Retrieval API
  description: Affiliation Retrieval API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - Affiliation_Retrieval
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-affiliation-retrieval-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-affiliation-search-api
  name: Elsevier Affiliation Search API
  description: Affiliation Search API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - Affiliation_Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-affiliation-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-article-entitlement-retrieval-api
  name: Elsevier Article Entitlement Retrieval API
  description: Article Entitlement Retrieval API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - Article_Entitlement_Retrieval
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-article-entitlement-retrieval-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-article-metadata-api
  name: Elsevier Article Metadata API
  description: Article Metadata API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - Article_Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-article-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-article-retrieval-api
  name: Elsevier Article Retrieval API
  description: Article Retrieval API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - Article_Retrieval
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-article-retrieval-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-author-retrieval-api
  name: Elsevier Author Retrieval API
  description: Author Retrieval API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - Author_Retrieval
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-author-retrieval-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-author-search-api
  name: Elsevier Author Search API
  description: Author Search API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - Author_Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-author-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-citations-overview-api
  name: Elsevier Citations Overview API
  description: Citations Overview API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - Citations_Overview
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-citations-overview-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-engineering-village-retrieval-api
  name: Elsevier Engineering Village Retrieval API
  description: Engineering Village Retrieval API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-engineering-village-search-api
  name: Elsevier Engineering Village Search API
  description: Engineering Village Search API
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  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-nonserial-title-api
  name: Elsevier Nonserial Title API
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  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-object-retrieval-api
  name: Elsevier Object Retrieval API
  description: Object Retrieval API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - Object_Retrieval
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    url: openapi/elsevier-object-retrieval-api-openapi.yml
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-sciencedirect-search-v2-api
  name: Elsevier Science Direct Search V2 API
  description: ScienceDirect Search V2 API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - ScienceDirect_Search_V2
  properties:
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-scival-author-lookup-api-api
  name: Elsevier SciVal Author Lookup API
  description: The SciVal Author Lookup API API from Elsevier — 4 operation(s) for scival author lookup api.
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - SciVal Author Lookup API
  properties:
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    url: openapi/elsevier-scival-author-lookup-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
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  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-scival-country-group-lookup-api-v1-api
  name: Elsevier SciVal Country Group Lookup API V1 API
  description: The SciVal Country Group Lookup API V1 API from Elsevier — 3 operation(s) for scival country group lookup api
    v1.
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  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
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  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-scival-country-group-lookup-api-v1-api-openapi.yml
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  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-scival-country-lookup-api-v1-api
  name: Elsevier SciVal Country Lookup API V1 API
  description: The SciVal Country Lookup API V1 API from Elsevier — 4 operation(s) for scival country lookup api v1.
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - SciVal Country Lookup API V1
  properties:
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    url: openapi/elsevier-scival-country-lookup-api-v1-api-openapi.yml
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  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-scival-institution-group-lookup-api-v1-api
  name: Elsevier SciVal Institution Group Lookup API V1 API
  description: The SciVal Institution Group Lookup API V1 API from Elsevier — 3 operation(s) for scival institution group
    lookup api v1.
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - SciVal Institution Group Lookup API V1
  properties:
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-scival-institution-lookup-api-v1-api
  name: Elsevier SciVal Institution Lookup API V1 API
  description: The SciVal Institution Lookup API V1 API from Elsevier — 7 operation(s) for scival institution lookup api v1.
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - SciVal Institution Lookup API V1
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-scival-institution-lookup-api-v1-api-openapi.yml
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-scival-publication-lookup-api-v1-api
  name: Elsevier SciVal Publication Lookup API V1 API
  description: The SciVal Publication Lookup API V1 API from Elsevier — 2 operation(s) for scival publication lookup api v1.
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  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - SciVal Publication Lookup API V1
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-scival-scopus-source-lookup-api-api
  name: Elsevier SciVal Scopus Source Lookup API
  description: The SciVal Scopus Source Lookup API API from Elsevier — 3 operation(s) for scival scopus source lookup api.
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - SciVal Scopus Source Lookup API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-scival-scopus-source-lookup-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
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  - type: WADL
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-scival-subject-area-lookup-api-api
  name: Elsevier SciVal Subject Area Lookup API
  description: The SciVal Subject Area Lookup API API from Elsevier — 3 operation(s) for scival subject area lookup api.
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - SciVal Subject Area Lookup API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-scival-subject-area-lookup-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-scival-topic-cluster-lookup-api-api
  name: Elsevier SciVal Topic Cluster Lookup API
  description: The SciVal Topic Cluster Lookup API API from Elsevier — 7 operation(s) for scival topic cluster lookup api.
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - SciVal Topic Cluster Lookup API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-scival-topic-cluster-lookup-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-scival-topic-lookup-api-api
  name: Elsevier SciVal Topic Lookup API
  description: The SciVal Topic Lookup API API from Elsevier — 7 operation(s) for scival topic lookup api.
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - SciVal Topic Lookup API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-scival-topic-lookup-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-scival-world-lookup-api-api
  name: Elsevier SciVal World Lookup API
  description: The SciVal World Lookup API API from Elsevier — 1 operation(s) for scival world lookup api.
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - SciVal World Lookup API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-scival-world-lookup-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Specification
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
  - type: WADL
    url: wadl/elsevier-engineering-village.wadl
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    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev_apis.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/retrieval.html
  - type: Console
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/metadata.html
- aid: elsevier:elsevier-scopus-search-api
  name: Elsevier Scopus Search API
  description: Scopus Search API
  humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.elsevier.com/content
  tags:
  - Scopus_Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/elsevier-scopus-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html


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