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University of Rochester

The University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester, New York, ranked #236 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. It does not operate a single official, centralized public developer portal; its publicly reachable programmatic surface is found across library and research-data infrastructure. The University of Rochester Research Repository (URRR) runs on the Figshare platform, which exposes a public REST API and an OAI-PMH endpoint, and the legacy UR Research institutional repository still serves a live OAI-PMH interface. The River Campus Libraries also maintain an active public GitHub organization with digital-library tooling. Most enterprise systems (SIS, identity/SSO, course/catalog) are gated and not publicly documented.

University of Rochester publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including altmetric API, articles API, authors API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research, and Library.

The University of Rochester catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

University of Rochester’s developer surface includes authentication, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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43.9/100 developing ▼ -5.3 Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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11 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchLibraryInstitutional RepositoryOpen DataUnited States

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 43.9/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.6 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
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 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 11

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

UR Research Institutional Repository OAI-PMH

The legacy UR Research institutional repository exposes a live OAI-PMH interface for harvesting Dublin Core metadata of deposited research outputs (papers, theses, datasets). Th...

University of Rochester altmetric API

The altmetric API from University of Rochester — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.

University of Rochester articles API

The articles API from University of Rochester — 34 operation(s) for articles.

University of Rochester authors API

The authors API from University of Rochester — 2 operation(s) for authors.

University of Rochester collections API

The collections API from University of Rochester — 21 operation(s) for collections.

University of Rochester institutions API

The institutions API from University of Rochester — 20 operation(s) for institutions.

University of Rochester oauth API

The oauth API from University of Rochester — 1 operation(s) for oauth.

University of Rochester other API

The other API from University of Rochester — 7 operation(s) for other.

University of Rochester profiles API

The profiles API from University of Rochester — 2 operation(s) for profiles.

University of Rochester projects API

The projects API from University of Rochester — 17 operation(s) for projects.

University of Rochester symplectic API

The symplectic API from University of Rochester — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Rochester Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Rochester Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Rochester Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

University Of Rochester Context

15 classes · 10 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

University of Rochester API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

University of Rochester API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Figshare Article

16 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Figshare Collection

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

University Of Rochester Article Structure

16 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

University Of Rochester Collection Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

University Of Rochester Article Get Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

University Of Rochester Articles Search Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

University Of Rochester Collection Get Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

University Of Rochester Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

University Of Rochester Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

University Of Rochester Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

University Of Rochester Agentic Access

157 operations · 81 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

157 operations · 81 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-rochester
name: University of Rochester
description: 'The University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester, New York, ranked #236 in the QS World
  University Rankings 2025. It does not operate a single official, centralized public developer portal; its publicly reachable
  programmatic surface is found across library and research-data infrastructure. The University of Rochester Research Repository
  (URRR) runs on the Figshare platform, which exposes a public REST API and an OAI-PMH endpoint, and the legacy UR Research
  institutional repository still serves a live OAI-PMH interface. The River Campus Libraries also maintain an active public
  GitHub organization with digital-library tooling. Most enterprise systems (SIS, identity/SSO, course/catalog) are gated
  and not publicly documented.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/university-of-rochester.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-rochester/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Library
- Institutional Repository
- Open Data
- United States
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-rochester:urresearch-oai
  name: UR Research Institutional Repository OAI-PMH
  description: The legacy UR Research institutional repository exposes a live OAI-PMH interface for harvesting Dublin Core
    metadata of deposited research outputs (papers, theses, datasets). The endpoint responds to standard OAI-PMH verbs such
    as Identify, ListRecords, and ListMetadataFormats.
  humanURL: https://urresearch.rochester.edu/
  baseURL: https://urresearch.rochester.edu/oai/request
  tags:
  - Library
  - Institutional Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  - Harvesting
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://urresearch.rochester.edu/
- aid: university-of-rochester:university-of-rochester-altmetric-api
  name: University of Rochester altmetric API
  description: The altmetric API from University of Rochester — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - altmetric
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-rochester-altmetric-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://rochester.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-rochester-article-get-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-rochester-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-rochester-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-rochester-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-rochester:university-of-rochester-articles-api
  name: University of Rochester articles API
  description: The articles API from University of Rochester — 34 operation(s) for articles.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-rochester-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://rochester.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-rochester-article-get-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-rochester-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-rochester-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-rochester-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-rochester:university-of-rochester-authors-api
  name: University of Rochester authors API
  description: The authors API from University of Rochester — 2 operation(s) for authors.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - authors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-rochester-authors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://rochester.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-rochester-article-get-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-rochester-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-rochester-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-rochester-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-rochester:university-of-rochester-collections-api
  name: University of Rochester collections API
  description: The collections API from University of Rochester — 21 operation(s) for collections.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-rochester-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://rochester.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-rochester-article-get-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-rochester-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-rochester-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-rochester-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-rochester:university-of-rochester-institutions-api
  name: University of Rochester institutions API
  description: The institutions API from University of Rochester — 20 operation(s) for institutions.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - institutions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-rochester-institutions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://rochester.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-rochester-article-get-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-rochester-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-rochester-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-rochester-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-rochester:university-of-rochester-oauth-api
  name: University of Rochester oauth API
  description: The oauth API from University of Rochester — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - oauth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-rochester-oauth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://rochester.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-rochester-article-get-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-rochester-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-rochester-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-rochester-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-rochester:university-of-rochester-other-api
  name: University of Rochester other API
  description: The other API from University of Rochester — 7 operation(s) for other.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - other
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-rochester-other-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://rochester.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-rochester-article-get-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-rochester-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-rochester-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-rochester-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-rochester:university-of-rochester-profiles-api
  name: University of Rochester profiles API
  description: The profiles API from University of Rochester — 2 operation(s) for profiles.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - profiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-rochester-profiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://rochester.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-rochester-article-get-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-rochester-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-rochester-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-rochester-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-rochester:university-of-rochester-projects-api
  name: University of Rochester projects API
  description: The projects API from University of Rochester — 17 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-rochester-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://rochester.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-rochester-article-get-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-rochester-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-rochester-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-rochester-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-rochester:university-of-rochester-symplectic-api
  name: University of Rochester symplectic API
  description: The symplectic API from University of Rochester — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - symplectic
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-rochester-symplectic-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://rochester.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-rochester-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-rochester-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-rochester-article-get-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-rochester-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-rochester-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-rochester-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/university-of-rochester-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-rochester-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-rochester-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/university-of-rochester-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.rochester.edu/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/rochester-rcl
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-rochester/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-rochester-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-rochester-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-rochester-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- url: https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/feed/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com