# Web of Science APIs

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/web-of-science-apis/  
**Website:** https://clarivate.com/products/scientific-and-academic-research/research-discovery-and-referencing/web-of-science/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

The Web of Science APIs provide programmatic access to Clarivate's Web of Science databases, the world's leading citation index covering over 21,000 peer-reviewed journals across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The API suite includes the Starter API for basic bibliographic metadata and journal discovery, and the Expanded API for advanced search, citation tracking, related records, and bibliometric reporting with h-index and year-by-year citation analysis.

## Kin Score — 45.8 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 45.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 64.7 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 42.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 46.3 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 35.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| 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 (6)

- **Web of Science APIs citations API** — The citations API from Web of Science APIs — 3 operation(s) for citations.
- **Web of Science APIs documents API** — The documents API from Web of Science APIs — 2 operation(s) for documents.
- **Web of Science APIs journals API** — The journals API from Web of Science APIs — 2 operation(s) for journals.
- **Web of Science APIs records API** — The records API from Web of Science APIs — 1 operation(s) for records.
- **Web of Science APIs reports API** — The reports API from Web of Science APIs — 2 operation(s) for reports.
- **Web of Science APIs search API** — The search API from Web of Science APIs — 3 operation(s) for search.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Web Of Science Apis Agentic Access** — 14 operations · 1 acting

## Security (2)

- **Web Of Science Apis Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Web Of Science Apis Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Web Of Science Apis Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **Literature Review Automation** — Automate systematic literature review by programmatically searching and retrieving bibliographic metadata from Web of Science.
- **Research Impact Analysis** — Analyze the impact of publications or researchers using citation counts, h-index, and bibliometric reports.
- **Citation Network Analysis** — Build citation networks by tracing forward and backward citations to map the intellectual lineage of research topics.
- **Journal Selection** — Identify appropriate journals for manuscript submission by searching journal metadata and impact metrics.

## Tags

Research, Academic, Bibliometrics, Citations, Science, Scholarly

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