Elsevier · Rate Limits
Elsevier Rate Limits
Per-API weekly quotas and per-second throttles for the Elsevier Research Products APIs, transcribed from the provider's own Default API Key Settings table. Elsevier states plainly that "Quota limits are unique to each API, there is not a single global setting for a given APIKey" — so these are per-API-key, per-API limits, not tiers.
Elsevier Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Elsevier on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.
It captures 36 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests.
Limit state is signalled in the limit, remaining, reset, and reset_format response headers, and an exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.
The profile also includes response codes documented for throttled, quotaExceeded, and note.
Tagged areas include Content, Journals, Medical, Research, and Scientific.
36 Limits
Exhausted: HTTP 429
Quota: 429
limitremainingresetreset_format
Transcribed from the provider's documentation on 2026-09-06 — dev.elsevier.com/api_key_settings.html.
View Source
ContentJournalsMedicalResearchScientificTechnicalElsevierPublishingScholarly Publishing
Limits
Serial Title api-key
20000/7d
STANDARD, COVERIMAGE, ENHANCED views. Default 25 results / max 200 results.
Citations Count Metadata api-key
50000/7d
STANDARD view. Default 25 results / max 200 results.
Subject Classifications api-key
STANDARD view. Default 25 results / max 200 results. Quota and throttle published as N/A.
Abstract Retrieval api-key
10000/7d
All views, default FULL view.
Affiliation Retrieval api-key
5000/7d
All views, default STANDARD view.
Author Retrieval api-key
5000/7d
All views, default STANDARD view.
Affiliation Search api-key
5000/7d
Default 25 results / max 200 results; 5,000 item result limit.
Author Search api-key
5000/7d
Default 25 results / max 200 results; 5,000 item result limit.
Scopus Search api-key
20000/7d
STANDARD view max 200 results; COMPLETE and COMPONENT views max 25 results. 5,000 item total result limit unless cursor pagination is used.
Serial Title api-key
20000/7d
STANDARD, COVERIMAGE views. Default 25 results / max 200 results.
Nonserial Title api-key
20000/7d
STANDARD, COVERIMAGE views. Default 25 results / max 200 results.
Subject Classifications api-key
No restrictions on views or results; quota and throttle published as N/A.
Article Retrieval api-key
50000/7d
All subscribed, open-access and complimentary articles. Unlimited for text-mining API keys.
Article Metadata api-key
25 results, field-restricted search against ScienceDirect serial/nonserial full-text articles; 6,000 item total result limit. Weekly quota published as N/A.
ScienceDirect Search v2 api-key
20000/7d
STANDARD view max 200 results; 6,000 item total result limit.
SciVal Author Lookup api-key
5000/7d
Default 100 results / max 500 results. Quota marked with an asterisk on the source table.
SciVal Country Lookup api-key
5000/7d
Max 100 results for the Metrics resource; no limit on total results (varies by resource).
SciVal Country Group Lookup api-key
5000/7d
Max 100 results for the Metrics resource; no limit on total results (varies by resource).
SciVal Institution Lookup api-key
5000/7d
Max 100 results for the Metrics resource; no limit on total results (varies by resource).
SciVal Institution Group Lookup api-key
5000/7d
Max 100 results for the Metrics resource; no limit on total results (varies by resource).
SciVal Publication Lookup api-key
5000/7d
Max 100 results for the Metrics resource; no limit on total results (varies by resource).
SciVal Scopus Source Lookup api-key
5000/7d
Max 100 results for the Metrics resource; no limit on total results (varies by resource).
SciVal Subject Area api-key
5000/7d
Max 100 results for the Metrics resource; no limit on total results (varies by resource).
SciVal Topic Lookup api-key
5000/7d
Max 100 results for the Metrics resource; no limit on total results (varies by resource).
SciVal Topic Cluster Lookup api-key
5000/7d
Max 100 results for the Metrics resource; no limit on total results (varies by resource).
SciVal World Lookup api-key
5000/7d
Max 100 results for the Metric resource; no limit on total results (varies by resource).
Scopus Citation Overview api-key
20000/7d
STANDARD view. Default 25 results / max 200 results. Access not enabled by default.
Scopus Author Feedback api-key
Quota and throttle published as N/A. Access not enabled by default.
ScienceDirect Full-Text Entitlement api-key
Weekly quota published as N/A. Access not enabled by default.
ScienceDirect Article Hosting Permissions api-key
Open-access information for a single full-text article. Weekly quota published as N/A. Access not enabled by default.
ScienceDirect Holdings Report api-key
Weekly quota published as N/A. Access not enabled by default.
Embase Search api-key
Default 25 results; no limit on total results. Weekly quota published as N/A. Access not enabled by default.
Embase Retrieval api-key
One document per request. Weekly quota published as N/A. Access not enabled by default.
Engineering Village Search api-key
Default 25 results. Quota and throttle published as N/A. Access not enabled by default.
Engineering Village Retrieval api-key
One document per request. Quota and throttle published as N/A. Access not enabled by default.
SUSHI COP5 API api-key
One request per metric type. Weekly quota published as N/A. Access not enabled by default.
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