established · 1.2 market industry

Institutional Repository

Score 24.7 / 100 60 providers 54 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (60)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps
University of HelsinkiEducationHigher EducationUniversityFinland13 APIs60.7University of Michigan-Ann ArborUniversityHigher EducationEducationPublic Research University1 API59.3University of PittsburghUniversityHigher EducationEducationUnited States1 API54.4
Developing 16 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Uppsala UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationSweden1 API53.4Australian National UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationResearch3 APIs52.4Seoul National UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationSouth Korea6 APIs50.7University of Texas at AustinUniversityHigher EducationEducationPublic Research University5 APIs50.7Université de MontréalUniversityHigher EducationEducationCanada1 API50.6Université libre de BruxellesUniversityHigher EducationEducationBelgium2 APIs50.1University of Hong KongEducationHigher EducationUniversityHong Kong1 API49.8Tokyo Institute of TechnologyEducationHigher EducationUniversityInstitute of Technology1 API48.5University of the WitwatersrandUniversityHigher EducationEducationResearch2 APIs47.4University of WashingtonUniversityHigher EducationEducationUnited States6 APIs47.4University of QueenslandUniversityHigher EducationEducationAustralia1 API45.8Pohang University of Science and TechnologyUniversityHigher EducationEducationSouth Korea1 API42.8Taylor's UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityLibrary1 API42.8Carnegie Mellon UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationUnited States6 APIs42.5University of Cape TownUniversityHigher EducationEducationPublic Research University1 API40.5University of RochesterUniversityHigher EducationEducationUnited States1 API39.5
Thin 15 Limited public surface area
UCLouvainUniversityHigher EducationEducationBelgium1 API38.5University of GenevaEducationHigher EducationUniversityOpen Science1 API37.2Cornell UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationIvy League2 APIs35.3University of BaselUniversityHigher EducationEducationSwitzerland7 APIs35.2United Arab Emirates UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationUnited Arab Emirates4 APIs34.9University of TorontoUniversityHigher EducationEducationCanada1 API34.8Georgia Institute of TechnologyEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch1 API34.4University of AdelaideUniversityHigher EducationEducationAustralia5 APIs34.2National University of ColombiaEducationHigher EducationUniversityColombia1 API33.0Western UniversityUniversityHigher EducationEducationResearch6 APIs32.5Tecnológico de MonterreyEducationHigher EducationUniversityOpen Data1 API32.3Indian Institute of Science BangaloreEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch1 API31.6École Normale Supérieure de ParisUniversityHigher EducationEducationFrance3 APIs29.8Kyushu UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch2 APIs27.2University of LausanneEducationHigher EducationUniversitySwitzerland2 APIs26.9
Emerging 26 Early or largely undocumented
Universiti Putra MalaysiaEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch2 APIs25.3Universiti Teknologi MalaysiaEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch1 API24.8École Normale Supérieure de LyonEducationHigher EducationUniversityFrance4 APIs24.1Autonomous University of MadridEducationHigher EducationUniversitySpain2 APIs22.9Keio UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch1 API22.9Nagoya UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch1 API22.9Universiti Teknologi PETRONASEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch1 API22.0McMaster UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityCanada2 APIs21.3University of AberdeenEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch2 APIs21.2University of WaikatoEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch5 APIs21.0Ohio State UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch3 APIs20.8University of BernEducationHigher EducationUniversitySwitzerland3 APIs20.8University of OttawaEducationHigher EducationUniversityCanada2 APIs20.5National Cheng Kung UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityOpen Data3 APIs20.1City University of Hong KongEducationHigher EducationUniversityHong Kong5 APIs19.7University of AntwerpEducationHigher EducationUniversityLibrary2 APIs19.6Qatar UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityQatar2 APIs19.5Tohoku UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch1 API19.5Chulalongkorn UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityThailand3 APIs19.2Hokkaido UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch1 API18.9Massey UniversityEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch2 APIs18.9Universiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch2 APIs18.9Autonomous University of BarcelonaEducationHigher EducationUniversitySpain2 APIs17.9University of Los Andes ColombiaEducationHigher EducationUniversityColombia2 APIs17.0University of NavarraEducationHigher EducationUniversitySpain1 API17.0Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurEducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch16.8

APIs with this tag (46)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
D-Scholarship@Pitt Institutional Repository (Hyku Commons) — tenantD-Scholarship@Pitt is the University Library System's institutional repository of research and scholarly ou...54.4
Developing 9 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
DiVA OAI-PMHDiVA (Academic Archive On-line) is Uppsala University Library's institutional repository for publications a...53.4Texas ScholarWorks DSpace REST APIPublic DSpace REST API for Texas ScholarWorks, the UT Libraries institutional repository of theses, dissert...50.7Texas ScholarWorks OAI-PMH EndpointOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting endpoint for Texas ScholarWorks. An Identify request returns repositoryName...50.7PAPYRUS OAI-PMH Endpoint (institutional repository)OAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting interface for PAPYRUS, Université de Montréal's institutional repository of open-acc...50.6HKU Scholars Hub OAI-PMHHKU Scholars Hub is the University's DSpace-based open-access institutional repository and current research...49.8ResearchWorks Repository (DSpace REST + OAI-PMH)ResearchWorks is UW Libraries' institutional repository, running DSpace 9.2 on UW's own host. The DSpace RE...47.4UQ eSpace REST APIREST API behind UQ eSpace, the institutional repository for UQ research outputs and datasets, operated on U...45.8POSTECH OASIS Repository OAI-PMHAnonymous OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting over the POSTECH Library OASIS institutional repository. Verified...42.8OpenUCT Institutional Repository OAI-PMHOpenUCT is the University of Cape Town's open access institutional repository, running DSpace 7.4 on UCT's ...40.5
Thin 12 Limited public surface area
Archive ouverte UNIGE OAI-PMHOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting interface for the Archive ouverte UNIGE institutional repository, exposing ...37.2eCommons Institutional Repository (DSpace REST + OAI-PMH) — tenanteCommons is Cornell University Library's institutional repository: Cornell's content, Cornell's DOIs, Corne...35.3edoc DSpace REST APIPublic DSpace REST API for "edoc", the open-access institutional repository of the University of Basel, run...35.2edoc OAI-PMHOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for edoc. Identify reports repositoryName "edoc: Open Access Repo...35.2Scholarworks@UAEU OAI-PMH Repository EndpointOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for Scholarworks@UAEU, the university's open-access institutional ...34.9TSpace DSpace REST API — tenant on ScholarisThe DSpace 8.4 HAL REST API serving TSpace. Verified live on 2026-08-19: the root document returns dspaceNa...34.8TSpace Institutional Repository (OAI-PMH) — tenant on ScholarisOAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting endpoint for TSpace, the University of Toronto Libraries institutional research repo...34.8GT Digital Repository OAI-PMHPublic OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for the Georgia Tech Digital Repository (DSpace 7), the in...34.4GT Digital Repository REST APIDSpace 7 REST API for the Georgia Tech Digital Repository, providing programmatic access to communities, co...34.4Scholarship@Western on Scholaris — DSpace REST API (tenant)The HAL+JSON REST API of Western University's Open Repository, reachable anonymously at https://uwo.scholar...32.5RITEC Institutional Repository OAI-PMH (DSpace)RITEC, the Tecnológico de Monterrey institutional repository (repositorio.tec.mx), is a DSpace platform hol...32.3Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR) OAI-PMHLive OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for the Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR), ru...27.2
Emerging 24 Early or largely undocumented
UTM Institutional Repository (UTM-IR) OAI-PMHThe Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Institutional Repository (UTM-IR) is built on EPrints and exposes an OAI-...24.8Biblos-e Archivo OAI-PMH EndpointOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting endpoint for Biblos-e Archivo. Supports Identify, ListRecords, ListSets, an...22.9Biblos-e Archivo REST API (DSpace 7)HAL-based REST API for Biblos-e Archivo, the UAM institutional repository, running DSpace 7.6.5. Provides p...22.9KOARA OAI-PMH Metadata APIKOARA (KeiO Associated Repository of Academic resources) is Keio University's institutional repository, rel...22.9NAGOYA Repository OAI-PMHOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for the NAGOYA Repository, the Nagoya University institutional re...22.9MacSphere OAI-PMH Repository InterfacePublicly accessible OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting interface for MacSphere, McMaster University Libraries'...21.3AURA DSpace REST APIThe Aberdeen University Research Archive (AURA) runs DSpace 8.1 and exposes a public HATEOAS REST API for d...21.2AURA OAI-PMH Metadata HarvestingAURA provides an OAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint (repository name "Aura") for harvesting Dublin Core and other metadat...21.2Knowledge Bank DSpace REST APIPublic REST API for the Knowledge Bank, Ohio State University Libraries' DSpace 7.6 institutional repositor...20.8Knowledge Bank OAI-PMH InterfaceOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for the Knowledge Bank institutional repository. Supports the stan...20.8uO Research DSpace REST APIPublic DSpace 7.6.5 REST/HATEOAS API for uO Research (Recherche uO Research), the University of Ottawa's in...20.5NCKU Institutional Repository (DSpace 7)The NCKU institutional repository (NCKUR) is a DSpace 7 platform hosting university scholarly output and th...20.1CityUHK Scholars OAI-PMHPublic OAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint for CityUHK Scholars, the university's research information system and institut...19.7IRUA OAI-PMH Metadata APIOpen Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH 2.0) interface for the Institutional Rep...19.6QSpace DSpace REST APIPublic DSpace 7.6 REST/HAL API backing the QSpace institutional repository. The API root reports dspaceVers...19.5QSpace OAI-PMH Metadata EndpointOpen Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH 2.0) endpoint for QSpace, the Qatar Univ...19.5TOUR Institutional Repository OAI-PMHOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for TOUR (TOhoku University Repository), the university's institut...19.5CUIR / Chula Digiverse Repository (OAI-PMH & DSpace REST)Chulalongkorn University Intellectual Repository (CUIR), now served via the Chula Digiverse digital preserv...19.2UKM Journal Article Repository (OAI-PMH)EPrints-based repository of journal articles published by UKM faculties, institutes and UKM Press. Register...18.9UKM Learning and Research Repository (OAI-PMH)DSpace-based institutional repository operated by Perpustakaan Tun Seri Lanang (UKM Library) providing acce...18.9DDD Digital Document Repository OAI-PMHOAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for the Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (DDD), the universi...17.9DADUN Institutional Repository (OAI-PMH)DADUN (Deposito Academico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra) is the university's open-access institution...17.0Repositorio Institucional Seneca - DSpace REST APIDSpace REST API surface for the "Seneca" institutional repository, typically exposed under the /server/api ...17.0Repositorio Institucional Seneca - OAI-PMHOAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for the DSpace-based institutional repository "Seneca", which collect...17.0

Score breakdown

Frequency
54.2
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
1.6
spread across providers
Quality lift
29.4
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
32.6
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

DSpace 32 co-occurrences Open Access 43 co-occurrences OAI-PMH 53 co-occurrences University 60 co-occurrences Higher Education 60 co-occurrences Library 32 co-occurrences Research 50 co-occurrences Metadata Harvesting 6 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Api tag54
Provider tag47

Cohort brief

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The 60 providers in the APIs.io catalog tagged Institutional Repository, scored on the Kin Score. Every figure below is computed from the catalog — nothing here is written.

Providers
60
all scored
Mean Kin Score
26.3
+5.6 vs catalog 20.7
Mean Agent Readiness
12.4
+2.7 vs catalog 9.7
Spread
16–57.9
median 21.3 · σ 10.3
How the 60 split by band
Exemplar 0Strong 1Developing 7Thin 15Emerging 37Minimal 0
Facet averages, against the whole catalog
FacetThis cohortCatalogDifferenceScored
Operational Transparency 25.1 11.3 +13.8 60
Contract Quality 27.6 17.5 +10.1 60
Access Clarity 30.8 22.3 +8.5 60
Discoverability 67.9 60.4 +7.5 60
Contract Governance 7.9 6.4 +1.5 60
Developer Ergonomics 8.3 17.9 -9.6 60

A facet is averaged over the members that carry it, not over the whole cohort — the “Scored” column is that count. Averaging an absent facet as zero would score our own coverage gaps as the providers’ posture.

What this cohort publishes
ArtifactThis cohortCatalogDifference
MCP server (any) 0% 16% -16
MCP server (first-party) 0% 7% -7
Agent Skills 0% 0% 0
OAuth scopes 17% 9% +8
Security 100% 88% +12
Arazzo workflows 0% 2% -2
Governance rules 42% 13% +29

mcp_pct counts any mcp/ artifact including ones API Evangelist derived from the provider OpenAPI; mcp_first_party_pct counts only servers the provider publishes. Prefer the latter.

Top by Kin Score
  1. 1 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 57.9
  2. 2 Seoul National University 50.6
  3. 3 Australian National University 48.8
  4. 4 University of Hong Kong 44.5
  5. 5 University of the Witwatersrand 42.7
  6. 6 Carnegie Mellon University 41.9
  7. 7 University of Adelaide 41.3
  8. 8 University of Rochester 41
  9. 9 Taylor's University 38.8
  10. 10 École Normale Supérieure de Paris 37.4
Top by Agent Readiness
  1. 1 University of Adelaide 33.1
  2. 2 University of Rochester 33.1
  3. 3 University of the Witwatersrand 33.1
  4. 4 Cornell University 32.5
  5. 5 University of Basel 30.6
  6. 6 École Normale Supérieure de Paris 28.7
  7. 7 Carnegie Mellon University 27.7
  8. 8 Taylor's University 26.3
  9. 9 University of Hong Kong 26.1
  10. 10 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 25.9
All 60 members of this roster resolve to a scored provider in the catalog.Generated from the catalog build of 25 August 2026, across 26891 providers, using the same computation served by the APIs.io cohort API. Briefs are published for rosters of 5 or more scored providers; below that a distribution is not meaningful.

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