ScienceDirect APIs

Various options are available for researchers who want to use Elsevier APIs:

• Non-Commercial Users (Researchers in Academic, Public Sector & Not-for-Profit Institutions): Most APIs (except SciVal and Embase APIs) are available for no charge, for non-commercial use, subject to Elsevier's policies and limits on usage.
• Commercial Users (Researchers in Private Sector & Commercial Institutions): APIs are available (for commercial use), with an API license and subscription.

For a quick summary of the available ScienceDirect APIs and what they offer, refer to the information below. For more detailed information, go to the ScienceDirect overview on the Elsevier Developer Portal.

• Article Entitlement Retrieval: Returns ScienceDirect article entitlement given unique article identifier in context of the user’s authentication.
• Article Recommendation Retrieval: Returns recommended articles based on unique article identifiers.
• Article Retrieval: Returns an article (or abstract of full-text, depending on the developer’s entitlements) given a document identifier. Article Retrieval API response includes links to various resources or objects associated with an article.
• Authentication: Represents an IP authentication request that creates a secured authtoken (see more about Authentication & Access).
• Enhancement Fragment Retrieval: Enables search or retrieval of the enhancement fragments associated with a full-text article.
• Holdings Report: Returns a usage report generated based on your library’s ScienceDirect holdings. Data is available in the Knowledge Base and Related Tools (KBART) format (see more about Holdings & Usage Reports.
• Nonserial Title: Returns metadata about non-serial title given ISBN document identifier.
• Object Retrieval: Returns objects associated with a full-text article.
• Object Search: Allows a search of objects and attachments associated with a full-text article.
• ScienceDirect Search: Allows a search of ScienceDirect content based on criteria you specify.
• Serial Title: Returns metadata about serial title given ISSN document.
• Subject Classifications: Identifies subject classifications associated with ScienceDirect content.

Find a list of our available How To Guides for using ScienceDirect APIs.

• Direct access to real-time ScienceDirect data
• RESTful architecture: stateless, scalable, portable and reliable platform
• Standards and specifications support: W3C CORS, Dublin Core, Idealliance PRISM
• Straightforward integration with applications you wish to develop and with content you want to integrate onto your web sites (e.g., institutional repository, library website)
• Variety of API response formats supported
• API responses include links to relevant resources to simplify navigation and access
• Interactive API documentation allows you to preview an API request and response in any of the supported response formats