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Search sources

Query parameters

string
Search text (source name).
integer
default:"10"
Results per page (1 to 250).
integer
default:"1"
Page number (minimum 1).
string
default:"citations_desc"
Ascending or descending sort criterion, for example citations_desc, products_asc or alphabetical_desc.
string
default:"citations_desc"
Sort with the format field_direction, where the direction is asc or desc. Fields for sources: products (number of products), citations (OpenAlex citations) and alphabetical (by name). Example: products_desc.
string
default:"full"
Level of detail of the response. full returns every field. summary returns only the entity’s main fields and, for products, patents and projects, cuts the author list to 10. Any other value returns 400.

Filters

All the filters accept several values separated by commas.
string
Source type. Case-insensitive. Example: journal,repository.
string
Current Scimago quartile (Best Quartile). Values: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 and - (no quartile). Example: Q1,Q2.
string
Open access route. Values: diamond (open, without APC), gold (open, with APC), hybrid (closed, with APC), closed (closed, without APC) and open (any open route: diamond or gold). Example: diamond,gold.
string
APC range in USD. With one value, it returns the sources with an APC greater than or equal to that value. With two or more values, it uses the smallest and the largest as the limits of the range. Example: 100,2000.
string
Publication time in weeks. With one value, it returns the sources with a time greater than or equal to that value. With two or more values, it uses the smallest and the largest as the limits of the range (integers). Example: 4,12.
string
License type. Example: CC BY,CC BY-NC.
string
OpenAlex topic identifiers (full URL). Example: https://openalex.org/T10017,https://openalex.org/T14434.
If you don’t send max, page or sort, max=10, page=1 and sort=citations_desc apply. If you send max and page without sort, sort=citations_desc. Invalid values of apc_range and publication_time are ignored without returning an error.

Response

array
List of sources.
object
Response metadata.