Get a single source

Retrieve a single source by OpenAlex ID or ISSN.

GET /sources/{id}

Get a single source

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.openalex.org/sources/{id}?api_key='

import requests

url = "https://api.openalex.org/sources/{id}?api_key="

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET'};

fetch('https://api.openalex.org/sources/{id}?api_key=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.openalex.org/sources/{id}?api_key=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.openalex.org/sources/{id}?api_key="

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.openalex.org/sources/{id}?api_key=")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.openalex.org/sources/{id}?api_key=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "id": "https://openalex.org/S1983995261",
  "issn_l": "<string>",
  "issn": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "display_name": "<string>",
  "host_organization": "<string>",
  "host_organization_name": "<string>",
  "host_organization_lineage": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "is_oa": true,
  "is_in_doaj": true,
  "works_count": 123,
  "cited_by_count": 123,
  "summary_stats": {
    "2yr_mean_citedness": 123,
    "h_index": 123,
    "i10_index": 123
  },
  "apc_usd": 123,
  "homepage_url": "<string>",
  "ids": {
    "openalex": "<string>",
    "issn_l": "<string>",
    "issn": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "mag": 123,
    "wikidata": "<string>",
    "fatcat": "<string>"
  },
  "counts_by_year": [
    {
      "year": 123,
      "works_count": 123,
      "cited_by_count": 123
    }
  ],
  "works_api_url": "<string>",
  "created_date": "2023-12-25",
  "updated_date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

api_key · string · query · required

Your OpenAlex API key. Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

Path Parameters

id · string · required

OpenAlex ID (e.g., S1983995261) or ISSN

Query Parameters

select · string

Comma-separated list of fields to return. Reduces response size. Example: select=id,display_name,cited_by_count

api_key · string · required

Your OpenAlex API key (required). Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

Response

200

application/json

Successful response

A journal, repository, or other venue for scholarly works

id · string

The OpenAlex ID for this source.

Example:

"https://openalex.org/S1983995261"

issn_l · string | null

The ISSN-L (linking ISSN) for this source. This is the Canonical External ID for sources.

issn · string[] | null

All ISSNs used by this source. Many publications have multiple ISSNs.

display_name · string

The name of the source.

type · enum<string>

The type of source: journal, repository, conference, ebook platform, book series, metadata, or other.

Available options: journal, repository, conference, ebook platform, book series

host_organization · string | null

The host organization as an OpenAlex ID. This will be an Institution ID if the source is a repository, or a Publisher ID if it's a journal/conference.

host_organization_name · string | null

The display_name of the host organization.

host_organization_lineage · string[]

OpenAlex IDs of parent publishers (only for publisher-hosted sources).

is_oa · boolean

Whether this is currently a fully open-access source.

is_in_doaj · boolean

Whether this journal is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals.

works_count · integer

The number of works this source hosts.

cited_by_count · integer

Total citations to works hosted in this source.

summary_stats · object

Citation metrics:

Show child attributes

apc_usd · integer | null

The source's article processing charge in USD.

homepage_url · string | null

The homepage URL for this source.

ids · object

External identifiers:

Show child attributes

counts_by_year · object[]

works_count and cited_by_count for each of the last ten years.

Show child attributes

works_api_url · string

A URL that will get you a list of all this source's works.

created_date · string<date>

When this source was added to OpenAlex (ISO 8601 date).

updated_date · string<date-time>

When this source was last updated (ISO 8601 datetime).