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The Scopus Application Programmer Interface (API) for ScopusTM allows you to present Scopus search results through your own product's user interface via software that you develop.
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Complete the following steps to use Scopus API:
- Request API access to Scopus from the Scopus Product organization.
- Register at Scopus API Developer Registration.
Once you register, you will receive a Developer Key so you may begin creating your webpage.
- Create your webpage using the JavaScript example listed within this API.
- Test your integrator software in your test environment.
- Arrange for hosting your webpage.
- Test your webpage by conducting a search. The Scopus API will conduct your Scopus search.
Prior to creating a web page which will use the Scopus API, you must register for a developer's key.
Complete the following steps to register for your developer key:
- Click Registration to open the Scopus API Registration page.
- From the Scopus API Registration page, complete the following fields:
- Name
- E-mail address
- Website url
- Password
- Confirm Password
- Read the Scopus Registered User Agreement and click the check-box to indicate you accept the agreement.
- Click
 to complete your registration for using the Scopus API.
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Once you have registered successfully, you can create additional Developer IDs. |
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See JavaScript Code Example for more information.
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The Javascript and XML Interface API will have a maximum document retrieved during a user search based on the table below:
| # of hits |
Non-Scopus IP |
Scopus IP |
| Max # of hits |
20 |
2000 |
| Default # of hits |
20 |
20 |
Also, Scopus API will return all requested entitled information based on the table below:
| Fields |
Non-Scopus IPs |
Scopus IPs |
| Article Title |
 (default) |
(default) |
| Document Type |
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| Cited-by Count |
(default) |
(default) |
| INWARD URL |
(default) |
(default) |
| Source Title |
(default) |
(default) |
| ISSN |
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| Vol |
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| Issue |
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| Page |
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| Publication Date |
(default) |
(default) |
| EID |
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| SCP |
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| DOI |
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| First Author |
(default) |
(default) |
| Complete Author list |
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| Affiliations |
(default) |
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| Abstracts |
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See Scopus API Terms and Conditions for more information
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The CitedBy extension is an interface we created on top of the Scopus API that allows you to very simply display Scopus CitedBy counts on your web page. Basically, it's a piece of Javascript that you can implement on your website; the script pulls in an image-based link from Scopus that displays the citation count ("Cited X times in Scopus") for your document and that opens the CitedBy results on Scopus when clicked.
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Yes, you can, although it's probably better to register for a separate key - you're less likely to hit the maximum number of requests for Scopus API or the CitedBy extension that way. Also, it will make it easier for us to help you in case you contact us with a problem.
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Well - the CitedBy extension as well as the Scopus API itself do have limitations on the maximum number of requests they can handle. So, if you really expect to be hitting us hard (for instance, because you're a publisher of a large number of journals, or you have a huge preprint repository), it's better to contact us to see how we can better serve your need. If you don't, then there is the risk that you might be getting no results from the CitedBy extension, because you're hitting the maximum number of queries per minute.
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No, you cannot use the Scopus API for a non-web product. The Scopus API can only be accessed through JavaScript.
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Scopus API will support any browser which supports JavaScript. JavaScript is necessary to use Scopus API.
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