Elsevier Developer Portal

Definition: the client application is any website, operated by an individual or an organization, where users can search or read or otherwise interact with research information. The website wants to show a list of scientific publications from ScienceDirect as a widget on the page.

Examples:

• A widget showing journals or books for a specific subject area
• A knowledge base using the API to track changes in content on SD to maintain their A-Z list.

We support these use cases with the Serial and Non-Serial Title APIs; see here for detailed documentation

Use of the ScienceDirect Journal and Serial Title APIs requires a verified API entitlement or an Elsevier-approved integration. The fact that certain title or journal metadata may be publicly available elsewhere does not make the API itself publicly or freely available.

We allow this use case under the following conditions:

• Each display of a title's metadata needs to include a link that points to that title on ScienceDirect. The URL for this link is provided in API responses.
• If the application is provided by a third-party vendor, this vendor is not allowed to differentiate the fees for the use of the application based on ScienceDirect data being in- or excluded by the application