Elsevier

aid: elsevier
name: Elsevier
description: >-
  Elsevier is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific,
  technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as The
  Lancet and Cell, the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, the
  online citation database Scopus, the SciVal research performance platform,
  and the ClinicalKey search engine for clinicians.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Content
  - Journals
  - Medical
  - Research
  - Scientific
  - Technical
created: '2023-11-22'
modified: '2026-04-28'
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elsevier/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: elsevier:elsevier-scopus-apis
    name: Elsevier Scopus APIs
    description: >-
      Scopus delivers a comprehensive view of the world of research, allowing
      tracking, analysis, and visualization of research data across publishers,
      journals, books, conference proceedings, and trade publications.
    humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html
    tags:
      - Citations
      - Research
      - Scientific
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html
      - type: Specification
        url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - aid: elsevier:elsevier-sciencedirect-apis
    name: Elsevier ScienceDirect APIs
    description: >-
      ScienceDirect APIs expose peer-reviewed full-text scientific, technical
      and medical content from all scholarly publications indexed by
      ScienceDirect, Elsevier's premier scientific platform.
    humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/sd_apis.html
    tags:
      - Full Text
      - Journals
      - Scientific
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.elsevier.com/sciencedirect.html
      - type: Specification
        url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - aid: elsevier:elsevier-scival-api
    name: Elsevier SciVal API
    description: >-
      The SciVal API gives access to a comprehensive set of metrics for
      researchers (Scopus Author profiles) and 8,500+ institutions available
      in SciVal, Elsevier's platform for research performance benchmarking.
    humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival_apis.html
    tags:
      - Benchmarking
      - Metrics
      - Research
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.elsevier.com/scival.html
      - type: Specification
        url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - aid: elsevier:elsevier-engineering-village-api
    name: Elsevier Engineering Village API
    description: >-
      Engineering Village APIs provide programmatic access to engineering
      research literature, indexed publications, and engineering-focused
      content across multiple databases.
    humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev.html
    tags:
      - Engineering
      - Research
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.elsevier.com/ev.html
  - aid: elsevier:elsevier-embase-api
    name: Elsevier Embase API
    description: >-
      Embase APIs provide access to biomedical and pharmacological abstracts
      and indexing for life sciences research, drug development, and
      evidence-based medicine.
    humanURL: https://dev.elsevier.com/embase.html
    tags:
      - Biomedical
      - Medical
      - Pharmacology
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.elsevier.com/embase.html
common:
  - type: Portal
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/getting_started.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_docs.html
  - type: UseCases
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/use_cases.html
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/api_service_agreement.html
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/privacypolicy
  - type: Examples
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/examples.html
  - type: Guides
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/technical_documentation.html
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/ElsevierDev/elsapy
  - type: Support
    url: https://dev.elsevier.com/support.html
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]