Research metadata

Crossref

Look up DOI metadata and search scholarly works.

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Prerequisites

Authentication

No key for listed scope

Basis

Provider documentation says no sign-up is required; one anonymous DOI lookup also passed.

Pricing

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Retention

Unknown in this pilot

Reviewed

2026-10-17

Interface

GET https://api.crossref.org/works/{doi}

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Evidence

Passed · 2026-10-17T15:09:22.986238+00:00

Return the requested DOI and a nonempty title

GET https://api.crossref.org/works/10.1038%2Fnphys1170

One anonymous read-only request; no reliability, completeness, safety or future-availability guarantee.

Limits of this record

• Metadata availability varies by work; some abstracts have separate copyright restrictions.
• One DOI lookup does not verify completeness or search quality.

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