Release notes - May 25, 2023
Web of Science Expanded API
- Record Usage Counts are now available. The Usage Count is a measure of the level of interest in a specific item on the Web of Science platform. The count reflects the number of times the article has met a user’s information needs as demonstrated by clicking links to the full-length article at the publisher’s website (via direct link or Open-Url) or by saving the article for use in a bibliographic management tool (via direct export or in a format to be imported later). Two counts are available, a count from the last 180 days and a count since tracking began in 2013.
The counts are listed for every record and appear in the Web of Science platform on the right side of the page:
The JSON path for the new data in the API is: Data.Records.records.REC[].dynamic_data.wos_usage.
- Bugfix for /related endpoint. Previously, an internal server error was raised if an invalid accession number was provided, or the document fell outside a user’s subscription. The API will now return an empty result set, which matches the main search endpoint.
Web of Science Starter API
Bugfix: Subscription requests made for the ‘Free’ plan via the Clarivate Developer Portal were being processed incorrectly. Tokens were issued, but did not work in all cases. This bug has been patched and the broken tokens have been fixed.
