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Data Fields Returned
The table below lists available metadata fields. Only populated fields will be returned so content may differ by publication.
Data Field | Description |
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abstract | Brief summary or statement of the contents of a journal article, conference paper, standard, book / book chapter, and/or course. |
abstract_url | IEEE Xplore URL that will return the abstract. |
author_url | IEEE Xplore URL that returns the author details. For more information please go to: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplorehelp/#/author-center/author-details |
accessType | accessType key: NOTE: The returned metadata will identify each response with access type. All available full-text articles (Ex: Open Access, etc.) must be requested by a subsequent URL including the article number. Ex:http://ieeexploreapi.ieee.org/api/v1/search/document/6762843/fulltext?apikey=[Customer API Key here]&format=xml 'Open Access' - Freely available from IEEE. 'Ephemera' - Freely available from IEEE. 'Locked'- Sign in or learn about subscription options. 'Plagarized'- Marked as a plagarized article. |
article_number | IEEE’s unique identifier for a specific article. |
author_order | Where multiple authors are listed, the author_order provides a number for each author. |
author_terms | Terms provided by the author which describe the topics or subjects of the document. |
authors | Name of the author(s) listed in the document. Author names are provided as full names along with their listed order. |
affiliation | Name of the affiliation(s) listed in the document. Affiliation names are provided as full names along with their listed order. |
citing_paper_count | Number of papers citing the given article. |
citing_patent_count | Number of patents citing the given article. |
conference_dates | Date of conference event. Date format is not standardized and varies by conference. |
conference_location | Location of conference event (can be one or more city, state, country). |
content_type |
Specifies what kind of publication the content is from. Content type can include: |
start-record | A place holder within the delivery for multiple interactions searching large volumes of data. Note: The number of maximum results is 200. The start-record field is used to iterate through additional results as appropriate. The Dynamic Query Tool and SDKs outline its use. |
d-au | Open Author Facet |
doi | The Digital Object Identifier (doi) is the unique identifier assigned to an article / document by CrossRef. |
d-publisher | Open Publisher's Facet |
d-pubtype | Open Content Type Facet |
d-year | Open Publication Facet |
end_page | The final page number in the print version of the article. |
facet | Open/Facet dimension |
full_name | The full name of an author. |
html_url | IEEE Xplore URL that will return the full-text HTML. |
ieee_terms | Keywords assigned to IEEE journal articles and conference papers from a controlled vocabulary created by the IEEE. |
index_terms | This is a combined field which returns Author Keywords and IEEE Terms. |
insert_date | Date of last update (yyyymmdd). |
is_number | Internal issue identifier (Journals only) |
isbn | International Standard Book Number. A number used to uniquely identify a book or non-serial. |
issn | International Standard Serial Number. An 8-digit number used to uniquely identify a periodical publication (journal or serial). |
issue | Number of the journal issue in which the article was published. |
pdf_url | IEEE Xplore URL that returns the full-text pdf. |
publication_date | Date the article was published; this data can be represented as full date, month and year, or quarter and year. Format varies by publication. |
publication_year | Year the article was published; this data can be represented as full date, month and year, or quarter and year. Format varies by publication. |
publication_number | A unique IEEE record number assigned to a publication. |
publication_title | Title of a publication (journal, conference, book / ebook, standard, course). |
publisher | Name of Publisher for the specific publication referenced. |
rank | Rank indicates the hierarchy of the returned documents based on an IEEE algorithm used. |
standard_number | Standard designation (e.g., IEEE 802.11u-2011). Standard designations are allocated by the Administrator of the IEEE-SA Standards Board New Standards Committee (NesCom). |
standard_status |
Status of standard (e.g. Active, Draft, etc.); applies only to Standards. |
start_page | Starting page number on print version of article. |
title | Title of an individual document (journal article, conference paper, standard, Book / eBook chapter or Course) |
totalfound | Total number of documents found that match the query criteria. |
totalsearched | Total number of documents searched. |
volume | Detail associated with Journals and Conferences only. |
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