THOMSON REUTERSConcurrent 2C: APIs in Scholarly Publishing – It’s a Marketing Thing 2015 SSP 37th Annual Meeting

TOM CIAVARELLATHURSDAY 28 MAY 2015

TOPICS• WHY THOMSON REUTERS USES APIs• THREE CATEGORIES OF APIs• THOMSON REUTERS WEB OF SCIENCE• Q AND A

Thomson Reuters Web of Science

Key information for published research and a

gateway to related information.

Times Cited counts can indicate the influence of

an article.

WHY DOES THOMSON REUTERS USE APIs?• To help our customers succeed.• To innovate.• To compete.

API #1 – Requestor / Thomson ReutersWeb of Science Web Services • The WoS API enables the requestor to communicate

directly with the provider’s database.

Standard request

Requestor(Researcher)

Provider(Thomson Reuters)

Agent (Web of Science)

Request

Return

Web services (API) request

Requestor(Researcher)

Provider(Thomson Reuters)

Agent (Web of Science)

Request

Return

API #2 – Partner / Thomson ReutersRESEARCHERID (RID) AND ORCID

API #2 – Partner / Thomson ReutersRESEARCHERID (RID) AND ORCID

http://members.orcid.org/api

API #3 – Between Thomson Reuters ProductsSearch Web of Science via EndNote

Type your query in EndNote

EndNote converts the query to the correct format and submits it to WoS Web Serviceshttp://gateway.isiknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ISIResearchSoft&SrcApp=EndNote&DestApp=WOS etc. etc.

WoS Web Services returns the results in XML format

EndNote interprets the XML and imports your data

Thomson Reuters

Thank you

Tom CiavarellaManager, Publisher RelationsThomson Reuters tom.ciavarella@thomsonreuters.comTwitter: @tomciav