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Crossref API — DOI Lookup, 183.7M+ Works
Resolve any DOI to full citation metadata, search 183.7M+ scholarly works, and trace journals, publishers, and funders — the publisher-authoritative record, with no Crossref account or key to manage.
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What You Can Pull From Crossref
/api/crossref/worksFull metadata for a scholarly work by DOI — title, authors (with ORCID), abstract, journal, publisher, publication dates, citation count, funder info, license links, and full reference list
/api/crossref/works/searchSearch 183.7M+ works with filters for author, title, journal, ISSN, publisher, ORCID, funder, date range, work type, abstract presence, and more — sortable by relevance, publication date, or deposit date
/api/crossref/journalsMetadata for a journal by ISSN — title, publisher, print and electronic ISSNs, subject areas, and current/backfile/total DOI counts
/api/crossref/journals/searchSearch journals indexed by Crossref by keyword — returns title, publisher, ISSNs, subject areas, and DOI counts
/api/crossref/journals/worksList scholarly works published in a specific journal by ISSN — full work metadata including authors, DOIs, citation counts, and funder information
/api/crossref/membersMetadata for a Crossref member (publisher) by member id — publisher name, aliases, location, DOI prefixes owned, and current/backfile/total DOI counts
/api/crossref/members/searchSearch Crossref member publishers by name — returns publisher profile, prefixes, and deposit statistics
/api/crossref/members/worksList works deposited by a specific publisher (Crossref member) by member id — full work metadata for all content from that publisher
/api/crossref/fundersMetadata for a research funder by Crossref Funder Registry id — name, alternate names, location, parent/child funder hierarchy, and total funded-work count
/api/crossref/funders/searchSearch the Crossref Funder Registry by name — returns funder profiles with hierarchy and work counts
/api/crossref/funders/worksList scholarly works funded by a specific funder (by Crossref Funder Registry id) — full work metadata including grant/award information
/api/crossref/prefixesResolve a DOI prefix to its owning publisher — returns the prefix, publisher name, and Crossref member id
What Comes Back
{
"doi": "10.1145/3292500.3330701",
"type": "proceedings-article",
"title": "Auto-Keras: An Efficient Neural Architecture Search System",
"author": [{ "given": "Haifeng", "family": "Jin", "ORCID": "…" }],
"container-title": "Proceedings of the 25th ACM SIGKDD Conference",
"publisher": "ACM",
"published": "2019-07-25",
"is-referenced-by-count": 1187,
"reference-count": 38,
"funder": [{ "name": "National Science Foundation" }]
}Built for These Jobs
Start With the DOI
From identifier to full citation metadata in one call — 12 endpoints here, 500+ sources on the same key.
Common Questions
No. You need only your Anysite key — Anysite talks to Crossref on your behalf, so there’s no separate registration and no second key to manage across the 12 endpoints.