Sources
Information on the data provided by the Article-Level Metrics API:
- Provider – The name of the organization providing the data.
- Source – The source name used by the Article-Level Metrics API to return data for the Provider.
- Public URL – If the Provider has a human-readable landing page.
- Descriptiong – Description of the data provided by the Article-Level Metrics API
Usage Statistics
| Provider |
Source |
Public URL |
Description |
| Public Library of Science |
counter |
No |
HTML page views, PDF downloads and XML downloads for an article from Public Library of Science. The usage stats are COUNTER 3 compliant. For more information, see Usage Data Help. |
| PubMed Central |
pmc |
No |
HTML page views, PDF downloads and XML downloads for an article from PubMed Central. |
Citations
| Provider |
Source |
Public URL |
Description |
| PubMed Central |
pubmed |
Yes |
The citation data reported for an article from PubMed Central. |
| CrossRef |
crossref |
No |
The citation data reported for an article from CrossRef. |
| Scopus |
scopus |
Yes |
The citation data reported for an article from Scopus. |
Social Networks
| Provider |
Source |
Public URL |
Description |
| Twitter |
twitter |
Yes |
Tweets for an article. |
| Facebook |
facebook |
Yes |
The number of Facebook Likes for an article. |
| Mendeley |
mendeley |
Yes |
The number of times that a user has bookmarked an article in Mendeley. |
| CiteULike |
citeulike |
Yes |
The number of times that a user has bookmarked an article in CiteULike. |
Blog Entries
| Provider |
Source |
Public URL |
Description |
| Nature Blogs |
nature |
Yes |
The number of blog articles in Nature Blogs that have mentioned an article. |
| Research Blogging |
researchblogging |
Yes |
The number of blog articles in Research Blogging that have mentioned an article. |
Inactive Sources
Article-Level Metrics may contain data from these sources but the data is no longer up to date.
| Provider |
Source |
Public URL |
Description |
| Connotea |
connotea |
No |
The Connotea API does not respond in a timely manner. |
| Bloglines |
bloglines |
No |
This service no longer responds to API requests. |
| Postgenomic |
postgenomic |
No |
This service was discontinued by Nature Publishing Group in 2009. |
