GET works

crossref.org:crossref-api

Summary: Search works
Operation ID: searchWorks
Auth: unknown
Description

Search for scholarly works with various filters and query options.

Parameters (10)

facet (string, query, optional)

Enable facets (e.g., facet=type-name:true)

filter (string, query, optional)

Filter results. Format: filter=field:value. Multiple filters separated by commas.

offset (integer, query, optional, default: 0)

Offset for pagination

order (string, query, optional)

Sort order (asc or desc)

Constraints: {'enum': ['asc', 'desc']}

query (string, query, optional)

Search query string

query.author (string, query, optional)

Search by author name

query.container-title (string, query, optional)

Search by publication/journal title

query.title (string, query, optional)

Search in title only

rows (integer, query, optional, default: 20)

Number of results per page (max 1000)

Constraints: {'maximum': 1000}

sort (string, query, optional)

Sort field (e.g., published, updated, score)

Examples (8)

TitleTypeURLAction
Search for scholarly works openapi-spec https://api.crossref.org/works?query=machine learning&filter=type:journal-article
Get sample of works sdk_extracted https://api.crossref.org/works?sample=2
Query works with bibliographic, author and publisher filters sdk_extracted https://api.crossref.org/works?query.bibliographic=zika&query.author=johannes&query.publisher-name=Wiley-Blackwell
Query works with bibliographic search doc_extracted https://api.crossref.org/works?query=zika
Query works with filter by online pub date doc_extracted https://api.crossref.org/works?query=zika&filter=from-online-pub-date%3A2017
Query works with author filter doc_extracted https://api.crossref.org/works?query.author=Mari&filter=from-online-pub-date%3A2017&query=zika
Query works with sort by published date doc_extracted https://api.crossref.org/works?query.author=Mari&query=zika&filter=from-online-pub-date%3A2017&sort=published
Query works with ascending order doc_extracted https://api.crossref.org/works?filter=from-online-pub-date%3A2017&query.author=Mari&order=asc&query=zika&sort=published

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:47:09.810792 200 1841ms
2026-03-23 10:35:03.042823 200 1046ms
2026-03-23 10:22:29.984434 200 1364ms
2026-03-23 09:40:56.639056 200 688ms
2026-03-23 09:23:29.161406 200 475ms
2026-03-23 09:21:20.392820 200 731ms
2026-03-23 09:13:51.537765 200 602ms
2026-03-23 09:11:47.158522 200 487ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 09:13:51.537765 8a2a933f8d36 4360e3cac12a
2026-03-23 09:21:20.392820 4360e3cac12a 1c06cd0c515a
2026-03-23 09:23:29.161406 1c06cd0c515a 1bc12cc276d4
2026-03-23 09:40:56.639056 1bc12cc276d4 f1fea5edb0f5
2026-03-23 10:22:29.984434 f1fea5edb0f5 29fe4022cf6e
2026-03-23 10:35:03.042823 29fe4022cf6e 628e2cccf64b
2026-03-23 10:47:09.810792 628e2cccf64b de86abd1f597