Journals

GET /api/journals

Returns journal table rows with publication counts and the latest stored impact entry.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
apikey	string	API key, if required. Alternatively use the X-API-Key header.
limit	integer	Maximum rows under the shared pagination behavior.
offset	integer	Number of rows to skip when limit is used. Defaults to 0; negative values become 0.

search, json, filter, and columns[] are not supported. Use journal records or journal search for filtering.

Example Request

GET /api/journals?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

Example Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "count": 1,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "665ef1234567890abcdef1234",
      "name": "Example Journal",
      "abbr": "Ex. J.",
      "publisher": "Example Press",
      "open_access": true,
      "issn": [
        "1234-5678"
      ],
      "country": "DE",
      "if": {
        "year": 2025,
        "impact": 3.25
      },
      "count": 12
    }
  ]
}

Returned Fields

Field	Description
id	Journal ID as string.
name	Stored journal title; empty-string fallback.
abbr, publisher, country	Stored abbreviation, publisher, and country; empty-string fallbacks.
open_access	Stored oa value, or null.
issn	Stored ISSN array, or an empty array.
if	Complete impact entry with the greatest numeric year, or null if no entries exist.
count	Number of activities whose string journal_id matches this journal ID. This is separate from the response-level count.
Configured fields	Additional stored fields configured in journal-data. Only field names containing letters, digits, underscores, or hyphens are accepted. Missing fields are omitted.

Response Behavior

Rows are sorted by activity count descending, then by journal name using natural case-insensitive comparison. Impact values are taken from stored data, without an external lookup. The response-level count is the number of journals before slicing.