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Get lists of sources

You can get lists of sources:
Which returns a response like this:
{
"meta": {
"count": 226727,
"db_response_time_ms": 32,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 25
},
"results": [
{
"id": "https://openalex.org/S2764455111",
"issn_l": null,
"issn": null,
"display_name": "PubMed Central",
// more fields (removed to save space)
},
{
"id": "https://openalex.org/S4306400806",
"issn_l": null,
"issn": null,
"display_name": "PubMed Central - Europe PMC",
// more fields (removed to save space)
},
// more results (removed to save space)
],
"group_by": []
}

Page and sort sources

By default we return 25 results per page. You can change this default and page through sources with the per-page and page parameters:
You also can sort results with the sort parameter:
  • Sort sources by cited by count, descending https://api.openalex.org/sources?sort=cited_by_count:desc
Continue on to learn how you can filter and search lists of sources.

Sample sources

You can use sample to get a random batch of sources. Read more about sampling and how to add a seed value here.

Select fields

You can use select to limit the fields that are returned in a list of sources. More details are here.