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OpenAPI 3.1.0CC02026-07-264460181.4 KB
Domains

Get a single domain

Retrieve a single domain by its ID (1-4).

get/domains/{id}

Path parameters

idstring required

Domain ID (1-4)

Query parameters

selectstring

Comma-separated list of fields to return. Reduces response size. Example: select=id,display_name,cited_by_count

api_keystring required

Your OpenAlex API key (required). Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

Response

Successful response

idstring

The OpenAlex ID for this domain.

display_namestring

The English-language label of the domain.

descriptionstring

A description of this domain.

display_name_alternativesstring[]

Alternate names for this domain.

works_countinteger

The number of works tagged with topics in this domain.

cited_by_countinteger

Total citations to works in this domain.

works_api_urlstring

A URL that returns all works tagged with this domain.

created_datestring date

When this domain was added to OpenAlex (ISO 8601 date).

updated_datestring date-time

When this domain was last updated (ISO 8601 datetime).

Example response

{
  "id": "https://openalex.org/domains/1"
}