Developers
Build on the open corpus
Science Orbit exposes open, read-only endpoints, OAI-PMH 2.0, Atom feeds, and a bulk metadata export. Core research metadata is free to read and reuse under each paper's license.
Public endpoints
No authentication is required for these read-only endpoints. Please cache responses and be considerate with request volume.
/api/papersAll published papers with metadata, versions, and AI summaries./api/search?q=&field=&subject=&tag=Search papers by query, field, subject, and tag./api/reviews?paperSlug=Public reviews for a given paper./api/papers/[slug]/cite?format=bibtex|ris|apaFormatted citation for a paper./api/exportBulk JSON metadata export of the full open corpus./abs/[orbitId]Canonical citeable URL for a paper (redirects to the paper page)./feed.xmlAtom feed of the most recent preprints./feed.xml?subject=cs.AIAtom feed filtered by subject code./feed/[subject]Pretty subject feed URL, e.g. /feed/cs.AI./sitemap.xmlSitemap of pages, papers, /abs, profiles, institutions.OAI-PMH for indexers
Harvest metadata at https://scienceorbit.org/oai. Identifiers look like oai:scienceorbit.org:paper:YYMM.NNNNN (orbit ID) or …:paper:slug. Sets use field:… and subject:…. Register this endpoint with BASE, CORE, and OpenDOAR so the corpus is discoverable outside the site.
/oai?verb=IdentifyRepository identity and earliest datestamp./oai?verb=ListMetadataFormatsSupported formats (oai_dc)./oai?verb=ListSetsHarvest sets for fields and subjects./oai?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dcPaged Dublin Core records (use resumptionToken)./oai?verb=ListIdentifiers&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&set=subject:cs.AIIdentifiers in a subject set./oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai:scienceorbit.org:paper:YYMM.NNNNNOne record by OAI identifier.Authenticated endpoints
These require a signed-in session and are rate-limited. They power publishing and collaboration in the app.
/api/papersPublish a preprint (multipart + PDF). Requires a signed-in session./api/reviewsPost a public review. Authors cannot review their own paper./api/coauthors/inviteInvite a co-author by handle, email, or ORCID./api/coauthors/respondAccept or decline a co-author invitation.Licensing & attribution
Metadata is openly available, but each paper's content is governed by the license its authors selected at upload time. Always preserve attribution and link back to the canonical paper URL (/abs/[orbitId] when present).