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kasparsj/scopus-search-api
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Scopus API for PHP (Unofficial)

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Scopus API for PHP (Unofficial)
===============================

[](#scopus-api-for-php-unofficial)

PHP SDK for [Scopus APIs](https://dev.elsevier.com/scopus.html)

Currently, supported APIs:

- Scopus Search API
- Abstract Retrieval API
- Author Retrieval API
- Affiliation Retrieval API
    - Search Author API
    - Citation Overview API
- Abstract Citations Count API

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

`composer require kasparsj/scopus-search-api`

Usage:
------

[](#usage)

```
use Scopus\ScopusApi;

// replace with your API key
$apiKey = "114ff0c3b57a0ec62e15efdedefd2e6f";
$api = new ScopusApi($apiKey);

// Scopus Search API
$results = $api
    ->query("af-id(60071066)")
    ->start(0)
    ->count(5)
    ->viewComplete()
    ->search();

var_dump($results);

foreach ($results->getEntries() as $entry) {
    $abstractUrl = $entry->getLinks()->getSelf();

    // Abstract Retrieval API
    $abstract = $api->retrieve($abstractUrl);

    var_dump($abstract);

    $authors = $entry->getAuthors();
    foreach ($authors as $author) {
        $authorUrl = $author->getUrl();

        // Author Retrieval API
        $author = $api->retrieve($authorUrl);

        var_dump($author);
    }
}
```

API Docs
--------

[](#api-docs)

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

- 01/05/2022 - v1.3
    - Added Abstract Citations Count API
- 14/11/2021 - v1.2
    - Bug fix
- 19/05/2020 - v1.1
    - Added Search Author API
    - Added Citation Overview API
    - Created a support function to retrieve Document of specific Author easly
    - Updated classes

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.6% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~167 days

Total

2

Last Release

1479d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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