---
title: "GET /journals/{issn}"
method: GET
path: "/journals/{issn}"
tags: ["Journals"]
---

# GET /journals/{issn}

`GET /journals/{issn}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crossref.org` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.crossref.org/journals/{issn}`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api/docs/journals/:issn/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Returns information about a journal with the given ISSN, as an example use ISSN 03064530

## Path parameters

- `issn` string[], required

## Response `200`

The journal identified by {issn}.

- JournalMessage
  - `status` string, required
  - `message-type` string, required
  - `message-version` string, required
  - `message` Journal, required
    - `last-status-check-time` integer, required
    - `counts` DoiCounts, required
      - `total-dois` integer, required
      - `current-dois` integer, required
      - `backfile-dois` integer, required
    - `breakdowns` BreakdownsObject, required
      - `dois-by-issued-year` array[], required
        - integer[]
    - `publisher` string, required: The publisher of the journal
    - `coverage` CoverageFull, required
      - `affiliations-current` number, double, required
      - `similarity-checking-current` number, double, required
      - `descriptions-current` number, double, required
      - `ror-ids-current` number, double, required
      - `references-backfie` number, double, required
      - `funders-backfile` number, double, required
      - `licenses-backfile` number, double, required
      - `funders-current` number, double, required
      - `affiliations-backfile` number, double, required
      - `resource-links-backfile` number, double, required
      - `orcids-backfile` number, double, required
      - `update-policies-current` number, double, required
      - `ror-ids-backfile` number, double, required
      - `orcids-current` number, double, required
      - `similarity-checking-backfile` number, double, required
      - `descriptions-backfile` number, double, required
      - `award-numbers-backfile` number, double, required
      - `update-policies-backfile` number, double, required
      - `licenses-current` number, double, required
      - `award-numbers-current` number, double, required
      - `abstracts-backfile` number, double, required
      - `resource-links-current` number, double, required
      - `abstracts-current` number, double, required
      - `references-current` number, double, required
    - `title` string, required: The title of the journal
    - `subjects` string[], required
    - `coverage-type` CoverageTypeObject, required
      - `all` CoverageObject, required
      - `current` CoverageObject, required
      - `backfile` CoverageObject, required
    - `flags` Flags, required
      - `deposits-abstracts-current` boolean, required
      - `deposits-orcids-current` boolean, required
      - `deposits` boolean, required
      - `deposits-affiliations-backfile` boolean, required
      - `deposits-update-policies-backfile` boolean, required
      - `deposits-award-numbers-current` boolean, required
      - `deposits-resource-links-current` boolean, required
      - `deposits-ror-ids-current` boolean, required
      - `deposits-articles` boolean, required
      - `deposits-affiliations-current` boolean, required
      - `deposits-funders-current` boolean, required
      - `deposits-references-backfile` boolean, required
      - `deposits-ror-ids-backfile` boolean, required
      - `deposits-abstracts-backfile` boolean, required
      - `deposits-licenses-backfile` boolean, required
      - `deposits-award-numbers-backfile` boolean, required
      - `deposits-descriptions-current` boolean, required
      - `deposits-references-current` boolean, required
      - `deposits-resource-links-backfile` boolean, required
      - `deposits-descriptions-backfile` boolean, required
      - `deposits-orcids-backfile` boolean, required
      - `deposits-funders-backfile` boolean, required
      - `deposits-update-policies-current` boolean, required
      - `deposits-licenses-current` boolean, required
    - `ISSN` string[], required: The ISSN identifier associated with the journal
    - `issn-type` JournalIssnType, required
      - `value` string, required
      - `type` string, required

## Other responses

- `404`: The journal identified by {issn} does not exist.

---

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