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

# GET /journals

`GET /journals`

## 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`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api/docs/journals/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Return a list of journals in the Crossref database.

## Query parameters

- `cursor` string
- `query` string
- `rows` integer
- `mailto` string
- `offset` integer

## Response `200`

A list of journals.

- JournalsMessage
  - `status` string, required
  - `message-type` string, required
  - `message-version` string, required
  - `message` Journals, required
    - `items-per-page` integer, required
    - `query` Query, required
      - `start-index` integer, required
      - `search-terms` integer, required
    - `total-results` integer, required
    - `items` 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

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api/revisions/3d27fa72d31a?raw)