---
title: "GET /members"
method: GET
path: "/members"
tags: ["Members"]
---

# GET /members

`GET /members`

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

Returns a list of organisations that have registered content with Crossref.

`filter`: See [our documentation website](https://www.crossref.org/documentation/retrieve-metadata/rest-api/rest-api-filters/) for a full list of available filters. This endpoint supports the following filters:

 + `backfile-doi-count` - members with given count of DOIs for material published more than two years ago
 + `current-doi-count` - members with given count of DOIs for material published within last two years
 + `prefix` - members with given prefix

## Query parameters

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

## Response `200`

A list of members.

- MembersMessage
  - `status` string, required
  - `message-type` string, required
  - `message-version` string, required
  - `message` Members, required
    - `items-per-page` integer, required
    - `query` Query, required
      - `start-index` integer, required
      - `search-terms` integer, required
    - `total-results` integer, required
    - `items` Member[], required
      - `last-status-check-time` integer, required
      - `primary-name` string, 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[]
      - `prefixes` string[], required
      - `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
      - `prefix` MemberPrefix[], required
        - `name` string, required
        - `value` string, required
      - `id` integer, required
      - `tokens` string[], required
      - `counts-type` MemberCountsType, required
        - `all` MemberCountObject, required
        - `current` MemberCountObject, required
        - `backfile` MemberCountObject, 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
      - `location` string, required
      - `names` 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)