Struct Source 

pub struct Source {

    pub id: String,
    pub issn_l: Option<String>,
    pub issn: Option<Vec<String>>,
    pub display_name: Option<String>,
    pub abbreviated_title: Option<String>,
    pub alternate_titles: Option<Vec<String>>,
    pub host_organization: Option<String>,
    pub host_organization_name: Option<String>,
    pub host_organization_lineage: Option<Vec<Option<String>>>,
    pub works_count: Option<i64>,
    pub cited_by_count: Option<i64>,
    pub summary_stats: Option<SummaryStats>,
    pub is_oa: Option<bool>,
    pub is_in_doaj: Option<bool>,
    pub is_core: Option<bool>,
    pub is_high_oa_rate: Option<bool>,
    pub is_in_scielo: Option<bool>,
    pub is_ojs: Option<bool>,
    pub oa_flip_year: Option<i32>,
    pub first_publication_year: Option<i32>,
    pub last_publication_year: Option<i32>,
    pub ids: Option<SourceIds>,
    pub homepage_url: Option<String>,
    pub apc_prices: Option<Vec<ApcPrice>>,
    pub apc_usd: Option<i64>,
    pub country_code: Option<String>,
    pub societies: Option<Vec<Value>>,
    pub type: Option<String>,
    pub topics: Option<Vec<TopicWithScore>>,
    pub topic_share: Option<Vec<TopicShare>>,
    pub counts_by_year: Option<Vec<CountsByYear>>,
    pub works_api_url: Option<String>,
    pub updated_date: Option<String>,
    pub created_date: Option<String>,
}

A publishing venue: journal, repository, conference, ebook platform, or book series.

Sources include ISSN identifiers, open-access status, APC pricing, host organization, and impact metrics.

Example

{
  "id": "https://openalex.org/S137773608",
  "display_name": "Nature",
  "issn_l": "0028-0836",
  "type": "journal",
  "is_oa": false,
  "works_count": 450000,
  "cited_by_count": 25000000,
  "summary_stats": {"2yr_mean_citedness": 50.2, "h_index": 1200, ...}
}

ID formats

Sources can be retrieved by OpenAlex ID (S...) or ISSN.

Note

The host_organization_lineage array may contain null elements. This is a known API quirk — the field is typed as Option<Vec<Option<String>>>.

Fields

id: String

OpenAlex ID URI (e.g. "https://openalex.org/S137773608").

issn_l: Option<String>

Linking ISSN (ISSN-L) that groups all ISSNs for this source.

issn: Option<Vec<String>>

All ISSNs associated with this source.

display_name: Option<String>

Human-readable source name (e.g. "Nature").

abbreviated_title: Option<String>

Abbreviated title (e.g. "Nat.").

alternate_titles: Option<Vec<String>>

Alternative titles or name variants.

host_organization: Option<String>

OpenAlex ID of the host organization (publisher or platform).

host_organization_name: Option<String>

Display name of the host organization.

host_organization_lineage: Option<Vec<Option<String>>>

OpenAlex IDs of the host organization’s lineage (parent organizations). May contain null elements — this is a known API quirk.

works_count: Option<i64>

Total number of works published in this source.

cited_by_count: Option<i64>

Total number of citations received by works in this source.

summary_stats: Option<SummaryStats>

Impact metrics: h-index, i10-index, and 2-year mean citedness.

is_oa: Option<bool>

Whether this source is open-access.

is_in_doaj: Option<bool>

Whether this source is indexed in the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals).

is_core: Option<bool>

Whether this source is indexed in CORE.

is_high_oa_rate: Option<bool>

Whether this source has a high proportion of open-access works.

is_in_scielo: Option<bool>

Whether this source is indexed in SciELO.

is_ojs: Option<bool>

Whether this source uses Open Journal Systems.

oa_flip_year: Option<i32>

Year the source flipped to open-access, if applicable.

first_publication_year: Option<i32>

Year of the earliest publication in this source.

last_publication_year: Option<i32>

Year of the most recent publication in this source.

ids: Option<SourceIds>

External identifiers (OpenAlex, ISSN-L, ISSNs, MAG, Wikidata).

homepage_url: Option<String>

URL of the source’s homepage.

apc_prices: Option<Vec<ApcPrice>>

Article processing charge prices in various currencies.

apc_usd: Option<i64>

APC amount in US dollars.

country_code: Option<String>

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code of the source’s country of origin.

societies: Option<Vec<Value>>

Learned societies associated with this source (structure varies).

type: Option<String>

Source type: "journal", "repository", "conference", "ebook platform", "book series", "metadata", or "other".

topics: Option<Vec<TopicWithScore>>

Top research topics for this source, ranked by relevance or work count.

topic_share: Option<Vec<TopicShare>>

Research topics as a share of this source’s total works.

counts_by_year: Option<Vec<CountsByYear>>

Publication and citation counts broken down by year.

works_api_url: Option<String>

API URL to retrieve this source’s works.

updated_date: Option<String>

ISO 8601 timestamp of the last update to this record.

created_date: Option<String>

ISO 8601 date when this record was first created.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for Source

fn clone(&self) -> Source

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for Source

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error>

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Source

fn deserialize<__D>( __deserializer: __D, ) -> Result<Source, <__D as Deserializer<'de>>::Error>

where __D: Deserializer<'de>,

Deserialize this value from the given Serde deserializer.

impl From<Source> for SourceSummary

fn from(s: Source) -> Self

Converts to this type from the input type.

impl Serialize for Source

fn serialize<__S>( &self, __serializer: __S, ) -> Result<<__S as Serializer>::Ok, <__S as Serializer>::Error>

where __S: Serializer,

Serialize this value into the given Serde serializer.