# Web Of Science Clarivate > Analysis by Optimly for Optimly AI Visibility, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last analyzed August 26, 2026. > The Web of Science API Expanded supports rich searching across the Web of Science to retrieve full item-level metadata, including times cited counts, contributor addresses/affiliations, and funding data. It provides REST-based programmatic access to Web of Science documents in JSON and XML formats with advanced search and filter capabilities, enabling discovery of related records, cited references, and citing items. - Business Profile: https://optimly.ai/brand/web-of-science-clarivate - Publisher: Optimly (https://optimly.ai) - Dataset: Optimly AI Brand Index (https://optimly.ai/brand) - Official website: https://developer.clarivate.com/ - Logo: https://logo.clearbit.com/developer.clarivate.com - Slug: web-of-science-clarivate - Category: Research Data APIs - Last Analyzed: August 26, 2026 ## Buyer Intent Signals Problems: Difficulty understanding article performance | Need to benchmark or analyze citation networks | Challenges in identifying most important articles for institutions | Problems discovering and selecting appropriate articles for research | Need to compare research findings systematically | Difficulties in tracking bibliometric and citation patterns | Supporting strategy and funding decisions with research data | Highlighting institutional impact on the research community | Lack of programmatic access to scholarly information and metadata | Need for high-quality, full item-level metadata export Solutions: Programmatic access to research data | Bibliometric analysis tools | Citation network analysis | Research performance benchmarking | Academic impact assessment | Scholarly metadata export | Developer tools for research integration | API for scientific literature | Research data insights Comparisons: API key access requirements | Subscription plans and tiers for data access | Requests per second limits | Full records per year/month limits | Terms of Use adherence | Product/Service Terms compliance | JSON/XML output format support | Advanced search and filter capabilities