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We describe the Dimensions Search Language (DSL), a domain-specific language for bibliographic and scientometrics analysis. The DSL is the main component of the Dimensions API (version 2.12.0), which provides end-users with a powerful, yet simple-to-learn and use, tool to search, filter, and analyze the Dimensions database using a single entry point and query language. The DSL is the result of an effort to model the way researchers and analysts describe research questions in this domain, as opposed to using established paradigms commonly used by software developers e.g., REST or SOAP. In this article, we describe the API architecture, the DSL main features, and the core data model. We describe how it is used by researchers and analysts in academic and business settings alike to carry out complex research analytics tasks, like calculating the H-index of a researcher or generating a publications' citation network.
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2025
paper The Dimensions API: a domain specific language for scientometrics research
Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, Oct 2025. https://doi.org/10.3389/frma.2025.1514938
2024
paper Dimensions: Calculating Disruption Indices at Scale
Quantitative Science Studies, Sep 2024. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.06120
2022
International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (STI 2022), Granada, Sep 2022.
2019
2015
paper ResQuotes.com: Turn your Notes and Highlights into Research Ideas
Force11 - Research Communications and e-Scholarship conference, Oxford, UK, Jan 2015.
2012
NeDiMaH workshop on ontology based annotation, held in conjunction with Digital Humanities 2012, Hamburg, Germany, Jul 2012.
2010
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Aug 2010.
2007