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Publication IDs
Publication IDs
Every publication in our system is assigned a unique publication ID. These are used mostly for internal purposes, but may be useful when retrieving data in bulk or identifying a specific title. Publication IDs may be retrieved using OAI-PMH, or from the browsable title list.
Find publication IDs using an OAI-PMH request
An OAI-PMH ListSets request will return titles and publication IDs for journals, books, conference proceedings, and series-level data:
- Journal data http://oai.crossref.org.pluma.sjfc.edu/OAIHandler?verb=ListSets
- Non-journal data http://oai.crossref.org.pluma.sjfc.edu/OAIHandler?verb=ListSets&set=B
J (journal) is the default set, set=B must be specified to retrieve book or conference proceeding titles, and S for series-level titles. Sets may be further limited by member prefix. Learn more about OAI-PMH.
The publication ID is listed within the <setspec> element, after the set and member prefix. For example, within the following set, 24 is the publication ID for Journal of Clinical Psychology:
<set>
<setSpec>J:10.1002:24</setSpec>
<setName>Journal of Clinical Psychology</setName>
</set>
Find publication IDs using the browsable title list
The browsable title list includes the publication ID next to each title in the search results. Select the 
icon to reveal the ID. For most purposes, publication IDs are always preceded by the publication type (J, B, or S for journal, book, or series).