# Add support for article identifiers

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-support-for-article-identifiers/65>\
**Category:** Features\
**Tags:** fetcher\
**Created:** [July 11, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-support-for-article-identifiers/65 "2016-07-11T19:52:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![tobiasdiez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/tobiasdiez/32/340_2.png) [@tobiasdiez](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/tobiasdiez)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-support-for-article-identifiers/65/1 "2016-07-11T19:52:50Z")

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Add support for different article identifiers similar to isbn, issn and doi. That is, if these identifiers are present then JabRef should be able to get additional bibliographic information from the corresponding website and download the pdf. Importing a new entry based on the id should also be possible.

- [arxiv (physics, math)](https://arxiv.org/help/arxiv_identifier)
- [asin (Amazon)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number)
- [bibcode (astronomy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibcode)
- [coden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODEN)
- [eudml (European digital maths library)](https://initiative.eudml.org/rest-services)
- [googlebooks](https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/books-api/UwnoR1W624A)
- [jstor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSTOR)
- [lccn (Library of Congress)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Control_Number)
- [mr (mathematical reviews)](http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/)
- [oclc (WorldCat)](https://www.oclc.org/batchload/controlnumber.en.html)
- [olid (Open Libarary)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P648)
- [osti (Office of Scientific and Technical Information)](https://www.osti.gov/home/ostiblog/doe-research-data-and-digital-object-identifiers-perfect-match)
- [pii (Publisher Item Identifier)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publisher_Item_Identifier)
- [pmid (PubMed) and pmc (PubMed Central)](http://asklib.hsl.unc.edu/a.php?qid=37565)
- [scopus](https://www.scopus.com/)
- [wos (Web of Science Accession number)](http://webofscience.com/) related: [DOI -\> WOS](http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2015/06/08/Getting-a-WOS-Accession-number-from-a-DOI/)
- [zbl (Zentralblatt MATH)](https://zbmath.org/)

Possible APIs:

- ‘isbn’, ‘lccn’, ‘oclc’ or ‘olid’: [https://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/read](https://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/read) or [http://www.worldcat.org/](http://www.worldcat.org/)
- pmc, pmid: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/pmctopmid/](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/pmctopmid/)
- isbn, lccn, oclc, googlebooks: [https://developers.google.com/books/docs/v1/using](https://developers.google.com/books/docs/v1/using) eg. [https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=isbn:0716604892](https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=isbn:0716604892) or [http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=OCLC32012617](http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=OCLC32012617)
- scopus: [https://dev.elsevier.com/sc\_apis.html](https://dev.elsevier.com/sc_apis.html)

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Please vote if you support this proposal:

_Poll ([view on site](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-support-for-article-identifiers/65/1))_

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**Author:** ![matthiasgeiger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/matthiasgeiger/32/7_2.png) [@matthiasgeiger](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/matthiasgeiger)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-support-for-article-identifiers/65/2 "2016-07-12T07:14:29Z")

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See also [GitHub Feature request for URN support](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/1210)