KAKEN - Metadata and API

KAKEN API Document

Query Specification

KAKEN's OpenSearch query has the following formats:

  • Search Research Projects
    https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/opensearch/?(parameter=value)&(parameter=value)&...&(parameter=value)
  • Search Researchers
    https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/opensearch/?(parameter=value)&(parameter=value)&...&(parameter=value)

Please use the Application ID obtained by registering at “CiNii - Metadata and API - API User Registration” as the parameter, and enter it in ‘appid=xxxxxxxx’ format.

Obtaining Related Documents

You can download the XML of various master data used in KAKEN from the following pages:

KAKEN Master Data

KAKEN Public XML Definition / API Parameters