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Journal by ISSN

Journal title, publisher and DOI counts by ISSN.

Journal by ISSN Free

Journal title, publisher and DOI counts by ISSN.

cost
Free then $0.002 / call
MCP tool
crossref__journal
method
GET

Free up to 50 calls a day over MCP (500 with a free key), then $0.002 per call by card credit or USDC. Free key · Pay by card

GET https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/crossref/journal

ParamTypeDescription
issn string ISSN
# free: send a free key from https://fourzerotwo.si/free
curl -H "X-API-Key: fzt_…" "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/crossref/journal?issn=0028-0836"

# no key: returns 402 with the price, for x402 agents
curl -i "https://fourzerotwo.si/v1/crossref/journal?issn=0028-0836"

by fourzerotwo

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Use it from an AI agent (MCP)

Add the server once, then ask for this data in plain English. The agent finds the endpoint with search_apis and runs it with call_api.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fourzerotwo": { "type": "http", "url": "https://fourzerotwo.si/mcp" }
  }
}
# the call the agent makes
call_api {"tool": "crossref__journal", "arguments": {"issn":"0028-0836"}}

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  • Search publishers — Crossref member publishers by name.

Metadata from Crossref (crossref.org).