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Scholarly and Academic Information Navigator, pronounced like “sigh-knee” is a database service which can be searched with academic information of articles, Books, Journals & Dissertations. (See CiNii)
Overview
| Content type | License / subscription | Available for Automated search | Integrated with Available Updates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research output | No |
Persons: Yes Organisational units: No |
No |
Set up online source
Go to Administrator > Research outputs > Online sources > CiNii
| Setting | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Enabled | Toggles it available for users or not. |
CiNii Books and Articles
CiNii supports searching for books and articles.
Site: https://support.nii.ac.jp/en/cinii/cinii_outline
API: https://support.nii.ac.jp/en/cinii/api/api_outline
CiNii Articles
Search url: https://cir.nii.ac.jp/opensearch/articles
JSON format reference: https://support.nii.ac.jp/en/cir/r_json
CiNii to Pure type mapping for articles:
Articles are imported into Pure with this type: Contribution to journal > Article
Table with mapping of fields to Pure.
| CiNii field | Type | Pure field |
|---|---|---|
| @id | String | Unique id in Cinii (used as source Id) |
| dc:title | String | Title |
| creator > foaf:name | List | Author first name and last name |
| creator > jpcoar:affiliationName | List | Author organization name |
| dc:language | String | Original language |
| publication > publicationIdentifier > ISSN | String | ISSN |
| publication > publicationIdentifier > EISSN | String | Electronic ISSN |
| publication > publicationIdentifier > PISSN | String | Print ISSN |
| publication > dc:publisher | String | Publisher |
| publication > prism:publicationName | String | Journal name |
| publication > prism:volume | String | Volume |
| publication > prism:number | String | Article number |
| publication > prism:startingPage | String | Start page |
| publication > prism:endingPage | String | End page |
| publication > prism:publicationDate | String | Publication date |
| productIdentifier > identifier > DOI | String | DOI |
| foaf:topic > dc:title | List | Keyword |
| description > notation | List | Abstract |
| reviewed | String | Peer-reviewed |
Cinii Books
Search url: https://ci.nii.ac.jp/books/opensearch/search
JSON format reference: https://support.nii.ac.jp/en/cib/api/b_opensearch#json-ld
Cinii to Pure type mapping for books:
Books are imported into Pure with this type: Book/Report > Book
Table with mapping of fields to Pure.
| Cinii field | Type | Pure field |
|---|---|---|
| @id | String | Unique id in CiNii (used as source Id) |
| title | String | Title |
| prism:publicationDate | String | Publication date |
| dc:creator | String | Publisher |
| dc:publisher | List | Publisher (fallback if dc:creator is empty) |
| dc:language | String | Original Language |
| dc:description | String | Abstract |
| foaf:maker | List | |
| foaf:maker > foaf:name | String | Author name |
| foaf:maker > con:organization | String | Author organization name |
Published at July 10, 2025