The Work Object
Work objects represent the papers we ingest from preprint servers and publishers. Each object captures the stable metadata for a paper (title, identifiers, access information, and every version we’ve recorded) so you can rely on the shape staying the same across the API.
Each work has a stable public_id
. As new versions of preprints are released and ingested by Drylab, they become part of the Work
they belong to.
This is the standard structure of the core Work Object
:
Work Object
:{
"public_id":"7334329443",
"title":"Example Research Paper Title",
"abstract":"This is an example abstract of the research paper...",
"ids":{
"doi":"10.1101/2025.08.07.25333034",
"pmid":null,
"pmcid":null,
"arxiv_id":null,
"biorxiv_id":null,
"medrxiv_id":"2025.08.07.25333034",
"openalex_id":null
},
"landing_url":"https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.25333034v1",
"is_open_access":true,
"best_license":"CC-BY-4.0",
"first_published_at":"2025-08-07T00:00:00.000Z",
"latest_released_at":"2025-08-07T00:00:00.000Z",
"created_at":"2025-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
"updated_at":"2025-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
"versions": [
{
"id": "7334329443.v1",
"version_label": "v1",
"doi": "10.1101/2025.08.07.25333034",
"released_at": "2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z",
"previous_version_id": null,
"schema_version": "v1",
"open_access": true,
"license": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/",
"ingested": true,
"normalized": true
}
],
"_links":{
"self":"/v1/work/7334329443",
"versions":"/v1/work/7334329443/versions",
},
}
It is returned as part of the response of various Drylab routes, explained in the following sections.
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