Open Url Guidelines

Bentham Open :: Open URL Guidelines

Creating a direct link to a journal

The simplest syntax to use for linking to a journal home page on the Bentham Open Website is:

"www.benthamopenscience.com/openurl/content.php?genre=journal&issn=<issn>"

Note: The hyphen (-) is optional in <issn> and the record will be retrieved regardless of its presence.

Creating a direct link to an article

The simplest syntax to use for linking to an article abstract page on Bentham Open's Website is:

"http://www.benthamopenscience.com/openurl/content.php?genre=article&issn=<issn>&volume=<volume-number>&startpage=<start-page-number>"

or

"http://www.benthamopenscience.com/openurl/content.php?genre=article&issn=<issn>&volume=<volume-number>&issue=<issue-number>&startpage=<start-page-number>"

or (using DOI)

"http://www.benthamopenscience.com/openurl/content.php?genre=article&doi=<article-doi>"

where <issn> is Journal ISSN. <volume-number> is the volume number in which article has been published. <issue-number> is the issue number within the volume, in which the article has been published. <start-page-number> is starting page number of a desired article and <article-doi> is the DOI of article.

Creating a direct link to an article's pdf

To link directly to a PDF version of an article, use the following syntax:

"http://www.benthamopenscience.com/openurl/content.php?genre=pdf&issn=<issn>&volume=<volume-number>&startpage=<start-page-number>"

or

"http://www.benthamopenscience.com/openurl/content.php?genre=pdf&issn=<issn>&volume=<volume-number>&issue=<issue-number>&startpage=<start-page-number>"

where <issn> is the Journal ISSN. <volume-number> is the volume number in which the article has been published. <issue-number> is the issue number within the volume, in which the article has been published. <start-page-number> is the starting page number of a desired article.