Danish University Research Databases (Pure/VBN)

About

Copenhagen (KU), DTU, Aarhus (AU), and Southern Denmark (SDU) each run an Elsevier Pure research-information system exposing a standardized REST API (publications, projects, persons/organizations, datasets, patents). All four publish browsable Swagger/RapiDoc documentation, but every data endpoint requires an `apikey` header — confirmed by direct 401 responses on unauthenticated calls. Keys are typically requested from each university's library or research office.

Agent Use Cases

• 01Pull a researcher's publication list for a CV-building or grant-application agent
• 02Track new research outputs across Danish universities in a specific field
• 03Cross-reference collaboration networks between Danish institutions

Notes

Four separate systems, same underlying Pure/API pattern: KU (curis.ku.dk), DTU (backend.orbit.dtu.dk), AU (pure.au.dk), SDU (findresearcher.sdu.dk) — each needs its own API key from that university's library/research office. Docs UIs are public; actual data calls all 401 without a key.