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OpenAlex API

OpenAlex (openalex.org) has 2 public methods: get institution research summary and search scholarly papers. Each costs 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.

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Methods

2

  • Get institution research summary

    Summarise an institution's research output from its name, including annual output, leading topics and authors. Annual citations count citations received by works published that year; leading authors are coauthors of institution-linked works, not necessarily employees.

    Returns name, type, location, homepage, totals, works and citations by year, top topics, top authors, links

    Readopenalex.org/get_institution_research

  • Search scholarly papers

    Searches OpenAlex scholarly works by topic, with optional institution, publication-year and open-access filters, ranked by relevance, citations or newest date.

    Returns title, authors, year, date, venue, citation count, open access, full-text link, DOI, OpenAlex link

    Readopenalex.org/search_papers