# OpenAlex API

> 2 public methods for OpenAlex (openalex.org), each 1 credit per completed run.

Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAlex.

- Page: https://fous.com/methods/openalex.org

## Methods

### [Get institution research summary](https://fous.com/methods/openalex.org/get-institution-research.md)

`openalex.org/get_institution_research`, read. 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

### [Search scholarly papers](https://fous.com/methods/openalex.org/search-papers.md)

`openalex.org/search_papers`, read. 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