OpenAlex is a free and open catalog of the global research system. It's named after the ancient Library of Alexandria and made by the nonprofit OurResearch.
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About us
What is OpenAlex? At the heart of OpenAlex is our dataset—a catalog of works. A work is any sort of scholarly output....
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Pricing
Learn about OpenAlex's premium offerings OpenAlex is free. The website, API, and data snapshot are all available a...
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Open houses
We have regular open houses on Zoom: alternating between Wednesday at 12pm Eastern and Thursday at 9am Eastern. Thes...
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Webinars
30-minute presentations on topics of broad relevance (recorded) followed by 15-minutes of Q&A on the topic. Recordin...
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Exporting results
Above any Works result set, you will see an export button that you can click to download a file with those works. Th...
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Break-down of my institution’s outputs by subject area (subfield)
Search for your institution by typing it into the search bar. Select your institution; this will create a filter. U...
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What percentage of my institution’s outputs are Open Access (OA)?
Search for your institution by typing it into the search bar. Select your institution; this will create a filter. Un...
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Can you index my journal?
We automatically index new journals and articles so there is nothing you need to do. We primarily retrieve new record...
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About the data
OpenAlex is more than just a catalog of research publications. We do the work of disambiguating and connecting sc...