Analyzing your institution

Most of these questions are answered the same way, on openalex.org: search for your institution in the search bar and select it. That creates a filter scoping the results to its works. Then open the Stats panel above the results — each panel below is one of the facets you can add there with the “+” button next to Stats.

How many outputs does my institution have?

After you’ve filtered to your institution, the total under Stats is the count of all outputs affiliated with it.

How many of each type of output does it have?

In the Stats panel, add the type facet (click “+” → type). It breaks the outputs down by work type — articles, books, datasets, and more. Click More… for the full list.

How can I break outputs down by subject area?

Add the subfield facet under Stats (“+” → subfield) to chart the institution’s publications across research subfields. Click More… for the full list.

Which outputs contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals?

Add the Sustainable Development Goal facet under Stats (“+” → Sustainable Development Goal) to see outputs counted by SDG. Select any goal to see the works contributing to it.

What percentage of its outputs are open access?

Add the open access facet under Stats (“+” → open access) to see the share of outputs that are open access. For the full picture of how OpenAlex tracks OA, see Open access.

How has open access changed over time?

Across all of OpenAlex, open access has grown from roughly 31% of indexed works in 2015 to about 68% in 2025 — OA works first outnumbered closed ones around 2021.

To get a year-by-year breakdown for any result set, group works by year, once for all works and once for OA works, and compare:

https://api.openalex.org/works?filter=publication_year:2015-2025&group_by=publication_year
https://api.openalex.org/works?filter=publication_year:2015-2025,open_access.is_oa:true&group_by=publication_year

Add an institution filter (or any other filters) to scope the trend to your works.

How much has it spent on APC fees?

An exact figure isn’t possible, but you can estimate it. After filtering to your institution:

1. Use the corresponding institution filter (so only works your institution paid for are counted).
2. Restrict to article and review types — the work types where APCs apply.
3. Restrict the source type to journal.
4. Add the APC Sum facet under Stats (or group_by=apc_sum in an API call).

The estimate rests on several assumptions — discussed in detail here — and APC behavior varies by discipline and institution type, so global patterns won’t hold identically for every institution.

How much is its work cited?

After filtering to your institution, add the citations sum facet under Stats to see the total citations its works have received. Divide by the total number of works for the average per work.

To count only works with at least one citation, add the citation count filter (Add filter → citation count) and enter >0; the results count then reflects works cited at least once.

Which institutions does it collaborate with?

Add the institution facet under Stats (“+” → institution). Your institution sits at the top of the list; collaborating institutions follow, ranked by shared outputs. Click More… for the full list.

Which journals do its researchers publish in?

Filter to journal articles first: Add filter → source type → journal. Then add the source facet under Stats (“+” → source) to rank the journals the institution’s researchers publish in most. Click More… for the full list.