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Overview
Explore the literatureMap SDG ResearchSystematic ReviewsJournals You Cite
Profiles & partnersFind CollaboratorsAudit a ProfileFunder Portfolios
Bulk dataDownload the Snapshot
  1. Tutorials

Tutorials

Step-by-step instructions for real use cases — on the web, through the API, or with your agent.

Each tutorial walks a real project end to end, step by step — if you're new to OpenAlex, start with the Quickstart. If you're after a fast answer to a single task instead, the How-to guides are shorter.

The tutorials are organized into three sections:

Explore the literature
Map SDG Research: Every work carries automatic SDG tags — map global priorities with a few group_by calls.Systematic Reviews: A search strategy is a term tree, and OQL speaks it: one string for your methods appendix.Journals You Cite: No single API call answers this — cursor paging and batching build the picture, for ~2¢.
Profiles & partners
Find Collaborators: Cross your top topics with your co-author list to find leaders you’ve never worked with.Audit a Profile: Find the works a profile is missing — and the ones that belong to someone else. Under 1¢.Funder Portfolios: Watch a funder’s priorities drift over a decade — and who wins the most support.
Bulk data
Download the Snapshot: All of OpenAlex from S3, no AWS account — Amazon covers the ~$70 transfer fee.