You can access the OpenAlex Scholarly Works and Citation Intelligence Radar programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {}
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("adaptive_nightmare/openalex-academic-graph-radar").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

OpenAlex Scraper: Scholarly Research Papers API API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use OpenAlex Scholarly Works and Citation Intelligence Radar API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

OpenAlex Scholarly Works and Citation Intelligence Radar API in JavaScript

OpenAlex Scholarly Works and Citation Intelligence Radar API through CLI

OpenAlex Scholarly Works and Citation Intelligence Radar OpenAPI definition

OpenAlex Scholarly Works and Citation Intelligence Radar API

OpenAlex Scraper | 20 Fields, Citations & OA, No API Key

themineworks/openalex-scholarly-works

Scrape 250M+ scholarly papers from OpenAlex as clean JSON. Filter by topic, year, citations, open access & type. Get authors, venues, abstracts. No API key. Use in Claude, ChatGPT & any MCP agent for literature reviews & RAG.

The Mine Works

OpenAlex Scraper

shahidirfan/OpenAlex-Scraper

Extract scholarly data from OpenAlex—titles, authors, institutions, venues, concepts—using this fast Apify actor. Get academic research in bulk via API, and export results as CSV, Excel, or HTML datasets for research, analytics, or discovery.

Shahid Irfan

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OpenAlex Scholarly Works Scraper

chrisp1211/openalex-scraper-max

Scrape 250M+ scholarly works from OpenAlex by search query. Returns title, authors, institutions, journal, year, citations and DOI. No API key. Pay per paper; empty or failed runs cost nothing.

Christian Pichichero

OpenAlex Scraper - 250M Papers & Citations

antishock/openalex-academic-works-scraper

Extract academic works from OpenAlex, an open index of 250M+ papers. Returns DOI, title, abstract, authors, journal, publication date, citation count, referenced work count, concepts, keywords, open access status and full text link. Filter by concept, year and open access for bibliometrics.

Ryan Zinburg

Academic Research & Papers Scraper (OpenAlex)

rupom888/academic-research-scraper

Search 200M+ academic papers, researchers, and institutions via OpenAlex API. Completely free, no API key needed. Get paper titles, abstracts, DOIs, citations, authors, open access links, and concepts. Filter by year, paper type, open access, and field of study.

Syed Rupom

Academic Paper Search — Scholar Alternative (OpenAlex)

nexgendata/google-scholar-scraper

Search ~250M academic works (incl. arXiv preprints) with citation counts, authors, venues, DOIs and open-access links via the OpenAlex API — an open alternative to Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Scopus & Web of Science. Does not scrape Google Scholar.

NexGenData

OpenAlex Academic Works Intelligence

wakey7dev/openalex-works-normalizer

Search OpenAlex for 250M+ academic works with citation data, author affiliations, and open access status. Research analytics, university rankings, bibliometrics.

Chris Wakefield

Google Scholar Scraper

easyapi/google-scholar-scraper

Powerful Google Scholar scraper collect up to 5000 scholarly results per run with flexible search options, citation filtering. Perfect for academic research, bibliometric analysis, and scientific trend tracking. 🎓🔍

EasyApi

461

2.5

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OpenAlex Academic Papers Scraper - 250M+ Papers

wetyr_corporation/openalex-academic-papers-scraper

Bulk extract 250M+ academic papers from OpenAlex. Free open replacement for Web of Science / Scopus. Citations, abstracts, OA links, concepts. For AI/ML researchers and citation analysis.

WETYR

OpenAlex Works Scraper — Papers, Citations & Authors

devilscrapes/openalex-works-scraper

Search OpenAlex's 250M-work catalogue and export scholarly metadata — title, DOI, authors, institutions, journal, citation count, open-access status and publication date — as clean JSON, CSV or Excel.