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Extract research papers from OpenAlex — titles, authors, citations, institutions, and open access links.

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OpenAlex Academic Scraper — Papers and Research Data API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use OpenAlex Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

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