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OpenAlex Scraper

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

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Education

openAlexId

Optional

Canonical OpenAlex work identifier

Type:string | null

Example:

W1234567890

doi

Optional

Digital Object Identifier without the URL prefix

Type:string | null

Example:

10.1000/example.123

title

Optional

Paper title

Type:string | null

Example:

An Example Study of Research Methods

publicationYear

Optional

Publication year

Type:number | null

Example:

2025

publicationDate

Optional

Publication date

Type:string | null

Example:

2025-01-15

type

Optional

OpenAlex work type

Type:string | null

Example:

article

language

Optional

ISO language code reported by OpenAlex

Type:string | null

Example:

authors

Optional

Comma-separated author names

Type:string | null

Example:

Sample Author, Example Researcher

authorDetails

Optional

Structured author and affiliation details

Type:object[] | null

Example:

[
  {
    "name": "Sample Author",
    "orcid": "0000-0000-0000-0000",
    "institution": "Example University",
    "country": "US",
    "position": "first"
  }
]

journalName

Optional

Journal or source name

Type:string | null

Example:

Example Research Journal

journalIssn

Optional

Comma-separated journal ISSNs

Type:string | null

Example:

1234-5678

publisher

Optional

Publisher name

Type:string | null

Example:

Example Academic Press

volume

Optional

Journal volume

Type:string | null

Example:

issue

Optional

Journal issue

Type:string | null

Example:

firstPage

Optional

First page

Type:string | null

Example:

101

lastPage

Optional

Last page

Type:string | null

Example:

118

citedByCount

Optional

Number of works citing this paper

Type:number | null

Example:

referencedWorksCount

Optional

Number of works referenced by this paper

Type:number | null

Example:

isOpenAccess

Optional

Whether the paper is open access

Type:boolean | null

Example:

true

openAccessUrl

Optional

Best available open-access URL

Type:string | null

Example:

https://example.org/papers/example-study

openAccessStatus

Optional

OpenAlex open-access status

Type:string | null

Example:

gold

abstractInvertedIndex

Optional

Whether OpenAlex supplied an abstract inverted index

Type:boolean | null

Example:

true

abstractText

Optional

Reconstructed abstract text

Type:string | null

Example:

This example study evaluates a reproducible research method.

topics

Optional

OpenAlex topic names

Type:string[] | null

Example:

[
  "Research Methods",
  "Data Analysis"
]

keywords

Optional

OpenAlex keyword names

Type:string[] | null

Example:

[
  "research",
  "analysis"
]

openAlexUrl

Optional

OpenAlex work URL

Type:string | null

Example:

https://openalex.org/W1234567890

doiUrl

Optional

DOI URL

Type:string | null

Example:

https://doi.org/10.1000/example.123

pdfUrl

Optional

Best available PDF URL

Type:string | null

Example:

https://example.org/papers/example-study.pdf

searchQuery

Optional

First input query that matched the paper, retained for compatibility

Type:string | null

Example:

research methods

matchedSearchQueries

Optional

All distinct input queries that matched this unique paper

Type:string[] | null

Example:

[
  "research methods",
  "reproducible research"
]

relevanceScore

Optional

OpenAlex relevance score when available

Type:number | null

Example:

0.95

scrapedAt

Optional

ISO timestamp when the record was created

Type:string | null

Example:

2025-01-15T12:00:00.000Z

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