# OpenAlex AI & Science Researchers & H-Index Scraper (`beerkaydgn/openalex-academic-researchers-institutions-scraper`) Actor

🐾 Barnaby the Scholar Badger! Extract global AI & science researchers, h-index, citation counts, ORCID profiles, and labs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/beerkaydgn/openalex-academic-researchers-institutions-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Berkay Barış Furkan Doğan](https://apify.com/beerkaydgn) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, AI, Developer tools
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $8.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

<p align="center">
  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tarikul-Islam-Anik/Animated-Fluent-Emojis/master/Emojis/Animals/Badger.png" width="130" alt="OpenAlex Badger Mascot" />
</p>

<h1 align="center">🦡 OpenAlex AI & Science Researchers & H-Index Scraper</h1>

<p align="center">
  <b>"Hello! I'm Barnaby the Scholar Badger 🦡 — I dig through 250M+ scientific records on OpenAlex to find top-cited AI, biotech, and engineering researchers along with their h-index and labs!"</b>
</p>

<p align="center">
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Source-OpenAlex_Official_API-d946ef?style=for-the-badge&logoColor=white" alt="OpenAlex" />
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/H--Index_%2B_ORCID-INCLUDED-22c55e?style=for-the-badge" alt="H-Index" />
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/RAM_Footprint-256_MB-8b5cf6?style=for-the-badge" alt="256MB RAM" />
</p>

***

### 🎯 Why DeepTech Headhunters, VCs & Lab Equipment Vendors Love Barnaby the Badger

1. **Verified Citation & H-Index Metrics:** Rank researchers globally by `hIndex`, `i10Index`, `citedByCount`, and `worksCount`.
2. **Institutional & Lab Mapping:** Extracts `institutionName`, `institutionCountryCode`, `orcidUrl`, and `topResearchTopics` for executive recruiting and B2B lab sales.

***

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# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords or researcher names to search in OpenAlex (e.g. 'transformer', 'robotics', 'crispr', 'quantum computing').

## `entityType` (type: `string`):

Choose 'authors' to extract researcher profiles & h-index, or 'institutions' to extract university/corporate R\&D labs.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of researcher/institution profiles to extract.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "large language model",
    "robotics"
  ],
  "entityType": "authors",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("beerkaydgn/openalex-academic-researchers-institutions-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("beerkaydgn/openalex-academic-researchers-institutions-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call beerkaydgn/openalex-academic-researchers-institutions-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,beerkaydgn/openalex-academic-researchers-institutions-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/wKnGvbUUUQNICA9JM/builds/k45jxjPDuA6W1q4Ga/openapi.json