You can access the Openalex Research Scraper 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 Integrations settings 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("fortuitous_pirate/openalex-research-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Openalex Research Scraper API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Openalex Research Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Openalex Research Scraper API in JavaScript

Openalex Research Scraper API through CLI

Openalex Research Scraper OpenAPI definition

Openalex Research Scraper API

OpenAlex Academic Research Scraper

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Search and extract academic paper metadata from the OpenAlex API. Supports keyword search, author search, institution filter, and citation analysis. Free, no API key required. 250M+ scholarly works.

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OpenAlex Academic Research Scraper - Scholarly Papers

cloud9_ai/openalex-scraper

Search and extract academic papers, authors, institutions, and research topics from OpenAlex. Free open API covering 250M+ scholarly works. Get citations, abstracts, open access URLs.

cloud9

World Bank Open Data Scraper

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Extract economic, social, and environmental indicators from World Bank API. GDP, population, health, education, poverty data for 200+ countries. Free API, no key required.

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OpenAlex Scraper – Cheap 📚🪄✨

scrapestorm/openalex-scraper---cheap

🔍 Easily extract OpenAlex research Collect structured academic data from OpenAlex, including publication titles, authors, institutions, sources, years, citations, funding details, & entity URLs 📚📊 Ideal for bibliometric analysis, research intelligence, funding analysis & academic insights 🌍🧠

Storm_Scraper

NASA Space Data Scraper

gentle_cloud/nasa-space-data-scraper

Fetch space data from NASA APIs: Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), Near Earth Objects (NEO), Mars Rover photos, and Earth images (EPIC). Free, no API key required.

Monkey Coder

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 Scraper

automation-lab/openalex-scraper

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

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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.