OpenAlex Academic Research Scraper

🔬 OpenAlex Academic Research Scraper

Search and extract academic paper metadata from the OpenAlex API — a free, open catalog of 250M+ scholarly works.

No API key required. Datacenter IP friendly.

🔥 How it works

1. Keyword Search: Enter keywords to search paper titles, abstracts, and full text
2. Author Search: Find all papers by a specific author
3. Institution Search: Filter papers by affiliated institution
4. Apply filters: year range, open access only
5. Click Save & Start to begin extraction
6. Results are exported as structured JSON

📋 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
Search Mode	Select	Keyword Search / Author Search / Institution Search
Search Query	Text	Keywords to search for (e.g., "machine learning")
Author Name	Text	Author to search (Author mode only)
Institution Name	Text	Institution to filter by (Institution mode only)
Year From	Number	Filter papers from this year
Year To	Number	Filter papers until this year
Open Access Only	Boolean	Only return freely available papers
Max Results	Number	Number of papers to retrieve (1-500)

📊 Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	String	OpenAlex unique identifier
doi	String	Digital Object Identifier
title	String	Paper title
publication_year	Number	Year published
cited_by_count	Number	Total citations
is_open_access	Boolean	Whether freely available
journal_name	String	Journal or conference name
authors	Array	List of authors with names and institutions
keywords	Array	Paper keywords
institutions	Array	Affiliated institutions
sdgs	Array	UN Sustainable Development Goals
fetched_at	String	Timestamp of data extraction

🚀 Result JSON Example

[
  {
    "id": "https://openalex.org/W2122410182",
    "doi": "https://doi.org/10.1016/0004-3702(95)00020-8",
    "title": "Artificial intelligence: A modern approach",
    "publication_year": 1995,
    "cited_by_count": 22209,
    "journal_name": "Artificial Intelligence",
    "is_open_access": false,
    "authors": [
      {
        "name": "Stuart Russell",
        "orcid": "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5000-0000",
        "position": "first"
      }
    ],
    "keywords": ["artificial intelligence", "machine learning"],
    "institutions": [
      {
        "name": "University of California, Berkeley",
        "country_code": "US",
        "type": "education"
      }
    ],
    "fetched_at": "2026-03-28T12:30:00Z"
  }
]

💡 Use Cases

• Academic Research: Discover papers on specific topics
• Citation Analysis: Track influential papers and research trends
• Institutional Research: Analyze research output of universities
• Literature Review: Build comprehensive bibliographies
• Research Trends: Identify emerging topics and hot areas

📊 Data Source

This Actor uses the OpenAlex API — a fully open, free catalog of scholarly works with 250M+ works, 12M+ authors, and 100K+ institutions.

• No API key required
• Rate limit: ~10 requests/second (polite pool with email)
• Coverage: All academic disciplines
• Data freshness: Updated weekly

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⚙️ Maintenance

This Actor is actively maintained. For issues or feature requests, please contact the developer.