You can access the Openalex Works Search 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

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {};
11
12// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
13const run = await client.actor("jeeves_is_my_copilot/openalex-works-search").call(input);
14
15// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
16console.log('Results from dataset');
17console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
18const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
19items.forEach((item) => {
20    console.dir(item);
21});
22
23// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Openalex Works Search API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Openalex Works Search API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Openalex Works Search API in Python

Openalex Works Search API through CLI

Openalex Works Search OpenAPI definition

Openalex Works Search API

OpenAlex Works Scraper

powerai/openalex-works-scraper

Collect scholarly works from OpenAlex search results by URL, with automatic pagination and structured data (title, authors, venue, citations, PDF link).

PowerAI

OpenAlex Scholarly Works Scraper

taroyamada/openalex-research-intelligence

Extract publication, author, institution, source, citation, topic, DOI, and open-access signals from the official OpenAlex API.

naoki anzai

OpenAlex Scholarly Search

foxk1996/openalex-scholarly-search

Export scholarly works from the public OpenAlex API by query, author, institution, topic, year, open-access status, and citation count. No login, no proxies.

Kronos Fox

OpenAlex Scholarly Data Extractor

xtracto/openalex-scholarly

Extract scholarly works, authors, institutions, journals, publishers, and funders from OpenAlex — one record per row. 316M+ works. Public data, no key.

Farhan Febrian Nauval

OpenAlex Scholarly Works Scraper

scrapers_lat/openalex-scraper

Scrape scholarly works with title, DOI, publication year, type, citation count, authors, venue, open access status and a direct link. Search by keyword. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

Scrapers Lat

OpenAlex Scholarly Works Scraper

dami_studio/openalex-scraper

Searches OpenAlex (250M+ scholarly works) by keyword and returns structured records: title, authors, institutions, venue, year, citation count, concepts, open-access link, and the full reconstructed abstract for literature reviews.

Dami's Studio

5.0

OpenAlex Scholarly Works Scraper

chrisp1211/openalex-scraper-max

Scrape 250M+ scholarly works from OpenAlex by search query. Returns title, authors, institutions, journal, year, citations and DOI. No API key. Pay per paper; empty or failed runs cost nothing.

Christian Pichichero

Openalex Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/openalex-scraper

Scrape open-access research from OpenAlex: 250M+ scholarly works, authors, institutions, and concepts. Fully free, no API key required.

Fortuitous Pirate

OpenAlex Academic Paper Search

lulzasaur/openalex-scraper

Search and retrieve academic papers, authors, and institutions from OpenAlex. Get citations, DOIs, abstracts, and publication data for 250M+ scholarly works.