OpenAlex Scraper - Scholarly Works, Authors & Citations Graph
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Scrape OpenAlex, the open scholarly graph with 250M+ works, 100M+ authors, and 120K+ institutions. Extract titles, abstracts, authors, ORCIDs, institutions, concepts, citations, open-access flags, and grants.
You can access the OpenAlex Scraper - Scholarly Works, Authors & Citations Graph 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.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",12 "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",13 "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",14 "entityType": "works",15 "query": "machine learning",16 "yearFrom": 0,17 "yearTo": 0,18 "openAccessOnly": false,19 "workType": "",20 "concept": "",21 "institutionCountry": "",22 "venueIssn": "",23 "reconstructAbstract": true,24 "politeEmail": "",25 "maxItems": 10026};27
28// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish29const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/openalex-works-crawler").call(input);30
31// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)32console.log('Results from dataset');33console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);34const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();35items.forEach((item) => {36 console.dir(item);37});38
39// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use OpenAlex Scraper - Scholarly Works, Authors & Citations Graph API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: