# OpenAlex OA — open-access scholarly works search

**Use case:** 

Search OpenAlex for open-access scholarly works only. Filter for free full-text access, get DOI links, and export citation data.

## Input

```json
{
  "query": "crispr",
  "maxResults": 3,
  "filter": "open_access",
  "sort": "relevance",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "input": {
    "label": "Query",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "openalexId": {
    "label": "OpenAlex ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "authors": {
    "label": "Authors",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "institutions": {
    "label": "Institutions",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "journal": {
    "label": "Journal",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "year": {
    "label": "Year",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "citedByCount": {
    "label": "Citations",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "isOa": {
    "label": "Open Access",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "doi": {
    "label": "DOI",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "oaUrl": {
    "label": "OA URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "concepts": {
    "label": "Concepts",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "workUrl": {
    "label": "OpenAlex URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "scraped_at": {
    "label": "Scraped at",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [OpenAlex Scholar Scraper](https://apify.com/leorochasantos/openalex-scholar) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/leorochasantos/openalex-scholar) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.