# Top Research Institutions Scraper from OpenAlex

**Use case:** 

Extract a ranked list of worldwide research institutions based on citation counts. Get data on 300 leading institutions in academia.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "institutions",
  "sort": "cited_by_count:desc",
  "maxResults": 300,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "mode": {
    "label": "Mode",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "id": {
    "label": "OpenAlex ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "doi": {
    "label": "DOI",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "display_name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "publication_year": {
    "label": "Year",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "publication_date": {
    "label": "Date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "type": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "cited_by_count": {
    "label": "Citations",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "authors": {
    "label": "Authors",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "author_institutions": {
    "label": "Author Institutions",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "journal": {
    "label": "Journal",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "oa_status": {
    "label": "OA Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "language": {
    "label": "Language",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "concepts": {
    "label": "Concepts",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "referenced_works_count": {
    "label": "References",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "works_count": {
    "label": "Works Count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "orcid": {
    "label": "ORCID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "affiliations": {
    "label": "Affiliations",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "x_concepts": {
    "label": "Research Areas",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "issn": {
    "label": "ISSN",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "publisher": {
    "label": "Publisher",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "is_oa": {
    "label": "Is OA",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "homepage_url": {
    "label": "Homepage",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

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