Research Momentum Tracker

Aggregates academic research and news data from 4 public sources to analyze research topic momentum (0-100 scale).

What It Does

This Actor combines data from OpenAlex, Crossref, GDELT, and Zenodo to create a comprehensive research trend analysis:

• OpenAlex: Paper publication trends, top authors, leading institutions (5-year analysis)
• Crossref: DOI publication growth rate (annual)
• GDELT: News mention volume and sentiment tone (last 30 days)
• Zenodo: Related research dataset availability

Outputs a momentum score (0-100) indicating research community interest and activity.

Input

{
  "topic": "quantum computing"
}

Optional: yearRange object with startYear and endYear for custom historical windows.

Output

{
  "topic": "quantum computing",
  "momentumScore": 72.5,
  "trend": "increasing",
  "openalexMetrics": {
    "total_papers": 5234,
    "five_year_growth_rate": 15.3,
    "top_authors": [...],
    "top_institutions": [...]
  },
  "crossrefMetrics": {
    "total_dois_found": 3421,
    "dois_last_year": 892,
    "annual_growth_percent": 26.1
  },
  "gdeltMetrics": {
    "news_mentions_30day": 156,
    "average_sentiment_tone": 0.42
  },
  "zenodoMetrics": {
    "datasets_found": 47
  }
}

Use Cases

• Research portfolio management
• Grant opportunity targeting
• Trend analysis and forecasting
• Academic landscape monitoring
• Funding decision support

Pricing

$0.12 per topic analysis (Pay-Per-Event).

Data Sources

All data from public, legally-compliant sources:

• OpenAlex: CC0 (2+ billion scholarly works)
• Crossref: Public domain facts
• GDELT: CC-BY 4.0 (global news archive)
• Zenodo: CC-BY (research data platform)

⚠️ Legal Disclaimer

This Actor aggregates publicly available research and news data from:

• OpenAlex (CC0 - Public Domain)
• Crossref (public domain facts, CC0 for aggregated data)
• GDELT Project (CC-BY 4.0)
• Zenodo (CC-BY, individual records may vary)

NOT academic or investment advice. This Actor provides historical data aggregation only.

Does NOT:

• Evaluate research quality, peer-review status, or scientific validity
• Guarantee citation accuracy or completeness
• Recommend research directions or funding decisions
• Constitute financial advice for research investment
• Predict future research outcomes

Users must verify findings with original sources.

Historical trends do not predict future research outcomes.

Attribution:

• "Data source: OpenAlex (CC0)"
• "Data source: Crossref"
• "Data source: The GDELT Project (CC BY 4.0)"
• "Data source: Zenodo"

All source data is redistributed under the original license terms with attribution. Data retrieved in real-time; not cached by this Actor.

Technical Details

• Language: Node.js 18
• Runtime: Apify Actor platform
• API Requests: Parallel (4 simultaneous)
• Timeout: 10-15 seconds per API
• Dataset Format: JSON

Support

For issues or suggestions, file an issue in the Apify Store.

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