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OpenAlex Works Scraper

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

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from $4.99 / 1,000 results

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PowerAI

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Features

URL-based collection: Paste any OpenAlex works search URL to collect results from that query.
Automatic pagination: Moves through result pages until the end or your item limit is reached.
Structured output: Each result includes:
- Work title and link to the detail page
- Publication year
- Author names
- Venue or source (journal, conference, etc.)
- Citation count
- PDF link when available

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
`searchUrl`	string	Yes	The full OpenAlex works search URL to collect from
`maxItems`	integer	No	Maximum number of works to collect (default: 100)

Output

Each output item includes:

searchUrl: The search URL you provided
workId: OpenAlex work identifier
detailPageUrl: Link to the work’s page on OpenAlex
title: Title of the work
year: Publication year
authors: Author names as shown
venue: Publication venue or source
citedByCount: Number of citations
pdfUrl: Link to a PDF when available, otherwise null
scrapedAt: When the item was collected

Example output:

[
  {
    "searchUrl": "https://openalex.org/works?page=1&filter=title_and_abstract.search:ai",
    "workId": "w2896457183",
    "detailPageUrl": "https://openalex.org/works?page=1&filter=title_and_abstract.search:ai&zoom=w2896457183",
    "title": "AI-Assisted Pipeline for Dynamic Generation of Trustworthy Health Supplement Content at Scale",
    "year": "2025",
    "authors": "Manjunath, Sampritha H., McCrae, John P.",
    "venue": "Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)",
    "citedByCount": 45160,
    "pdfUrl": null,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-01-30T09:28:15.655Z"
  }
]

Use Cases

Building datasets of papers by topic or filter
Tracking citation counts and venues for research
Finding PDF links for works listed on OpenAlex
Literature surveys and reference list collection

Notes

Use the same URL you see in your browser after running a search on OpenAlex.
You can limit how many works are collected with the max items setting.
Results are deduplicated by work ID.

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