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OpenAlex Papers Search: Scholarly Works, Citations & Abstracts

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Search 250M+ scholarly papers in OpenAlex by keyword, title, author, institution and year. Clean rows with authors, venue, DOI, open-access PDF link, citation count, full abstract and topics. A free, legal alternative to scraping Google Scholar.

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$0.70 / 1,000 paper saveds

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You can access the OpenAlex Papers Search: Scholarly Works, Citations & Abstracts 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 API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "query": "large language models"
12};
13
14// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15const run = await client.actor("private_image_hg9/openalex-papers-search").call(input);
16
17// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
18console.log('Results from dataset');
19console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
20const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
21items.forEach((item) => {
22    console.dir(item);
23});
24
25// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

OpenAlex Scholarly Papers & Citations API API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use OpenAlex Papers Search: Scholarly Works, Citations & Abstracts API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

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