OpenAlex Research Scraper - Papers, Authors & Citations
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OpenAlex Research Scraper - Papers, Authors & Citations
Search OpenAlex scholarly works and export DOI, title, authors, institutions, abstract, citations, topics, open-access status, publication data, and source links. Built for research and data pipelines. No login, cookies, or API keys — clean JSON output and pay-per-result pricing.
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OpenAlex Research Scraper
Search OpenAlex papers and export DOIs, titles, authors, institutions, abstracts, topics, citations, open-access status, and publication links.
What you get
Turn research queries into structured scholarly-work rows for literature reviews, topic monitoring, institutional analysis, and DOI enrichment. Apply publication-year and open-access filters or page through a large result set.
Output fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
openalex_id | OpenAlex work identifier |
doi | DOI URL when available |
title | Work title |
publication_year | Publication year |
publication_date | Publication date |
work_type | OpenAlex work type |
language | Detected language |
authors | Author IDs, names, and positions |
institutions | Unique affiliated institutions |
abstract | Reconstructed abstract when available |
cited_by_count | OpenAlex citation count |
is_retracted | Retraction flag |
is_paratext | Paratext flag |
open_access | Open-access status and related fields |
source_name | Journal or source name |
source_issn | Source ISSN-L |
landing_page_url | Work landing page |
pdf_url | PDF URL when available |
topics | Leading OpenAlex topics |
query | Query that produced the row |
source | Data-source name |
Example output
Input parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
queries | No | Titles, topics, authors, or institution terms; defaults to artificial intelligence |
fromPublicationYear | No | Inclusive start year |
toPublicationYear | No | Inclusive end year |
openAccessOnly | No | Return only works marked open access; defaults to false |
maxResultsPerQuery | No | Maximum works per query; defaults to 20 |
apiKey | No | Optional OpenAlex key for a higher upstream allowance |
Use cases
- Researchers: assemble topic-specific literature-review datasets.
- Universities: track publications and affiliations across institutions.
- Analysts: monitor emerging concepts and citation activity.
- Developers: enrich DOI workflows with authors, abstracts, and topics.
Limitations
OpenAlex aggregates scholarly sources, so metadata completeness and citation counts vary and can be corrected later. Abstracts, PDFs, DOIs, and affiliations are not available for every work. Citation counts are OpenAlex indicators rather than universal totals. Verify critical details on the DOI or publisher page.
Compared to alternatives
Compared with parseforge/openalex-scraper, this Actor combines full-text discovery, year ranges, open-access filtering, abstract reconstruction, and optional authenticated capacity. Compared with shahidirfan/OpenAlex-Scraper, it emphasizes clean authorship, institution, source, topic, and access fields for downstream research pipelines.
FAQ
Does every result include an abstract?
No. The field is returned only when OpenAlex supplies an abstract index.
Can I collect only recent open-access work?
Yes. Set the two year filters and enable openAccessOnly.
Do I need an OpenAlex key?
Not for the small default run. Add your key for higher upstream usage.
Explore more at thirdwatch.dev. Related Actors: PubMed Research Scraper, arXiv Papers Scraper, and Google News Scraper.
Last verified: 2026-07
