OpenAlex Academic Papers Scraper - 250M+ Papers
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OpenAlex Academic Papers Scraper - 250M+ Papers
Bulk extract 250M+ academic papers from OpenAlex. Free open replacement for Web of Science / Scopus. Citations, abstracts, OA links, concepts. For AI/ML researchers and citation analysis.
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OpenAlex Academic Papers Scraper
Bulk extract academic papers from OpenAlex (250M+ scholarly works across ALL fields - science, humanities, medicine, engineering). Free public API. No key needed.
Pricing
- $0.05 per actor start
- $0.005 per paper extracted
Typical run: 1,000 LLM papers with abstracts = ~$5.05.
Why OpenAlex (vs PubMed, arXiv)
| Source | Coverage | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex (this) | 250M papers, ALL fields | General academic research |
| PubMed | 35M biomedical | Pharma, healthcare, medicine |
| arXiv | 2.5M physics/CS/math | AI/ML cutting-edge research |
OpenAlex is a free open replacement for Web of Science / Scopus (which cost $50K+/year per institution).
Output
Per paper:
- Reconstructed abstract (OpenAlex stores as inverted index)
- Authors + institutions
- DOI, OpenAlex ID, journal info
- Citations count + references count
- Open Access status + free PDF URL
- Top 5 concepts with scores (TF-IDF over OpenAlex's concept tree)
- Publisher, language, type
Use cases
- AI/ML researcher tools (find related work)
- Citation analysis at scale
- Institution research output tracking
- Building literature review automation
- Academic publishing competitive intel
