lit-search

A systematic literature search uses OpenAlex API pagination to retrieve records, then guides you through multi-stage screening, snowballing, and annotation phases to produce a structured, reproducible database for qualitative sociology research.

Yes, OpenAlex supports snowballing and annotation within a systematic literature review. The workflow guides you through screening retrieved results, snowballing citation networks, annotating key papers, and generating a synthesis for sociology research.

A phase-driven workflow is best for managing sociology literature reviews. It sequentially guides scope definition, search, screening, snowballing, full-text acquisition, annotation, and synthesis, ultimately producing machine-readable JSON databases and human-ready Markdown artifacts.

Yes, OpenAlex API pagination supports reproducible systematic searches by enabling complete metadata extraction across large result sets. This ensures transparent record retrieval for your literature database, enabling reliable downstream screening and snowballing.

Screening OpenAlex results generates machine-readable JSON databases and human-ready Markdown artifacts. These structured outputs capture extracted metadata, screening decisions, annotations, and final synthesis, making them ready for downstream reporting and analysis.