literature-search-openalex

To search scholarly papers and resolve them to OpenAlex IDs, use the provided OpenAlex CLI via uv to run resolve and filter commands. This workflow disambiguates messy names and DOIs into reliable entity IDs before returning structured bibliometric results.

The best way to look up a DOI and find its open-access PDF is using the download-pdf command in the OpenAlex CLI. It resolves the DOI into an OpenAlex ID first, then retrieves the open-access PDF for the selected work.

Yes, you can retrieve bibliometric data like citation counts for authors and institutions. The Skill supports filtering and sorting across works, authors, institutions, and sources by cited-by counts and other metrics using the OpenAlex API.

You do not need an OPENALEX_API_KEY to search scholarly works, but it is optional for higher rate limits. The Skill includes operational guardrails to handle standard rate limits and encourages field selection to reduce context bloat.

Your literature search returns empty results when no matches are found, and the Skill never fabricates results on empty responses. To avoid incorrect matches, use the resolve-then-filter workflow to accurately disambiguate entities before applying filters.

Yes, this approach supports exploring research taxonomies including domains, fields, subfields, topics, and sustainable development goals. You can use the CLI to query and navigate these hierarchical taxonomy structures via the OpenAlex API.