What problem does it solve?
Researchers often need a scalable way to query 240M+ scholarly works, identify trends, and perform bibliometric analyses across authors, institutions, topics, and sources. This skill consolidates OpenAlex API access into a cohesive workflow to search for papers, track citations, discover OA publications, and analyze research output.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Search and filter works by title, abstract, topic, year, OA status, or other metadata.
- Find works by author or institution to assemble a publication list or analyze collaboration patterns.
- Open Access & trends: identify OA availability, citation trends, and topic distributions across time for bibliometric studies.
- Batch lookups, sampling, and advanced queries: perform bulk DOIs lookups, random sampling with seed for reproducibility, and complex filtering patterns.
Quick Start
Perform a quick test by creating an OpenAlexClient with your email and running a simple, high-level search.