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openalex-database

Query OpenAlex's scholarly corpus for papers, trends, and bibliometric analysis.

21|2|Updated Dec 8, 2025
Search Tags:#literature search#open access#openalex#bibliometrics#citation analysis#research trends
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/silverstein/claude-scientific-skills-desktop --skill openalex-database-silverstein
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: openalex-database
Source: https://github.com/silverstein/claude-scientific-skills-desktop/tree/main/corpus/openalex-database
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/silverstein/claude-scientific-skills-desktop --skill openalex-database-silverstein

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill requires requests, and includes scripts (resource) and references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

This Skill removes the complexity of finding and comparing academic literature by enabling structured querying, bibliometric analysis, and open-access discovery over OpenAlex’s 240M+ works.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Literature search and filtering: Locate papers by keyword/title/abstract with publication-year, topic, citation, and open-access constraints.
  • Entity-based research queries: Use authors, institutions, sources, topics, publishers, and funders via OpenAlex IDs using a reliable two-step lookup.
  • Trend and impact analysis: Quantify publication trends over time, identify highly cited recent work, and compute open-access proportions.

Quick Start

Ask the AI to search OpenAlex for open-access papers about machine learning published after 2020 and return the top 20 by citation count.

Frequently Asked Questions about openalex-database

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I search open access papers by citation count and publication year?▼

To find highly cited open access papers, query the OpenAlex corpus by applying publication year filters, restricting results to open access works, and sorting the output by citation count in descending order.

What is the best way to analyze research trends over time using bibliometric data?▼

Analyzing research trends requires querying a scholarly corpus and applying group-by aggregation to count publications by year or topic, revealing how research output evolves over time.

Can I filter OpenAlex works by specific authors, institutions, or topics?▼

Yes, you can filter OpenAlex works by specific authors, institutions, or topics using a two-step entity lookup that retrieves the unique OpenAlex ID for each entity before applying it as a filter.

Does the OpenAlex API require an email address for rate limiting?▼

Providing an optional email address routes your requests through the OpenAlex API polite-pool for rate limiting, ensuring more reliable access during literature search and citation analysis without being strictly required.

How do I handle pagination when retrieving large batches of scholarly corpus records?▼

Handle pagination when retrieving large batches of scholarly corpus records by implementing per-page query parameters alongside batching logic to systematically fetch results beyond standard API limits.

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