# OpenAlex

This provider exposes tools and data accessible through its parent verticals. Use the example prompts as inspiration for your queries.

**Slug:** `openalex`

**Description:** Search and analyze 270M+ scholarly works, 90M+ authors, 100K+ sources, and 100K+ institutions across all academic disciplines.

## Verticals

This provider is available in the following verticals:

- [Medical](https://kirha.com/verticals/medical.md)

## Example prompts (non-exhaustive)

- `Find recent preprints about CRISPR gene editing on ChemRxiv`
- `Who are the most cited researchers in computational chemistry?`
- `How many papers on machine learning were published each year since 2020?`
- `Get the citation metrics for DOI 10.1038/s41586-024-07487-w`
- `What are the top open access journals in materials science?`

## Available tools in this provider

Open a tool to see its input and output schemas.

### [`aggregateOpenalexWorks`](https://kirha.com/providers/openalex/aggregateOpenalexWorks.md)

Get aggregate counts of works grouped by a dimension (year, type, OA status, institution, country, etc.).

### [`getOpenalexWorksCited`](https://kirha.com/providers/openalex/getOpenalexWorksCited.md)

Get works that cite a specific work (forward citations).

### [`searchOpenalexSources`](https://kirha.com/providers/openalex/searchOpenalexSources.md)

Search journals, preprint repositories, and conferences. Use returned IDs to filter works by source in searchOpenalexWorks.

### [`getOpenalexAuthor`](https://kirha.com/providers/openalex/getOpenalexAuthor.md)

Get full researcher profile by OpenAlex ID or ORCID.

### [`searchOpenalexTopics`](https://kirha.com/providers/openalex/searchOpenalexTopics.md)

Search the research topic taxonomy. Use returned IDs to filter works/authors by topic.

### [`searchOpenalexAuthors`](https://kirha.com/providers/openalex/searchOpenalexAuthors.md)

Search for researchers by name, institution, or topic. Use getOpenalexAuthor with returned IDs for full profile.

### [`searchOpenalexInstitutions`](https://kirha.com/providers/openalex/searchOpenalexInstitutions.md)

Search universities, research organizations, and companies. Use returned IDs to filter works/authors by institution.

### [`searchOpenalexWorks`](https://kirha.com/providers/openalex/searchOpenalexWorks.md)

Search scholarly works across all disciplines and sources. Pass multiple values to "types" to search across them in one call (e.g., ["preprint", "article"]). Use searchOpenalexSources to find source IDs (e.g., ChemRxiv, bioRxiv, arXiv).

### [`getOpenalexWork`](https://kirha.com/providers/openalex/getOpenalexWork.md)

Get full metadata for a single scholarly work by OpenAlex ID, DOI, PMID, or PMCID.

### [`getOpenalexAuthorWorks`](https://kirha.com/providers/openalex/getOpenalexAuthorWorks.md)

List all works by a specific author.

### [`autocompleteOpenalex`](https://kirha.com/providers/openalex/autocompleteOpenalex.md)

Fast typeahead for quick name-to-ID resolution. Max 10 results.

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**Tags:** research, academic, papers, preprints, citations, bibliometrics, open-access

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