What is OpenAlex Database?

OpenAlex is a bibliographic database of scientific papers, authors and institutions accessible in open access mode, named after the Library of Alexandria.

OpenAlex was launched in January 2022 by OurResearch as a successor of the terminated Microsoft Academic Graph.

As of March 2024, OpenAlex included metadata for 209 million works such as journal articles and books; 13 million authors with ambiguous identities; metadata for 124,000 sites hosting works, including journals and online repositories.

Main services provided on OpenAlex Website are:

• Search for papers/books, authors, journals/conferences, and institutions.
• Search for Articles with Keywords.
• API for data integration.
• Free access to the public.

Here is a screenshot of OpenAlex Website.

⇒ Quick Search on OpenAlex

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⇑ OpenAlex Database

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