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Search 250 million academic works and citation graphs for research analysis.

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Why people use OpenAlex

Stanford OpenAlex for Bibliometric Research Analysis

With this Connector, your agent handles the heavy lifting. You can ask for a summary of a researcher's impact or a list of high-impact journals in a specific topic, and the agent pulls that data directly from the OpenAlex catalog. You get a structured overview of the research landscape instead of a dozen open browser tabs.

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You get instant access to a global research database without needing an API key.

Use it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or another AI client you already have.

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  1. Real-world use case 01

    Mapping a new research field

    A researcher wants to see how a specific niche connects to broader science.

  2. Real-world use case 02

    Finding open access literature

    A student needs to find all free papers on CRISPR for a meta-analysis.

  3. Real-world use case 03

    Institutional benchmarking

    A policy maker needs to see which universities have the highest output in AI.

Complete set · 16capabilities

The complete OpenAlex capability set.

These are the exact actions your AI can choose when you ask it to work with OpenAlex.

Capability set01 / 04

01—04

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 16 available through OpenAlex.

  1. 01 Capability

    Get concept

    See how a scientific field is structured with its parent and related concepts. This helps you understand the hierarchy of a research area.

  2. 02 Capability

    Get funder

    Identify which organizations are funding specific research areas. Use this to see the funding landscape for a particular topic.

  3. 03 Capability

    Get author

    Get a researcher's h-index, citation counts, and publication trends. Use it to quickly evaluate the academic impact of a specific person.

  4. 04 Capability

    Get author works

    List all papers by a specific author including their DOIs and open access status. You can sort the results to find the most cited or most recent works.

Capability set02 / 04

05—08

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 16 available through OpenAlex.

  1. 05 Capability

    Get institution

    Pull research metrics and collaboration data for universities and labs. This is great for benchmarking different research organizations.

  2. 06 Capability

    Get source

    Get impact metrics and details for journals and conferences. Use it to evaluate the quality and coverage of various publications.

  3. 07 Capability

    Get work

    Fetch details for an academic paper using its DOI, PubMed ID, or OpenAlex ID. You get the abstract, author info, and citation counts in one go.

  4. 08 Capability

    Search authors

    Search through 90 million researcher profiles by name or citation count. Use filters to find authors in specific countries or with high impact.

Capability set03 / 04

09—12

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 16 available through OpenAlex.

  1. 09 Capability

    Search concepts

    Browse the taxonomy of 65,000 scientific concepts. This helps you navigate from broad fields down to very specific research niches.

  2. 10 Capability

    Search funders

    Find funding organizations worldwide and see their grant counts. Use this to map out which bodies support specific types of science.

  3. 11 Capability

    Search institutions

    Look up 100,000 research institutions by country or type. You can filter by citation counts to find the top labs in any field.

  4. 12 Capability

    Search open access

    Find only research papers that are freely available for reading. This is perfect for finding literature for meta-analysis without paywalls.

Capability set04 / 04

13—16

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 16 available through OpenAlex.

  1. 13 Capability

    Search publishers

    Analyze the academic publishing landscape by searching for publishers. Use it to see who is publishing the most work in a specific field.

  2. 14 Capability

    Search sources

    Query 240,000 journals and repositories with impact metrics. Use filters to find high-impact journals or open access sources.

  3. 15 Capability

    Search topics

    Map out the landscape of a research area using topic classifications. This shows you the parent fields and domains for any given topic.

  4. 16 Capability

    Search works

    Perform a full-text search across 250 million academic works. Use filters for publication year, open access status, or citation counts.

Set up in minutes

One URL. Then ask OpenAlex to work.

Claude and ChatGPT only need the Connector URL. Copy it once, add it in settings, and use OpenAlex from the conversation.

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  1. Step 01

    Open Connectors

    In Claude Web or Claude Desktop, open Settings and choose Connectors.

  2. Step 02

    Add the URL

    Choose Add custom connector, name it OpenAlex, and paste the URL above.

  3. Step 03

    Turn it on in chat

    Select +, open Connectors, and enable OpenAlex for the conversation.

Where the request belongs

Work OpenAlex can move forward.

Built around the request

This is for researchers and data analysts who spend hours manually tracking citations or searching for specific funding patterns across multiple databases.

01

Bibliometrician

They use this to analyze publication trends and citation patterns to create research impact reports.

02

Research Administrator

They use it to benchmark institutional output and track funding landscapes for their departments.

03

Science Policy Maker

They use this to understand how research money is distributed across different countries and topics.

04

Academic Librarian

They use it to query journal metrics and find open access availability for library collections.

Build the capability set

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Each Connector adds new actions and data without changing how you work.

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OpenAlex logo
01 14 capabilities

OpenAlex

Automate scholarly research via OpenAlex. search millions of works, authors, and institutions directly from any AI agent.

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MIT DBLP logo
02 16 capabilities

MIT DBLP

Search millions of computer science publications, find author profiles, and explore academic citation networks across conferences.

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03 10 capabilities

Scopus

Access the world's largest abstract and citation database. Search for research papers, authors, and institutional profiles directly.

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04 4 capabilities

Semantic Scholar

Search 200M+ academic papers with AI-powered TLDR summaries, influential citation tracking, and researcher profiles from the Allen Institute for AI.

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05 3 capabilities

CrossRef

Search 140M+ scholarly works across all scientific disciplines. with DOI resolution, citation counts, author lookup, and full bibliographic metadata from the world's largest DOI registry.

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06 16 capabilities

Stanford Semantic Scholar

Discover academic papers with AI-powered search that understands research context, finds citations, and recommends related work.

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Before you connect

Questions about OpenAlex.

The practical details behind the request, access and result.

Is Stanford OpenAlex good for finding free research papers?

Yes. It includes a specific filter to find only works that are available as open access. This lets you skip paywalls and find freely available literature for your meta-analysis or personal research.

Can I use Stanford OpenAlex to see who funds specific research topics?

Yes. You can query the funding landscape to see which organizations provide grants for specific scientific concepts. This is great for understanding the financial drivers behind different areas of science.

Does Stanford OpenAlex include citation metrics like h-index?

Yes. It provides detailed author metrics, including h-index and i10-index. Your agent can pull these to help you assess the academic impact of researchers quickly.

Can I search for papers using a DOI or PubMed ID?

Yes. You can provide a DOI, PubMed ID, or OpenAlex ID to your agent, and it will fetch the title, abstract, author information, and citation counts for that specific work.

Is there a cost to using the Stanford OpenAlex MCP?

The OpenAlex catalog is a fully open and free resource. You can use this Connector to access the data without needing to manage separate API keys or subscriptions.

Can I use this to map out scientific concepts?

Yes. It allows you to navigate a taxonomy of over 65,000 scientific concepts. You can see how a specific topic relates to its parent fields and related sub-topics.

Do I need an API key?

No. OpenAlex is 100% free and open. No registration or API key is required.

How is OpenAlex different from Semantic Scholar?

OpenAlex provides a broader ecosystem view with entities for institutions, journals, funders, publishers, and concepts. not just papers and authors. It is ideal for bibliometric analysis, institutional benchmarking, and understanding the structure of the research system. Semantic Scholar excels at AI-powered recommendations and citation graph navigation.

What replaced Microsoft Academic Graph?

OpenAlex was created as the free, open-source successor to Microsoft Academic Graph (MAG), which was discontinued in 2022. OpenAlex now contains over 250 million works and continues to grow, fully funded by grants to ensure permanent public access.

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