OpenAlex API
A fast, modern REST API for all of OpenAlex, plus OQL for expressive queries. Free for everyone, no key required to start. These pages cover endpoints, filters, paging, auth, and rate limits.
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QueryingFilter, search, sort, group, and page through results.EntitiesThe entity endpoints: works, authors, sources, and more.VocabulariesControlled vocabularies: types, countries, licenses, SDGs.Curation & specialCuration endpoints and special-purpose APIs.