EntitiesAuthors Overview
Authors are people who create works. OpenAlex indexes tens of millions of disambiguated author profiles.
Filter, sort, and group_by fields
The API supports filtering, sorting, and grouping on authors fields. See Filtering, Sorting, and Grouping for syntax.
Fields marked (deprecated) are .search filters — use the search parameter instead.
Top-level
| Field |
Sort |
Group_by |
Filter |
block_key |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
cited_by_count |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
display_name |
✓ |
|
✓ |
from_created_date |
✓ |
|
✓ |
has_orcid |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
id |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
openalex |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
openalex_id |
|
✓ |
✓ |
orcid |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
scopus |
|
✓ |
✓ |
to_created_date |
✓ |
|
✓ |
to_updated_date |
✓ |
|
✓ |
works_count |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Affiliations
| Field |
Sort |
Group_by |
Filter |
affiliations.institution.country_code |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
affiliations.institution.id |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
affiliations.institution.lineage |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
affiliations.institution.ror |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
affiliations.institution.type |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Concept
| Field |
Sort |
Group_by |
Filter |
concept.id |
✓ |
|
✓ |
Concepts
| Field |
Sort |
Group_by |
Filter |
concepts.id |
✓ |
|
✓ |
Default
| Field |
Sort |
Group_by |
Filter |
default.search (deprecated) |
|
|
✓ |
Display Name
| Field |
Sort |
Group_by |
Filter |
display_name.search (deprecated) |
|
|
✓ |
Ids
| Field |
Sort |
Group_by |
Filter |
ids.openalex |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Last Known Institutions
| Field |
Sort |
Group_by |
Filter |
last_known_institutions.continent |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
last_known_institutions.country_code |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
last_known_institutions.id |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
last_known_institutions.is_global_south |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
last_known_institutions.lineage |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
last_known_institutions.ror |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
last_known_institutions.type |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Parsed Longest Name
| Field |
Sort |
Group_by |
Filter |
parsed_longest_name.first |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
parsed_longest_name.last |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
parsed_longest_name.middle |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
parsed_longest_name.suffix |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Summary Stats
| Field |
Sort |
Group_by |
Filter |
summary_stats.2yr_mean_citedness |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
summary_stats.h_index |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
summary_stats.i10_index |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Topic Share
| Field |
Sort |
Group_by |
Filter |
topic_share.id |
|
✓ |
✓ |
Topics
| Field |
Sort |
Group_by |
Filter |
topics.id |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
X Concepts
| Field |
Sort |
Group_by |
Filter |
x_concepts.id |
✓ |
|
✓ |