# Citing OpenAlex

## How do I cite OpenAlex?

Thanks for asking! Citations help us understand how the community uses OpenAlex and demonstrate impact to our funders — which in turn helps keep OpenAlex free. Please use:

> Priem, J., Piwowar, H., & Orr, R. (2022). OpenAlex: A fully-open index of scholarly works, authors, venues, institutions, and concepts. *ArXiv*. https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.01833