OpenAlex API

OpenAlex is a free and open catalog of the world's scholarly papers, researchers, journals, and institutions. This API provides programmatic access to search and retrieve scholarly metadata.

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Base URL: https://api.openalex.org/
Auth: none
Endpoints: 44
Reachable: yes
CORS: unknown
Last checked: 2026-03-14 22:15:10.802960

Links

Homepage: https://docs.openalex.org/
API Base: https://api.openalex.org/
Documentation:
SDKs:

100.0%

Uptime (7d)

829ms

Avg latency (7d)

128

Probes (7d)

Latency (7d)

Success Rate (7d)

Topics

KNOWLEDGE, SCIENCE, SEARCH

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET / API root — 200 208ms
GET /authors List and search researchers — 200 3563ms
GET /authors/{id} Get a single author — 200 1312ms
GET /autocomplete/{entity_type} Autocomplete search — 200 501ms
GET /autocomplete/{entity} Autocomplete for entities — — —
GET /awards List awards — 200 626ms
GET /awards/{id} Get a single award — 200 227ms
GET /concepts Search concepts — 200 4958ms
GET /concepts/{id} Get a concept — 404 1012ms
GET /continents List continents — 200 356ms
GET /continents/{id} Get a single continent — 200 221ms
GET /countries List countries — 200 228ms
GET /countries/{id} Get a single country — 200 207ms
GET /domains List domains — 200 211ms
GET /domains/{id} Get a single domain — 200 230ms
GET /fields List fields — 200 246ms
GET /fields/{id} Get a single field — 200 252ms
GET /funders List and search funders — 200 340ms
GET /funders/{id} Get a single funder — 200 235ms
GET /institution-types List institution types — 200 226ms
GET /institutions List and search institutions — 200 441ms
GET /institutions/{id} Get a single institution — 200 1172ms
GET /keywords List and search keywords — 400 572ms
GET /keywords/{id} Get a single keyword — 404 223ms
GET /languages List languages — 200 220ms
GET /languages/{id} Get a single language — 200 1116ms
GET /licenses List licenses — 200 214ms
GET /publishers List and search publishers — 200 238ms
GET /publishers/{id} Get a single publisher — 200 228ms
GET /sdgs List SDGs — 200 244ms
GET /sdgs/{id} Get a single SDG — 200 270ms
GET /source-types List source types — 200 238ms
GET /sources List and search sources — 200 1461ms
GET /sources/{id} Get a single source — 200 230ms
GET /subfields List subfields — 200 1277ms
GET /subfields/{id} Get a single subfield — 200 206ms
GET /text/topics Classify text (Aboutness) — 200 1794ms
GET /topics List and search topics — 200 544ms
GET /topics/{id} Get a single topic — 200 253ms
GET /venues Search venues — 404 512ms
GET /venues/{id} Get venue by ID — 404 216ms
GET /work-types List work types — 200 1064ms
GET /works List and search scholarly works — 200 549ms
GET /works/{id} Get a single work — 200 241ms