openalex-database
Query and analyze scholarly literature using the OpenAlex database. This skill should be used when searching for academic papers, analyzing research trends, finding works by authors or institutions, tracking citations, discovering open access publications, or conducting bibliometric analysis across 240M+ scholarly works. Use for literature searches, research output analysis, citation analysis, and academic database queries.
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Topics in the source
- OpenAlex Database
- Overview
- Quick Start
- Basic Setup
- Installation Requirements
- Core Capabilities
- 1. Search for Papers
- 2. Find Works by Author
OpenAlex is a comprehensive open catalog of 240M+ scholarly works, authors, institutions, topics, sources, publishers, and funders. This skill provides tools and workflows for querying the OpenAlex API to search literature, analyze research output, track citations, and conduct bibliometric studies. Always initialize the client with an email address to access the polite pool (10x rate limit boost): Install required package using uv: No API key required - OpenAlex is completely open. Use for: Finding papers by title, abstract, or topic Use for: Getting all publications by a specific researcher Use the two-step pattern (entity name → ID → works): Manual two-step approach: Use for: Analyzing research output from universities or organizations Use for: Finding influential papers in a field Use for: Finding freely available research Use for: Tracking research output over time Use for: Comprehensive analysis of author or institution research Use for: Getting information for multiple DOIs, ORCIDs, or IDs efficiently Use for: Getting representative samples for analysis Use for: Finding papers that cite a specific work Use for: Understanding research focus areas Use for: Downloading large dat
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- Source repository
- davila7/claude-code-templates
- Source file
- cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/openalex-database/SKILL.md
- Fixed revision
- 21be197f100a12b8d0dd9a211cc244c8179f84d3
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