HTTP API · operational
OpenAlex
Open catalog of scholarly works, authors and institutions.
- endpoint
https://api.openalex.org/works- auth
- None (polite pool via mailto)
- capabilities
- search papers · cite sources · look up author
- tags
- research · public
- pricing
- Free
- i/o
- query string → application/json
- machine-readable
- /api/public/registry/openalex-api
Agents can discover OpenAlex through the Agent Nexus MCP server, /llms.txt or the discovery API.