Retrieve a single institution by its OpenAlex ID or external ID

OpenAlex API
OpenAlex is an open catalog providing API access to scholarly data including authors, works, and citations.
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This provider-level handoff preserves only its public ID. No tool or business task is guessed; choose a current tool during rediscovery before setup can be treated as complete.
- Selected provider
- openalex_api
- Selected tool
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- Business task
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- Catalog updated
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Retrieve a list of authors with optional filtering based on various attributes such as affiliations, citations, ORCID, and more.
Retrieve a single author by OpenAlex ID or external ID
Autocomplete authors to create a fast type-ahead search function.
Autocomplete concepts based on query string in display_name for fast type-ahead search.
Retrieve lists of publishers from OpenAlex, with options for paging, sorting, sampling, and selecting fields.
Retrieve a single topic object from the OpenAlex API using its entity ID.
Get a funder from the API with /funders/
You can filter institutions with the filter parameter. It's best to read about filters before trying these out. It will show you how to combine filters and build an AND, OR, or negation query.
Retrieve a list of sources from OpenAlex with options for paging, sorting, sampling, and field selection.
Search for topics using the search query parameter or specific field filters
Retrieve a single topic by its OpenAlex ID
Retrieve lists of topics from OpenAlex, with options for paging, sorting, sampling, and selecting fields.
