Is this skill suitable for large-scale data extraction?

Yes, it includes built-in pagination, automatic rate limiting, and batch processing capabilities to handle datasets of 10,000+ results efficiently.

How do I increase the rate limit for my queries?

By providing your email address to the client, you enter the 'polite pool,' which increases the rate limit from 1 to 10 requests per second.

Do I need an API key for the OpenAlex database?

No, OpenAlex is a completely open catalog and does not require an API key for access.

Can I search for papers using specific identifiers like DOI?

Yes, the skill supports batch lookups and direct entity retrieval using DOIs for works, ORCIDs for authors, and RORs for institutions.

OpenAlex Scientific Database

Name: OpenAlex Scientific Database
Author: Zehong-Wang

byZehong-Wang

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Data Science & ML

Queries and analyzes over 240 million scholarly works, authors, and institutions using the OpenAlex open-access database.

This skill empowers Claude to perform deep academic research and bibliometric analysis by interfacing with the OpenAlex API. It allows users to search for scholarly literature, track citation counts, identify research trends across disciplines, and map institutional outputs. Whether you need to find open-access papers, perform author-specific lookups using ORCIDs, or conduct large-scale data extraction for meta-analyses, this skill provides the structured workflows and best practices to navigate one of the world's largest open catalogs of human knowledge.

Key Features

01Analyze research trends and publication output over time

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03Identify Open Access statuses for literature reviews and data collection

04Find and filter publications by authors, institutions, or funding agencies

05Track citations and identify highly influential papers in specific fields

06Search over 240M scholarly works by title, abstract, or topic

Use Cases

01Performing bibliometric analysis to evaluate the research impact of specific institutions or authors

02Discovering and exporting open-access scientific papers for data science and ML training sets

03Conducting comprehensive literature reviews for academic research or technical whitepapers

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add zehong-wang/kosmos openalex-database

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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