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Stanford OpenAlex

Stanford OpenAlex MCP Connector for Claude

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Explore the global research landscape with open access to scholarly works, authors, institutions, and citation graphs.

16 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner
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Connect to the OpenAlex API — the fully open catalog of the global research system.

What you can do

  • Works — Search and analyze 250M+ academic works (papers, books, datasets, patents)
  • Authors — Browse 90M+ researcher profiles with h-index, i10-index, and citation metrics
  • Institutions — Explore 100K+ universities, labs, and research organizations worldwide
  • Sources — Query 240K+ journals, conferences, and repositories with impact metrics
  • Concepts — Navigate the 65K+ scientific concept taxonomy from broad to specific
  • Funders — Discover which organizations fund specific research areas
  • Publishers — Analyze the academic publishing landscape
  • Topics — Explore hierarchical topic classifications across all of science
  • Open Access — Find freely available research papers

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. No API key required — OpenAlex is 100% free and open
  3. Start exploring the academic world from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

Who is this for?

  • Research Administrators — benchmark institutions, track funding landscapes
  • Bibliometricians — analyze publication trends, citation patterns, and research impact
  • Science Policy Makers — understand research funding and output by country and institution
  • Academic Librarians — explore journal metrics and open access availability
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16 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_author

Returns name, affiliations, paper count, citation count, h-index, i10-index, 2-year mean citedness, top research concepts, and publication trends by year. The definitive tool for assessing academic impact. Get author profile with h-index, citations, and impact metrics

get_author_works

Returns works with titles, DOIs, years, citation counts, open access status, and primary venues. Sort by "cited_by_count:desc" for most cited or "publication_date:desc" for most recent. Get all works by a specific author

get_concept

Essential for understanding the structure of a research field. Get concept details with ancestors, related concepts, and trends

get_funder

Use this to understand which organizations fund specific research areas. Get funder details and funded research statistics

get_institution

Get institution details with research metrics and collaborations

get_source

Essential for evaluating journal quality and coverage. Get journal or conference details with impact metrics

get_work

Accepts OpenAlex IDs (e.g. "W2741809807"), DOIs (e.g. "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2"), PubMed IDs (e.g. "pmid:34845388"), or MAG IDs. Returns title, abstract, authors with institutions, concepts, citation count, open access status, and publication details. Get academic work details by OpenAlex ID, DOI, or PubMed ID

search_authors

Returns display name, ORCID, works count, citation count, h-index, i10-index, and last known institution. Filter examples: "cited_by_count:>10000", "works_count:>100", "last_known_institutions.country_code:US". Search 90M+ academic authors by name

search_concepts

Returns names, levels, descriptions, works counts, and citation counts. Search 65K+ scientific concepts in the knowledge hierarchy

search_funders

Returns names, countries, grants counts, works funded, and citation impact. Essential for understanding research funding landscapes. Search funding organizations worldwide

search_institutions

Returns names, countries, types, works counts, citation counts, and homepages. Filter examples: "country_code:US", "type:education", "cited_by_count:>1000000". Search 100K+ research institutions worldwide

search_open_access

This is a specialized filter of the works endpoint that returns only papers with open access PDFs. Ideal for researchers who need freely accessible literature for reading, citation, or meta-analysis. Search only open access academic works

search_publishers

Returns names, countries, works counts, and citation counts. Useful for analyzing the publishing landscape. Search academic publishers

search_sources

Returns names, ISSNs, types, works counts, citation counts, and open access status. Filter examples: "type:journal", "is_oa:true", "cited_by_count:>100000". Search 240K+ academic journals, conferences, and repositories

search_topics

Returns topic names, descriptions, associated works and citations, plus the parent field and domain. Use this to map the landscape of a research area. Search topic classifications across all of science

search_works

Supports full-text search plus structured filters. Filter syntax examples: "publication_year:2024", "open_access.is_oa:true", "type:journal-article", "cited_by_count:>100". Sort options: "cited_by_count:desc", "publication_date:desc", "relevance_score:desc". Search 250M+ academic works by keyword or filter

See how to talk to your AI agent using Stanford OpenAlex.

Which universities have the highest research output in AI?

I've searched OpenAlex for institutions with the highest works count in artificial intelligence concepts. The top institutions include MIT, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, and Tsinghua University.

What are the most cited open access papers on CRISPR?

I've found the most cited open access papers on CRISPR from OpenAlex, sorted by citation count. The foundational papers by Doudna and Charpentier lead the list.

Show me the concept hierarchy for machine learning

I've retrieved the Machine Learning concept from OpenAlex. It sits at level 1 under Computer Science (level 0), and has child concepts including Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Reinforcement Learning, and Natural Language Processing at finer granularity levels.

No. OpenAlex is 100% free and open. No registration or API key is required.

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