Unsub – All Publishers Supported
Unsub is a dashboard that helps you reevaluate your big deal’s value and understand your cancellation options. For the last few years we’ve supported a small set of very large publishers. One of the...
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Fulltext search in OpenAlex
We’re excited to announce that we’ve added fulltext search to 57 million articles in OpenAlex, based on data from the General Index. This feature moves OpenAlex’s search function beyond title and...
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Meet Casey – Now full time with OurResearch
Hi I’m Casey. I am excited to announce that I am now full time with OurResearch as a software engineer working on OpenAlex and Unpaywall! My Journey I freelanced for OurResearch prior to joining full...
View ArticleNew OpenAlex API features – continents, regions, and more!
You can now use the OpenAlex API to filter and group by continents and large geographic regions, such as the Global South. The full documentation is here. To see a list of institutions in Europe you...
View ArticleFetch multiple DOIs in one OpenAlex API request
Did you know that you can request up to 50 DOIs in a single API call? That’s possible due to the OR query in the OpenAlex API and looks like this:...
View ArticleAuthor search in OpenAlex: improved handling of diacritics within names
We’ve improved the author search feature within OpenAlex, so you get more results when searching for author names that may or may not include diacritics. For example, a search for the name “David...
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OpenAlex documentation improvements
It’s a new year and at OurResearch we’re starting off 2023 full steam ahead! We’ve revamped the OpenAlex documentation so that it’s easier to get started, and easier to find the fields and filters...
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Introducing Jason Portenoy, newest full-time team member at OpenAlex
Hi, I’m Jason Portenoy, and I’m very happy to be joining OurResearch as the newest full-time team member! As a data engineer, I will be focusing my efforts on user engagement and outreach for...
View ArticleHow you can help keep OpenAlex free
Next month, we’re submitting a renewal application for our main grant. This grant helps keep OpenAlex free to you. We need your help to get the renewal. There are two ways to help: Write a short...
View ArticleNew study shows OpenAlex is a good alternative to Scopus for demographic...
Highlights New research from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research analyzes global migration of scholars, using bibliometric data. They do a side-by-side comparison of this analysis...
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Assigning Institutions — New England Journal of Medicine Case Study
The New England Journal of Medicine uses a non-standard format when presenting authors and their institutional affiliations, which is a problem when we want to keep track of these links in our data....
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Sorbonne University announces switch to OpenAlex
We at OpenAlex are thrilled at Sorbonne University’s recent announcement that they will be switching to OpenAlex for their publication database and bibliometric analytics, abandoning the use of...
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Coverage in the Financial Times of OpenAlex and the Sorbonne
The Financial Times recently published an article detailing Sorbonne University’s “radical decision” to switch to OpenAlex for its publication database and bibliometric analytics. The article (behind...
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OurResearch receives $7.5M grant from Arcadia to establish OpenAlex, a...
OurResearch is proud to announce a $7.5M grant from Arcadia, to establish a sustainable and completely open index of the world’s research ecosystem. With this 5-year grant, OurResearch expands their...
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