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OpenAlex Scholarly Works Search
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OpenAlex Scholarly Works Search is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Searches the OpenAlex research index by topic, returning scholarly works with venue, open-access status, citation counts, and author information.
Price / call$0.02
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How this service works
SCIENCE: OpenAlex research index — search by topic for venue, open-access, citations, authors. ?q. Returns JSON.
Output
Returns a JSON array of scholarly works matching the query, each including title, venue/journal, open-access status, citation count, and author details sourced from the OpenAlex research index.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Can you search the OpenAlex research index for scholarly papers on 'CRISPR gene editing' and show me the top results with their venues, citation counts, open-access status, and authors?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://clonecho.builda.company/x402/scholarly-worksWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to search academic and scholarly literature by topic keyword and need structured metadata including venue, open-access flag, citations, and authors. Prefer over general web search when bibliometric data is required. Backed by OpenAlex, which indexes hundreds of millions of scholarly works.
Side effects
- Missing or empty ?q parameter returns an error or empty result set
- Very broad or ambiguous queries may return irrelevant or overwhelming results
- Rare or highly specific topics may return few or no results
- Rate limiting or payment failure may block the request
- Network timeout if OpenAlex upstream is slow
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