OpenAlex Academic Research Scraper

Search and extract academic paper metadata from the OpenAlex API. Supports keyword search, author search, institution filter, and citation analysis. Free, no API key required. 250M+ scholarly works.

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Runs / user / mo31.0runs per monthly user

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30 readings since 2026-08-27

Users / 30d30 readings

Users, all time30 readings

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Standing30 readings

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#	Actor	Grade	Price / 1k	Users /30d	Success	Rating	Age	Fresh
21	OpenAlex MCP Server: 200M Papers & Authors for AI Agentsdltik	—	EVT$0.05 /1k apify-actor-start	12 total	—	—	3m	aging
22	OpenAlex Research Searchflamelit_arowana	—	RES$1.00 /1kgood price	12 total	—	—	3m	aging
23	Scholarly Record Reconcilerflintglade	—	EVT$10.00 /1k reconciled-record	12 total	—	—	2m	aging
24	Openalex Research Scraperfortuitous_pirate	—	RES$1.86 /1kfair price	12 total	—	—	6m	fresh
25	Openalex Scraperfortuitous_pirate	—	RES$0.93 /1kgood price	12 total	—	—	6m	fresh
26	OpenAlex Academic Research Scrapergentle_cloud	—	FREEfree	16 total	—	—	6m	stale	This
27	OpenAlex Scrapergio21	—	RES$2.00 /1kfair price	12 total	—	—	4m	aging
28	Research Paper Scraper: OpenAlex, Crossref & arXivglitchbound	—	RES$2.00 /1kfair price	11 total	—	—	59d	fresh
29	OpenAlex Academic Papers & Authors Trackergochujang	—	EVT$1.00 /1k item-tracked	12 total	—	—	23d	fresh
30	Research Paper Scraper — Papers, Abstracts & Citationshichemdev	—	RES$2.00 /1kfair price	12 total	—	—	1d	fresh
31	OpenAlex Scholarly Works Scraperhipersoft	—	EVT$1.00 /1k work-scraped	12 total	—	—	2m	aging

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