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Works are scholarly documents like journal articles, books, datasets, and theses. OpenAlex indexes hundreds of millions of works.

Filter, sort, and group_by fields

The API supports filtering, sorting, and grouping on works fields. See Filtering, Sorting, and Grouping for syntax. Fields marked (deprecated) are .search filters — use the search parameter instead.

Top-level

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
authors_count
best_open_version
cited_by
cited_by_count
cites
concepts_count
corresponding_author_ids
corresponding_institution_ids
countries_distinct_count
created_date
datasets
display_name
doi
doi_starts_with
from_created_date
from_publication_date
fulltext_origin
fwci
has_abstract
has_doi
has_embeddings
has_fulltext
has_oa_accepted_or_published_version
has_oa_submitted_version
has_old_authors
has_orcid
has_pdf_url
has_pmcid
has_pmid
has_raw_affiliation_strings
has_references
indexed_in
institutions_distinct_count
is_corresponding
is_oa
is_paratext
is_retracted
is_xpac
journal
language
locations_count
mag
mag_only
oa_status
openalex
openalex_id
pmcid
pmid
publication_date
publication_year
raw_affiliation_strings
referenced_works
referenced_works_count
related_to
repository
to_created_date
to_publication_date
to_updated_date
topics_count
type
type_crossref
updated_date
version

Abstract

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
abstract.search (deprecated)
abstract.search.no_stem (deprecated)

Apc List

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
apc_list.currency
apc_list.provenance
apc_list.value
apc_list.value_usd

Apc Paid

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
apc_paid.currency
apc_paid.provenance
apc_paid.value
apc_paid.value_usd

Author

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
author.id
author.orcid

Authorships

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
authorships.affiliations.institution_ids
authorships.author.id
authorships.author.orcid
authorships.countries
authorships.institutions.continent
authorships.institutions.country_code
authorships.institutions.id
authorships.institutions.is_global_south
authorships.institutions.lineage
authorships.institutions.ror
authorships.institutions.type
authorships.is_corresponding

Awards

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
awards.doi
awards.funder_award_id
awards.funder_display_name
awards.funder_id
awards.id

Best Oa Location

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
best_oa_location.is_accepted
best_oa_location.is_oa
best_oa_location.is_published
best_oa_location.landing_page_url
best_oa_location.license
best_oa_location.license_id
best_oa_location.raw_type
best_oa_location.source.host_organization
best_oa_location.source.host_organization_lineage
best_oa_location.source.id
best_oa_location.source.is_in_doaj
best_oa_location.source.is_oa
best_oa_location.source.issn
best_oa_location.source.type
best_oa_location.version

Biblio

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
biblio.first_page
biblio.issue
biblio.last_page
biblio.volume

Citation Normalized Percentile

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
citation_normalized_percentile.is_in_top_10_percent
citation_normalized_percentile.is_in_top_1_percent
citation_normalized_percentile.value

Cited By Percentile Year

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
cited_by_percentile_year.max
cited_by_percentile_year.min

Concept

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
concept.id

Concepts

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
concepts.id
concepts.wikidata

Default

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
default.search (deprecated)

Display Name

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
display_name.search (deprecated)
display_name.search.no_stem (deprecated)

Fulltext

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
fulltext.search (deprecated)

Funders

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
funders.id

Has Content

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
has_content.grobid_xml
has_content.pdf

Ids

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
ids.mag
ids.openalex
ids.pmcid
ids.pmid

Institution

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
institution.id

Institution Assertions

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
institution_assertions.country_code
institution_assertions.id
institution_assertions.lineage
institution_assertions.ror
institution_assertions.type

Institutions

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
institutions.continent
institutions.country_code
institutions.id
institutions.is_global_south
institutions.ror
institutions.type

Keyword

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
keyword.search (deprecated)

Keywords

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
keywords.id

Locations

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
locations.is_accepted
locations.is_oa
locations.is_published
locations.landing_page_url
locations.license
locations.license_id
locations.raw_type
locations.source.has_issn
locations.source.host_institution_lineage
locations.source.host_organization
locations.source.host_organization_lineage
locations.source.id
locations.source.is_core
locations.source.is_in_doaj
locations.source.is_oa
locations.source.issn
locations.source.publisher_lineage
locations.source.type
locations.version

Open Access

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
open_access.any_repository_has_fulltext
open_access.is_oa
open_access.oa_status

Primary Location

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
primary_location.is_accepted
primary_location.is_oa
primary_location.is_published
primary_location.landing_page_url
primary_location.license
primary_location.license_id
primary_location.raw_type
primary_location.source.has_issn
primary_location.source.host_institution_lineage
primary_location.source.host_organization
primary_location.source.host_organization_lineage
primary_location.source.id
primary_location.source.is_core
primary_location.source.is_in_doaj
primary_location.source.is_oa
primary_location.source.issn
primary_location.source.publisher_lineage
primary_location.source.type
primary_location.version

Primary Topic

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
primary_topic.domain.id
primary_topic.field.id
primary_topic.id
primary_topic.subfield.id

Raw Affiliation Strings

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
raw_affiliation_strings.search (deprecated)

Raw Author Name

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
raw_author_name.search (deprecated)

Semantic

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
semantic.search (deprecated)

Sustainable Development Goals

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
sustainable_development_goals.id
sustainable_development_goals.score

Title

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
title.search (deprecated)
title.search.no_stem (deprecated)

Title And Abstract

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
title_and_abstract.search (deprecated)
title_and_abstract.search.no_stem (deprecated)

Topics

FieldSortGroup_byFilter
topics.domain.id
topics.field.id
topics.id
topics.subfield.id