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works
/
{id}
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curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.openalex.org/works/{id}?api_key='
{
  "id": "https://openalex.org/W2741809807",
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          "<string>"
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      "license": "<string>",
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    },
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    "oa_status": "diamond",
    "oa_url": "<string>",
    "any_repository_has_fulltext": true
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        "orcid": "<string>"
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            "<string>"
          ]
        }
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      "countries": [
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      ],
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        "<string>"
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    }
  ],
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    "pmid": "<string>",
    "pmcid": "<string>"
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    "issue": "<string>",
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  },
  "abstract_inverted_index": {},
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    "<string>"
  ],
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  "related_works": [
    "<string>"
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  "topics": [
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        "display_name": "<string>"
      },
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      },
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        "display_name": "<string>"
      }
    }
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      "display_name": "<string>"
    }
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    }
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      "display_name": "<string>",
      "ror": "<string>"
    }
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    {
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      "display_name": "<string>",
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      "doi": "<string>"
    }
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    "is_in_top_10_percent": true
  },
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    "max": 123
  },
  "counts_by_year": [
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    }
  ],
  "sustainable_development_goals": [
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      "display_name": "<string>",
      "score": 123
    }
  ],
  "mesh": [
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      "descriptor_ui": "<string>",
      "descriptor_name": "<string>",
      "qualifier_ui": "<string>",
      "qualifier_name": "<string>",
      "is_major_topic": true
    }
  ],
  "indexed_in": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "has_content": {
    "pdf": true,
    "grobid_xml": true
  },
  "content_url": "<string>",
  "created_date": "2023-12-25",
  "updated_date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

Authorizations

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api_key
string
query
required

Your OpenAlex API key. Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

Path Parameters

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id
string
required

OpenAlex ID (e.g., W2741809807) or external ID (DOI, PMID, PMCID, MAG)

Query Parameters

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select
string

Comma-separated list of fields to return. Reduces response size. Example: select=id,display_name,cited_by_count

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api_key
string
required

Your OpenAlex API key (required). Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

Response

Successful response

A scholarly document (article, book, dataset, thesis, etc.)

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id
string

The OpenAlex ID for this work.

Example:

"https://openalex.org/W2741809807"

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doi
string | null

The DOI for the work. This is the Canonical External ID for works.

Example:

"https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4375"

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title
string | null

The title of this work.

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display_name
string

Same as title. Included for consistency with other entities.

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publication_year
integer | null

The year this work was published.

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publication_date
string<date> | null

The day when this work was published (ISO 8601 format).

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type
string

The type of the work. Common values: article, book, dataset, preprint, dissertation, book-chapter.

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language
string | null

Language in ISO 639-1 format

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cited_by_count
integer

The number of citations to this work.

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is_retracted
boolean

True if this work has been retracted (from Retraction Watch database).

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is_paratext
boolean

True if this work is paratext (e.g., front cover, table of contents).

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primary_location
object

A Location object with the primary location of this work (closest to the version of record). Includes source, landing_page_url, pdf_url, is_oa, license, and version.

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locations
object[]

List of Location objects describing all unique places where this work lives.

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best_oa_location
object

A Location object with the best available open access location for this work.

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open_access
object

Information about the access status of this work:

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authorships
object[]

List of Authorship objects representing authors and their institutions. Limited to the first 100 authors. Each authorship includes author, institutions, author_position, is_corresponding, and other fields.

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ids
object

External identifiers: openalex, doi, mag, pmid, pmcid.

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biblio
object

Bibliographic info: volume, issue, first_page, last_page.

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abstract_inverted_index
object

The abstract as an inverted index (word positions). OpenAlex doesn't include plaintext abstracts due to legal constraints.

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referenced_works
string[]

OpenAlex IDs for works that this work cites.

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referenced_works_count
integer

The number of works that this work cites.

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related_works
string[]

OpenAlex IDs for works related to this work (computed algorithmically).

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topics
object[]

List of up to 3 Topics for this work, each with a relevance score.

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primary_topic
object

The top ranked Topic for this work, with id, display_name, score, and hierarchy (subfield, field, domain).

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keywords
object[]

Keywords identified based on the work's topics, with relevance scores.

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funders
object[]

Dehydrated Funder objects representing the funders of this work.

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awards
object[]

Dehydrated Award objects representing grants associated with this work.

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fwci
number | null

Field-weighted Citation Impact, calculated as citations received / citations expected.

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citation_normalized_percentile
object

Percentile of citation count normalized by work type, year, and subfield. Includes value, is_in_top_1_percent, is_in_top_10_percent.

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cited_by_percentile_year
object

Percentile rank compared to other works published in the same year. Contains min and max.

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counts_by_year
object[]

cited_by_count for each of the last ten years.

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sustainable_development_goals
object[]

UN Sustainable Development Goals relevant to this work, with prediction scores.

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mesh
object[]

MeSH tags for works found in PubMed.

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indexed_in
string[]

Sources this work is indexed in. Values: arxiv, crossref, doaj, pubmed.

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has_content
object

Information about downloadable full-text content:

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content_url
string | null

URL for downloading full-text content. Only present when has_content.pdf or has_content.grobid_xml is true.

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created_date
string<date>

When this work was added to OpenAlex (ISO 8601 date).

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updated_date
string<date-time>

When this work was last updated (ISO 8601 datetime).