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OpenAlex

The OpenAlex collector provides access to a massive, open index of scholarly works, authors, venues, institutions, and concepts.

Capabilities

Work Search Search 250M+ scholarly works

Author Profiles Retrieve works by specific authors

Concept Mapping Explore related research topics

How Configuration Works

All collectors in Lens adhere to a unified configuration pattern. Instead of hardcoding values, you inject parameters at runtime using the lens.config.yaml file or directly via the ResearchAgent constructor.

Dynamic Configuration

When you initialize a collector, it inspects the configuration object passed to it. This allows for flexible behavior adjustments—such as changing target languages, result limits, or API-specific flags—without modifying the core collector logic. Refer to the central Configuration Reference for the full list of supported parameters available to this collector.

Note: While OpenAlex is a public API, providing an email in your configuration is recommended to enter the "polite pool" for prioritized API access.

Schema Mapping

Source Field	Lens Field	Type
display_name	title	string
publication_year	year	int
cited_by_count	authority_score	int

API Endpoint

https://api.openalex.org

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