Scholarly works search
Full-text search over 250M+ scholarly works (papers, books, datasets): title, DOI, year, citations, open access status, authors with institutions, venue. Needs query. Served by OpenAlex.
Inputs
- Query
- TextRequired · query
- Per page
- A numberOptional · per_page
- Page
- A numberOptional · page
- Filter
- OpenAlex filter string, e.g. 'publication_year:2024,is_oa:true'Optional · filter
- Sort
- Relevance_score:desc, cited_by_count:desc or publication_date:descOptional · sort
Pricing
- Price
- Free, no charge per call
- Billing
- No charge per call. A workspace is still needed so your agent can call it.
- License
- CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Data from OpenAlex (CC0)
Call
Your agent reads the schema and the price with inspect_tool before it runs the tool.
- MCP call
- cURL command
- TypeScript
- Tool ID
Alternatives
Playbooks that use it
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- Expert finderResearchers and practitioners who published or spoke recently on your topic, their papers and podcast appearances, their X profiles and emails.
- Learning planAny topic broken into what to learn first, with plain-language background, the key papers, the books and the best lectures, in a week-by-week plan.
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