# 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.

Full-text search over 250M+ scholarly works (papers, books, datasets): title, DOI, year, citations, open access status, authors with institutions, venue. Supports OpenAlex filters and sorting.

- Tool ID: `openalex/search-works`
- Name in the catalog: Scholarly works search (OpenAlex)
- Provider: [OpenAlex](/providers/openalex.md)
- Capability: [Scientific papers](/tools/knowledge/papers.md)
- Price: no charge per call
- Authentication: an authorised Agentik workspace is required for execution, including zero-price tools.

## Pricing contract

No charge per call. A workspace is still needed so your agent can call it.


```json
{
  "model": "per_call",
  "amountUsd": 0
}
```

## Complete input schema


```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 300
    },
    "per_page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 10,
      "default": 5
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 20,
      "default": 1
    },
    "filter": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "OpenAlex filter string, e.g. 'publication_year:2024,is_oa:true'"
    },
    "sort": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "relevance_score:desc",
        "cited_by_count:desc",
        "publication_date:desc"
      ],
      "default": "relevance_score:desc"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Published example

This is the provider tool’s published example. Replace example values with the user’s requested inputs, respecting the schema; do not execute an example merely to test a connection.


```json
{
  "tool_id": "openalex/search-works",
  "input": {
    "query": "model context protocol",
    "per_page": 2
  }
}
```

## Execute and retrieve

Inspect again before execution, explain the price and obtain the required authority. Use MCP run_tool or POST /v1/run with this tool ID, valid input and an idempotency key. Save the returned run ID and follow the actual state. If Agentik answers that the tool is temporarily unavailable, do not retry it blindly; use discovery to propose an alternative.

A partial or uncertain result can still have consumed provider resources. Consult [billing](/docs/billing.md), [idempotency](/docs/idempotency.md) and [asynchronous results](/docs/async.md).

Licence: CC0 1.0.

Attribution: Data from OpenAlex (CC0).

[Provider documentation](https://help.openalex.org/api/)

[REST inspection](https://api.agentik.cc/v1/tools/openalex/search-works) · [OpenAPI](/openapi.json) · [Connection guide](/connect.md)

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