openalex-database
Query and analyze scholarly literature using the OpenAlex database. This skill should be used when searching for academic papers, analyzing research trends, finding works by authors or institutions, tracking citations, discovering open access publications, or conducting bibliometric analysis across 240M+ scholarly works. Use for literature searches, research output analysis, citation analysis, and academic database queries.
npx skills add LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills --skill openalex-database --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# OpenAlex Database ## Overview OpenAlex is a comprehensive open catalog of 240M+ scholarly works, authors, institutions, topics, sources, publishers, and funders. This skill provides tools and workflows for querying the OpenAlex API to search literature, analyze research output, track citations, and conduct bibliometric studies. ## Quick Start ### Basic Setup Always initialize the client with an email address to access the polite pool (10x rate limit boost): ```python from scripts.openalex_client import OpenAlexClient client = OpenAlexClient(email="your-email@example.edu") ``` ### Installation Requirements Install required package using uv: ```bash uv pip install requests ``` No API key required - OpenAlex is completely open. ## Core Capabilities ### 1. Search for Papers **Use for**: Finding papers by title, abstract, or topic ```python # Simple search results = client.search_works( search="machine learning", per_page=100 ) # Search with filters results = client.search_works( search="CRISPR gene editing", filter_params={ "publication_year": ">2020", "is_oa": "true" }, sort="cited_by_count:desc" ) ``` ### 2. Find Works by Author **Use for**: Getting all publications by a specific r
- Overview
- Quick Start
- Basic Setup
- Installation Requirements
- Core Capabilities
- 1. Search for Papers
- 2. Find Works by Author
- 3. Find Works from Institution
- 4. Highly Cited Papers
- 5. Open Access Papers
- 6. Publication Trends Analysis
- 7. Research Output Analysis
- 8. Batch Lookups
- 9. Random Sampling
uv pip install requests
What does the openalex-database skill do?
Query and analyze scholarly literature using the OpenAlex database. This skill should be used when searching for academic papers, analyzing research trends, finding works by authors or institutions, tracking citations, discovering open access publications, or conducting bibliometric analysis across 240M+ scholarly works. Use for literature searches, research output analysis, citation analysis, and academic database queries.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills --skill openalex-database --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills, a repository with 759 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.