Scholarly Papers API: OpenAlex & Crossref Search, DOI Lookup

Returns scholarly works from the OpenAlex and Crossref APIs (250M+ papers, preprints, books, datasets) by keyword, year, type and open access: authors, venue, DOI, open-access PDF link, citation counts and abstracts. Bulk DOI lookup. A free OpenAlex key is optional.

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Price / 1k$2.00per 1,000 work

Users / 30d1↑ 1 over 5 readings

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Runs / 30d4↑ 3 over 4 readings

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5 readings since 2026-10-28

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Users, all time5 readings

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Standing5 readings

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#	Actor	Grade	Price / 1k	Users /30d	Success	Rating	Age	Fresh
46	Academic Papers Search: Research Papers via OpenAlex & Crossrefhumble-echidna	—	RES$1.00 /1k	12 total	—	—	38d	fresh
47	Academic Paper Scraper: arXiv, PubMed, Crossref & OpenAlex APIinfocomp	—	EVT$2.00 /1k papergood price	12 total	—	—	5d	fresh
48	OpenAlex Research Searchjedii_123	—	RES$1.00 /1k	12 total	—	—	2m	aging
49	Scholarly Literature Search: 4 Open Databasesjetlaunch	—	EVT$20.00 /1k searchsteep price	12 total	—	—	11d	fresh
50	Research Paper Search: Google Scholar Alternative (OpenAlex)kramer_labs	—	EVT$2.00 /1k papergood price	12 total	—	—	2d	fresh
51	Scholarly Papers API: OpenAlex & Crossref Search, DOI Lookuplathewright	—	EVT$2.00 /1k workgood price	12 total	—	—	13d	fresh	This
52	OpenAlex Scholar Scraperleorochasantos	—	EVT$2.00 /1k scholar-workgood price	12 total	—	—	3m	fresh
53	OpenAlex Scientific Research & Citations Scraperlitezero	—	EVT$1.20 /1k item-scrapedgood price	12 total	—	—	29d	fresh
54	OpenAlex Scraper — Works, Authors & Institutionslogiover	—	RES$3.00 /1k	11 total	—	—	4m	fresh
55	New Scholarly Papers Watch (Crossref, OpenAlex)lone_rachis	—	EVT$5.00 /1k paperhigh price	12 total	—	—	19d	fresh
56	Research Papers API - Google Scholar Alternative (OpenAlex)lost.fany	—	EVT$4.80 /1k paper-scrapedhigh price	12 total	—	—	20d	fresh

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