* OpenAlex: a brief guide to querying through R

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/infonomy.24.011

Keywords:

Databases, Search engines, Scholarly communication, Scientific information, OpenAlex, openalexR

Abstract

OpenAlex is a free and open index of interconnected entities in the scholarly information ecosystem: papers, authors, journals, institutions, topics, etc. This guide describes its main functionalities and provides examples of querying its API through the openalexR package developed using the R programming language.

Author Biography

Ángel Borrego, Universitat de Barcelona

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References

Aria, Massimo (2023). “A brief introduction to openalexR”. https://ropensci.github.io/openalexR/articles/A_Brief_Introduction_to_openalexR.html

Chawla, Dalmeet-Singh (2022). “Massive open index of scholarly papers launches”. Nature. https://www.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00138-y

Codina, Lluís (2024). “OpenAlex: ¿una alternativa a Scopus y Web of Science?” https://www.lluiscodina.com/openalex-scopus

Priem, Jason; Piwowar, Heather; Orr, Richard (2022). “OpenAlex: A fully-open index of scholarly works, authors, venues, institutions, and concepts”. 26th International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.01833

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Published

2024-02-14

How to Cite

Borrego, Ángel. (2024). * OpenAlex: a brief guide to querying through R. Infonomy, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.3145/infonomy.24.011

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2024): Informetría e indicadores

Section

Outreach

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Copyright (c) 2024 Ángel Borrego

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