OpenAlex
Fully open catalog of 250M+ scholarly works, authors, institutions, sources, topics, publishers, and funders.
Three ways to use OpenAlex
Chat with Geni
Ask Geni to pull data, take actions, or answer questions using this integration in a conversation.
Build a workflow
Create automated workflows that trigger on events, run on a schedule, or chain multiple tools together.
Power an app
Use this integration as a data source or action layer behind a dashboard, form, or internal tool.
Supported tools
Actions your AI agents can perform with OpenAlex.
Autocomplete
Typeahead / autocomplete search across one or all entity types — returns suggestions in ~200ms.
Get Author
Retrieve a single author by OpenAlex ID or ORCID.
Get Funder
Retrieve a single funder by OpenAlex ID, ROR, or Crossref Funder ID.
Get Institution
Retrieve a single institution by OpenAlex ID or ROR ID.
Get Publisher
Retrieve a single publisher by OpenAlex ID.
Get Source
Retrieve a single source (journal, conference, or repository) by OpenAlex ID or ISSN.
Get started automating OpenAlex
Ready-to-use workflows
Prompts using OpenAlex
Citation checking desk for manuscripts and AI-assisted drafts
Check every reference in a draft against the official record of published research, and see exactly which ones are wrong before it goes out the door.
Suggest peer reviewers for new manuscripts in Airtable
When a new manuscript lands in Airtable, Geni finds 8 to 10 non-conflicted expert reviewers and writes them back to your base with contact details and a rationale.
Weekly research paper digest in Slack and Notion
Every Monday morning, get a curated digest of the latest papers on your watched research topics posted to Slack and archived in Notion.
Daily Slack alerts when your papers get cited
Every morning at 7am, Geni scans for new papers citing your work and posts a plain-English briefing to Slack so you never miss a citation.
Enrich new HubSpot contacts with their academic research profile
When a new contact lands in HubSpot, Geni looks them up by name and affiliation, fills in ORCID and h-index, and drops a talking-point note on the record.
Weekly institution publication tracker in Google Sheets
Every Monday morning, pull your university or research lab's new papers from OpenAlex and append them to a living Google Sheet, no manual logging.