# OpenAlex integration

> Fully open catalog of 250M+ scholarly works, authors, institutions, sources, topics, publishers, and funders.

- Authentication: apiKey

## Tools (16)

- **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 Topic**: Retrieve a single OpenAlex Topic by ID.
- **Get Work**: Retrieve a single scholarly work by OpenAlex ID, DOI, PMID, PMCID, or MAG ID.
- **Search Authors**: List or search disambiguated author profiles by name, ORCID, institution, or research metrics.
- **Search Concepts**: List or search OpenAlex Concepts — the legacy hierarchical subject taxonomy (still supported alongside Topics).
- **Search Funders**: List or search funders — agencies and organizations that fund research (NIH, NSF, ERC, Wellcome, etc.).
- **Search Institutions**: List or search institutions (universities, research labs, hospitals, companies) authors are affiliated with.
- **Search Publishers**: List or search publishers — companies and organizations that own and publish sources.
- **Search Sources**: List or search sources — journals, conferences, preprint servers, and repositories that host works.
- **Search Topics**: List or search OpenAlex Topics — the hierarchical research classification (domain → field → subfield → topic).
- **Search Works**: List or search scholarly works (papers, books, datasets, theses) with full filtering, sorting, and aggregation.

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Connect OpenAlex in General Input: https://www.generalinput.com/apps/openalex