OpenAlex

Summary

OpenAlex is a bibliographic database^[1]. OpenAlex ranks in the top 8% of bibliographic_database entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (182 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• OpenAlex is in the country of United States^[3].
• OpenAlex is in the country of Canada^[4].
• OpenAlex's instance of is recorded as bibliographic database^[5].
• OpenAlex's instance of is recorded as website^[6].
• OpenAlex's instance of is recorded as index^[7].
• OpenAlex's instance of is recorded as open data set^[8].
• OpenAlex is owned by OurResearch^[9].
• Library of Alexandria is named after OpenAlex^[10].
• OpenAlex's programmed in is recorded as Python^[11].
• OpenAlex's Commons category is recorded as OpenAlex^[12].
• OpenAlex's language of work or name is recorded as American English^[13].
• +2022-01-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of OpenAlex^[14].
• OpenAlex's official website is recorded as https://openalex.org/^[15].
• OpenAlex's main subject is metadata^[16].
• OpenAlex's described at URL is recorded as https://blog.ourresearch.org/openalex-update-june/^[17].
• OpenAlex's described at URL is recorded as https://openalex.org/about^[18].
• OpenAlex's described by source is recorded as Open Science Thesaurus^[19].
• OpenAlex's replaces is recorded as Microsoft Academic Graph^[20].
• OpenAlex's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'OpenAlex'}^[21].
• OpenAlex's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'OpenAlex'}^[22].
• OpenAlex's main Wikidata property is recorded as P10283^[23].
• OpenAlex's API endpoint URL is recorded as https://api.openalex.org^[24].
• OpenAlex's announcement date is recorded as +2021-05-08T00:00:00Z^[25].
• OpenAlex's funder is recorded as Arcadia Fund^[26].
• OpenAlex's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1969'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include United States^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1776^[30] and Canada^[4], a dominion of the British Empire^[31], in Canada^[32], founded in 1867^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include bibliographic database^[5], website^[6], index^[7], and open data set^[8].

History and Context

+2022-01-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of OpenAlex^[14]. OpenAlex is owned by OurResearch^[9]. Library of Alexandria is named after OpenAlex^[10].

Why It Matters

OpenAlex ranks in the top 8% of bibliographic_database entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (182 views/month).^[2] OpenAlex is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]