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Samuel Mok, Ivo Bleylevens2

Nov 27

⚠️ Errors and inconsistencies in OpenAlex API documentation and API responses

Interesting post Samuel ! While I see that some of the issues you found are solved at the moment, I

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⚠️ Errors and inconsistencies in OpenAlex API documentation and API responses

Interesting post Samuel ! While I see that some of the issues you found are solved at the moment, I

Nov 27

Nov 26

Tyler Coming to our area again guys!!!

Anyone Interested? Hello Everyone! We're scheduling a dryer vent cleaning and if anyone else is

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Tyler Coming to our area again guys!!!

Anyone Interested? Hello Everyone! We're scheduling a dryer vent cleaning and if anyone else is

Nov 26

Nov 26

Only arXiv data missing in large chunk among preprint servers

Dear community, OpenAlex's coverage of preprint articles is generally very high. Most servers

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Only arXiv data missing in large chunk among preprint servers

Dear community, OpenAlex's coverage of preprint articles is generally very high. Most servers

Nov 26

Nov 20

Auto complete not returning sorted by citation count

Doc - https://docs.openalex.org/how-to-use-the-api/get-lists-of-entities/autocomplete-entities

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Auto complete not returning sorted by citation count

Doc - https://docs.openalex.org/how-to-use-the-api/get-lists-of-entities/autocomplete-entities

Nov 20

Purna Srivatsa, Kevin McCurley2

Nov 19

Some titles have html tags

If you look at the crossref schema, they allow some markup in titles, including some 'face markup

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Some titles have html tags

If you look at the crossref schema, they allow some markup in titles, including some 'face markup

Nov 19

Ivo Bleylevens, openresearchtools2

Nov 19

What DOI field to use (DOI or ids.DOI) ?

Hi, I ran several comparisons between the DOI and ID DOI fields in OpenAlex, and before the migration

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What DOI field to use (DOI or ids.DOI) ?

Hi, I ran several comparisons between the DOI and ID DOI fields in OpenAlex, and before the migration

Nov 19

Kevin McCurley, … Euan Adie5

Nov 19

bad data quality for affiliations

Yep: we use the affiliation data pretty heavily in production, and before making that decision

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bad data quality for affiliations

Yep: we use the affiliation data pretty heavily in production, and before making that decision

Nov 19

Adam Goldberg, … James Iremonger3

Nov 19

I've worked with bibliometric data from PubMed for about 8 years now. I can assure you it's a

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I've worked with bibliometric data from PubMed for about 8 years now. I can assure you it's a

Nov 19

Nov 18

Walden authorships

If the formatting of the Python code I included got mangled, here it is again: https://gist.github.

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Walden authorships

If the formatting of the Python code I included got mangled, here it is again: https://gist.github.

Nov 18

Purna Srivatsa, Samuel Mok2

Nov 18

Is the site/api down ?

it's probably because of current issues with cloudflare, large worldwide outage across many sites

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Is the site/api down ?

it's probably because of current issues with cloudflare, large worldwide outage across many sites

Nov 18

James Iremonger, Tijmen Altena2

Nov 17

Walden author IDs in works no longer match author IDs in authors

Hi James, Walden has re-introduced a number of Author IDs < A5000000000. They are, I believe, old

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Walden author IDs in works no longer match author IDs in authors

Hi James, Walden has re-introduced a number of Author IDs < A5000000000. They are, I believe, old

Nov 17

Purna Srivatsa, … Kaveh Bazargan8

Nov 15

abstract has some extra illegible characters

Hi, Just following up. From what i gather, the publisher reports it to crossref ? And open alex then

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abstract has some extra illegible characters

Hi, Just following up. From what i gather, the publisher reports it to crossref ? And open alex then

Nov 15

Nov 14

$159 Group Discount For Vent/Duct Cleaning

anyone interested On Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 12:45:45 AM UTC+5 Bella Ethan wrote: Hello everyone

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$159 Group Discount For Vent/Duct Cleaning

anyone interested On Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 12:45:45 AM UTC+5 Bella Ethan wrote: Hello everyone

Nov 14

Rainer M Krug, … Kyle Demes4

Nov 13

PROBLEM: Request line too large - user problem / workflow problem / OpenAlex setting - how to solve it?

Thank you for pointing that out Samuel. Rainer, I have terminated that key and issued you a new one (

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PROBLEM: Request line too large - user problem / workflow problem / OpenAlex setting - how to solve it?

Thank you for pointing that out Samuel. Rainer, I have terminated that key and issued you a new one (

Nov 13

openresearchtools

Nov 13

Walden full-text search API issues

Hi, I've noticed that whether I use the default search or limit to titles and abstracts only, the

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Walden full-text search API issues

Hi, I've noticed that whether I use the default search or limit to titles and abstracts only, the

Nov 13

Nov 13

Author Search Algorithm for Compatibility Between Local Snapshot and API

Hi all, Thank you for your continued work on improving OpenAlex — I really appreciate the effort that

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Author Search Algorithm for Compatibility Between Local Snapshot and API

Hi all, Thank you for your continued work on improving OpenAlex — I really appreciate the effort that

Nov 13

Nov 12

Misattribution of citations to book reviews instead of books

Hi, I found some highly cited book reviews where the citing publications were most probably

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Misattribution of citations to book reviews instead of books

Hi, I found some highly cited book reviews where the citing publications were most probably

Nov 12

Nov 12

changing counts of papers linked to institutions?

Hello everyone, We are currently researching completeness of the document-to-institution links in

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changing counts of papers linked to institutions?

Hello everyone, We are currently researching completeness of the document-to-institution links in

Nov 12

S Fattori, … Ed Summers4

Nov 12

Issues with OpenAlex API in Power BI since Walden launch

Hi, Thanks for the quick responses. Here's a bit more context. I'm pulling OpenAlex data

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Issues with OpenAlex API in Power BI since Walden launch

Hi, Thanks for the quick responses. Here's a bit more context. I'm pulling OpenAlex data

Nov 12

Adam Goldberg, … Kevin McCurley5

Nov 11

Walden (v2) misattributions/ambiguation of authors?

This is pretty clearly a case of malformed data from the publisher. The record should not have been

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Walden (v2) misattributions/ambiguation of authors?

This is pretty clearly a case of malformed data from the publisher. The record should not have been

Nov 11

André Hechler, Ivo Bleylevens2

Nov 11

DOI-based search for datasets partly broken?

Interesting Andre. Watching this post closely for any follow-ups ! Op maandag 10 november 2025 om 16:

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DOI-based search for datasets partly broken?

Interesting Andre. Watching this post closely for any follow-ups ! Op maandag 10 november 2025 om 16:

Nov 11

Ivo Bleylevens, … Casey Meyer12

Nov 10

Internal Server error since Walden launch

Hi Ivo. You don't have to wait for a release or anything. It should be fixed already. Yes, let us

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Internal Server error since Walden launch

Hi Ivo. You don't have to wait for a release or anything. It should be fixed already. Yes, let us

Nov 10

Nov 10

Suspicious amount of articles in the journal "Medical Entomology and Zoology"

It seems that "Medical Entomology and Zoology" became the most productive journal ever

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Suspicious amount of articles in the journal "Medical Entomology and Zoology"

It seems that "Medical Entomology and Zoology" became the most productive journal ever

Nov 10

Ricardo Rodrigues Lucca

Nov 6

Snapshot Update

Hello, I noticed that the “legacy-data” prefix of the snapshot has already been updated. However, I

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Snapshot Update

Hello, I noticed that the “legacy-data” prefix of the snapshot has already been updated. However, I

Nov 6

Nov 5

`group_by=authors_count` not working anymore

Dear all, until Walden (data version 2), requests like https://api.openalex.org/works?group_by=

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`group_by=authors_count` not working anymore

Dear all, until Walden (data version 2), requests like https://api.openalex.org/works?group_by=

Nov 5

James Howison, … Samuel Mok4

Nov 4

Thoughts on how/if to view all publications from a group of authors

Yes, your last url (https://openalex.org/works?filter=authorships.author.id:a5034085206|a5047170063|

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Thoughts on how/if to view all publications from a group of authors

Yes, your last url (https://openalex.org/works?filter=authorships.author.id:a5034085206|a5047170063|

Nov 4

Gabor Schubert2

Nov 4

Deleted Journals

UPDATE (2025-11-04) It seems that the "Deleted Journal" source was deleted from OpenAlex.

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Deleted Journals

UPDATE (2025-11-04) It seems that the "Deleted Journal" source was deleted from OpenAlex.

Nov 4

Nov 3

Stats of how many papers have abstracts and full papers(oa_url links) successfully available /

Some papers don't have anything meaningful in abstract. And some papers dont lead to a meaningful

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Stats of how many papers have abstracts and full papers(oa_url links) successfully available /

Some papers don't have anything meaningful in abstract. And some papers dont lead to a meaningful

Nov 3

Oct 27

Announcement pre-release of new OpenAlex access Package!

Hi I would like to announce a new package for working with OpenAlex: openalexPro . It supplements the

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Announcement pre-release of new OpenAlex access Package!

Hi I would like to announce a new package for working with OpenAlex: openalexPro . It supplements the

Oct 27

Matthijs de Zwaan, … Ivo Bleylevens3

Oct 26

Issues with OA FWCI and citation percentiles

Hi Matthijs , very interesting topic and we are dealing with the same atm ! Whats the status at the

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Issues with OA FWCI and citation percentiles

Hi Matthijs , very interesting topic and we are dealing with the same atm ! Whats the status at the

Oct 26

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