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Welcome to the OpenAlex User Group, which is the mailing list for OpenAlex (https://openalex.org/)! We use this list to announce big updates and new features.

To learn more, go to https://help.openalex.org. For support questions or bug reports, please email us directly at support@openalex.org.

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Jul 18

Update on author profiles and Claim Profile feature

Hello OpenAlex Community, We are currently making some pretty wide changes to OpenAlex's author

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Update on author profiles and Claim Profile feature

Hello OpenAlex Community, We are currently making some pretty wide changes to OpenAlex's author

Jul 18

Jul 15

Some recent updates and improvements

Dear OpenAlex Community, Announcing a few recent updates and improvements in OpenAlex: Get “aboutness

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Some recent updates and improvements

Dear OpenAlex Community, Announcing a few recent updates and improvements in OpenAlex: Get “aboutness

Jul 15

Jul 11

Upcoming webinar July 18th: openalexR

Hello OpenAlex community, Webinar next Thursday July 18: register here! Please join us next Thursday,

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Upcoming webinar July 18th: openalexR

Hello OpenAlex community, Webinar next Thursday July 18: register here! Please join us next Thursday,

Jul 11

Jul 1

June snapshot released

Hi all, The June snapshot is ready to download! The release notes are: - add new affiliations field

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June snapshot released

Hi all, The June snapshot is ready to download! The release notes are: - add new affiliations field

Jul 1

Jun 28

June snapshot delayed

Hi All, Unfortunately we need to delay the June snapshot a few days. It will be ready to download by

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June snapshot delayed

Hi All, Unfortunately we need to delay the June snapshot a few days. It will be ready to download by

Jun 28

Jun 28

New UI features: list, search, and filter for authors, institutions, sources

The UI has always let you do stuff with Works: list them, search them, filter them, group them. Now

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New UI features: list, search, and filter for authors, institutions, sources

The UI has always let you do stuff with Works: list them, search them, filter them, group them. Now

Jun 28

May 30

May snapshot available, search without stemming

Hi all, The May snapshot is available to download! It contains some awesome improvements: Over the

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May snapshot available, search without stemming

Hi all, The May snapshot is available to download! It contains some awesome improvements: Over the

May 30

May 29

OpenAlex Virtual User Conference: This Thursday and Friday!

Hi everyone! We are really excited for the first OpenAlex Virtual User Conference, taking place

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OpenAlex Virtual User Conference: This Thursday and Friday!

Hi everyone! We are really excited for the first OpenAlex Virtual User Conference, taking place

May 29

Jason Portenoy2

May 13

Save the date for the 2024 OpenAlex Virtual User Conference

Hi everyone! The schedule and registration links for the OpenAlex Virtual User Conference are now

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Save the date for the 2024 OpenAlex Virtual User Conference

Hi everyone! The schedule and registration links for the OpenAlex Virtual User Conference are now

May 13

May 3

An update on author profile curation

Dear OpenAlex Community, Thank you to everyone who has reached out with curation requests to help

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An update on author profile curation

Dear OpenAlex Community, Thank you to everyone who has reached out with curation requests to help

May 3

Apr 26

April snapshot released

Good morning, The April snapshot is released and ready to download! The release notes for this

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April snapshot released

Good morning, The April snapshot is released and ready to download! The release notes for this

Apr 26

Apr 24

Upcoming webinars (next one is *tomorrow*)

Dear OpenAlex community, We have a few webinars coming up that we wanted to draw your attention to.

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Upcoming webinars (next one is *tomorrow*)

Dear OpenAlex community, We have a few webinars coming up that we wanted to draw your attention to.

Apr 24

Apr 18

Upcoming field changes: raw_affiliation_string, last_known_institution, keywords

Good afternoon, We've mentioned removing a couple fields from the API and snapshot, and have had

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Upcoming field changes: raw_affiliation_string, last_known_institution, keywords

Good afternoon, We've mentioned removing a couple fields from the API and snapshot, and have had

Apr 18

Apr 1

Upcoming metadata and schema changes

Dear OpenAlex community, This is an advanced warning message about two upcoming changes to the

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Upcoming metadata and schema changes

Dear OpenAlex community, This is an advanced warning message about two upcoming changes to the

Apr 1

Mar 29

March snapshot released

Oh, and documentation for the snapshot is located here: https://docs.openalex.org/download-all-data/

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March snapshot released

Oh, and documentation for the snapshot is located here: https://docs.openalex.org/download-all-data/

Mar 29

Mar 28

Announcing a new discussion group: OpenAlex Community

Dear OpenAlex Community, Announcing a new place to have community-wide discussions about anything of

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Announcing a new discussion group: OpenAlex Community

Dear OpenAlex Community, Announcing a new place to have community-wide discussions about anything of

Mar 28

Jason Portenoy, Kaveh Bazargan3

Mar 22

Retractions data update: corrections to misattributed retractions

Thank you Kaveh. We will keep an eye out for updates about this from Crossref. On Friday, March 22,

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Retractions data update: corrections to misattributed retractions

Thank you Kaveh. We will keep an eye out for updates about this from Crossref. On Friday, March 22,

Mar 22

Mar 18

OpenAlex Webinar March 28 — Guest presentations from commercial organizations

Hello OpenAlex community, Announcing an upcoming webinar on March 28 at 12pm Eastern: How OpenAlex is

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OpenAlex Webinar March 28 — Guest presentations from commercial organizations

Hello OpenAlex community, Announcing an upcoming webinar on March 28 at 12pm Eastern: How OpenAlex is

Mar 18

Mar 13

website updates: lots of new filters!

Hi Y'all, I just pushed some new filters! New search filters: filter works by searching within

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website updates: lots of new filters!

Hi Y'all, I just pushed some new filters! New search filters: filter works by searching within

Mar 13

Mar 12

website updates: Endnote export, work zoom, etc

New features up today: You can now export works in Endnote format (.ris), as well as WoS txt and

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website updates: Endnote export, work zoom, etc

New features up today: You can now export works in Endnote format (.ris), as well as WoS txt and

Mar 12

Mar 11

small release: author- and source-level metrics, better filters ux

New features up today: cleaner Add Filter interface author-level metrics: h-index, i10-index source-

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small release: author- and source-level metrics, better filters ux

New features up today: cleaner Add Filter interface author-level metrics: h-index, i10-index source-

Mar 11

Mar 6

New user interface!

Hi all, We just shipped a new version of the OpenAlex webapp, with lots of great new features: save

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New user interface!

Hi all, We just shipped a new version of the OpenAlex webapp, with lots of great new features: save

Mar 6

Mar 4

Help us plan the first OpenAlex Virtual User Conference

Hello OpenAlex community! After receiving suggestions from users around the world, we are planning

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Help us plan the first OpenAlex Virtual User Conference

Hello OpenAlex community! After receiving suggestions from users around the world, we are planning

Mar 4

Feb 28

February snapshot released

Hi All, The February snapshot is available to download! The release notes are: RELEASE 2024-02-27 -

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February snapshot released

Hi All, The February snapshot is available to download! The release notes are: RELEASE 2024-02-27 -

Feb 28

Bianca Kramer, Casey Meyer2

Feb 21

Publishers in sources

Hi Bianca, I looked into this and you're correct, for some reason we are only setting the

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Publishers in sources

Hi Bianca, I looked into this and you're correct, for some reason we are only setting the

Feb 21

Feb 21

Webinar tomorrow: EPFL

Dear OpenAlex community, Reminder that we are hosting a webinar tomorrow, Feb 22 at 9am EST: "

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Webinar tomorrow: EPFL

Dear OpenAlex community, Reminder that we are hosting a webinar tomorrow, Feb 22 at 9am EST: "

Feb 21

Feb 20

Domain, field, and subfield ID format changing

Hi All, We are changing the IDs for domains, fields, and subfields from a number into an OpenAlex

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Domain, field, and subfield ID format changing

Hi All, We are changing the IDs for domains, fields, and subfields from a number into an OpenAlex

Feb 20

Feb 12

Introducing OpenAlex Topics

Dear OpenAlex community, This is the official announcement of our new Topics feature. Topics are a

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Introducing OpenAlex Topics

Dear OpenAlex community, This is the official announcement of our new Topics feature. Topics are a

Feb 12

Tijmen Altena, Jason Portenoy2

Feb 1

Retractionwatch data

Thank you for bringing this up, Tijmen! Yes, we have incorporated the public database from Retraction

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Retractionwatch data

Thank you for bringing this up, Tijmen! Yes, we have incorporated the public database from Retraction

Feb 1

Jan 26

January snapshot posted

Hi All, The latest snapshot is available to download! This release includes: a new author

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January snapshot posted

Hi All, The latest snapshot is available to download! This release includes: a new author

Jan 26

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