OpenAlex is a fully open catalog of the global research system that describes scholarly entities and how those entities are connected to each other.
- Prefix
openalex- Keywords
- knowledge graph wikidata
- Links
- Homepage Request Discussion
Identifier Standards
- Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
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Local unique identifiers in OpenAlex should match this
regular expression:
^[WAICV]\d{2,}$ - Example Local Unique Identifier
- W2741809807 Resolve
- Pattern for CURIES
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Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from OpenAlex should match
this regular expression:
^openalex:[WAICV]\d{2,}$ - Example CURIE
- openalex:W2741809807
Contacts
- Contact
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Heather Piwowar
0000-0003-1613-5981
hpiwowar
- Identifier Space Owner
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OpenAlex
- Contributor
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creator
Daniel Himmelstein
0000-0002-3012-7446
dhimmel
- Reviewer
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Charles Tapley Hoyt
0000-0003-4423-4370
cthoyt
Providers
A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).
The local unique identifier W2741809807 is used to demonstrate the providers
available for OpenAlex. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below.
A guide for curating additional providers can be found
here.
| Provider Name | Provider Code | URI |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | openalex |
https://openalex.org/W2741809807 |
| Bioregistry | bioregistry |
https://bioregistry.io/openalex:W2741809807 |