Openalex Database
Access and query Dr. Shailesh's OpenAlex database for research publications, authors, institutions, and related scholarly data.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add drshailesh88-openalex-database npx -- -y @trustedskills/drshailesh88-openalex-database
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"drshailesh88-openalex-database": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/drshailesh88-openalex-database"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill provides access to the OpenAlex database, a comprehensive resource for information about researchers, publications, institutions, and grants. It allows agents to retrieve structured data on academic work, enabling tasks like identifying experts in specific fields, tracking research trends, or building knowledge graphs of scientific collaborations. The database is regularly updated and offers an alternative to discontinued services.
When to use it
- Literature Review: Quickly identify relevant publications based on keywords, authors, or institutions.
- Expert Identification: Find researchers working in a specific area by querying for publications or grants related to a topic.
- Grant Analysis: Retrieve information about research funding and the organizations involved.
- Citation Network Exploration: Analyze relationships between publications through citation data.
Key capabilities
- Access to researcher profiles including affiliations, publications, and grant history.
- Retrieval of publication details: title, authors, abstract, references.
- Querying by keywords, author names, institutions, or grants.
- Structured data output for easy integration into other tools.
Example prompts
- "Find all publications by Dr. Jane Doe affiliated with Stanford University."
- "List researchers who have received grants from the National Science Foundation related to climate change."
- "What are the most cited papers on deep learning published in 2023?"
Tips & gotchas
The OpenAlex database is vast; be specific with your queries to avoid overwhelming results. Consider using filters for publication date, research area, or other relevant criteria to refine searches.
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