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openalex

pipeworx.ioInfrastructure

No liveness check has reached it yet; it has been in the index since 10 Oct 2026. How this is checked

OpenAlex is an MCP server that exposes tools for searching scholarly works, authors, institutions, and research concepts. It returns structured research metadata such as abstracts, publication details, citation counts, affiliations, and related concepts for AI assistants and research applications.

Inferred · not functionally tested

WebAPICloud-managed
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Overview

6 features

Purpose: Finding and retrieving structured academic research metadata across scholarly works, authors, institutions, and concepts.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Audience: researchers and developers building AI research assistants

Inferred · not functionally tested

Functions: rag, data_extraction

Inferred · not functionally tested

Interfaces: API: indicated (inferred, not tested) · MCP: indicated (inferred, not tested) · CLI: unknown · Self-hosting: unknown

Recorded constraints: pricing: unknown · license: Proprietary · platforms: WEB · deployment: browser, api_only, cloud_managed

Constraint provenance is unknown; confirm requirements with the publisher.

Record sources: gateway.pipeworx.io. These links do not verify the individual claims.

openalex sits in PulseGate's RAG, search & retrieval category. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on finding and retrieving structured academic research metadata across scholarly works, authors, institutions, and concepts. Inferred · not functionally tested: openalex is a B2B product aimed at researchers and developers building AI research assistants. Basis unknown · not verified: It runs on the web and API.

Pipeworx builds and maintains openalex. Inferred · not functionally tested: Among its 6 catalogued features are work search, author search, and institution search. Inferred · not functionally tested: Catalogued interfaces include an MCP server.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested

  • Work search
  • Author search
  • Institution search
  • Concept lookup
  • Scholarly work lookup
  • Citation metadata

Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested

Tags
academic-searchscholarly-metadataresearch-discoverymcp-server

JSON profile · Text profile · Access guide

Built with & integrations

Hosting
Cloudflare
Connectors
MCP
Runs on
BrowserAPI-onlyCloud-managed
Detected from
Cloudflare
cf-ray header

Trust & compliance

Public signals
HTTPS

Indexing history

1

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

  1. Indexed10 Oct · 00:02 UTC
    Openalex seen via MCP Registry (official)
    Source: MCP Registry (official) · Open

Frequently asked questions about openalex

What is openalex?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Openalex focuses on finding and retrieving structured academic research metadata across scholarly works, authors, institutions, and concepts. It is catalogued under RAG, search & retrieval on PulseGate.
Who should use openalex?
Inferred · not functionally tested: openalex is a B2B product built for researchers and developers building AI research assistants.
What platforms does openalex run on?
Basis unknown · not verified: openalex runs on the web and API.
Is openalex still active?
Unverified. openalex has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What projects are similar to openalex?
Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include OpenAlex MCP, Alexandria, and OpenSearch MCP.OpenAlex MCPAlexandriaOpenSearch MCP
Who develops openalex?
openalex is developed by Pipeworx.
Does openalex have an API or integrations?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Yes — openalex exposes an MCP server.

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