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OpenAlex Academic Works Scraper

Search and scrape academic papers from OpenAlex - the free, open academic database with 200M+ works. Filter by keyword, author, year, open access status, and type. No API key required.

Price
$0.005 per result
Runs to date
102
Teams using it
2
Last updated
2026-06-15

Run it from the API

POST · run and wait for the datasetcURL
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawlerbros~philpapers-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "maxItems": 50 }' \
  -G --data-urlencode "token=$APIFY_TOKEN"

Billed $0.005 per result. The call returns the dataset directly, so there is nothing to poll for a run of this size.

OpenAlex Academic Works Scraper vs the other AI and LLM scrapers

All 19 are ours and all are maintained, so the choice is about fit rather than quality. 1 of them cost less per result.

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OpenAlex Academic Works Scraperthis page$0.005102not yet rated
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Civitai Models & Creators Scraper$0.005152not yet rated
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Azure Marketplace Scraper$0.005137not yet rated
Papers with Code Scraper$0.005119not yet rated
MedlinePlus Scraper$0.005116not yet rated
Art Institute of Chicago Scraper$0.005116not yet rated
Scoop Windows Package Manager Scraper$0.005111not yet rated
StatMuse Scraper$0.005110not yet rated
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arXiv Research Paper Scraper$0.0051065.0 (1)