About OpenAlex
Community-hosted OpenAlex server: entity search, name resolution, citation graphs and trend analysis. Kahubi already searches OpenAlex natively for papers; connect this for citation-graph and bibliometric questions the built-in tools do not cover.
Questions you can ask OpenAlex
Type them into Kahubi’s chat once OpenAlex is connected.
“Which institutions published the most on microplastics in freshwater between 2019 and 2024?”
What comes back: Institution counts with OpenAlex entity IDs, so the ranking can be reproduced.
“Which later works cite this DOI most, and how has citation to it developed over time?”
What comes back: Citing works with OpenAlex IDs, DOIs and yearly citation counts.
OpenAlex MCP tools
The 5 tools the OpenAlex server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.
openalex_resolve_nameResolve a name or an identifier to an OpenAlex ID.
openalex_search_entitiesSearch, filter, sort, or retrieve by ID.
openalex_analyze_trendsAggregate OpenAlex entities into groups and count them.
openalex_get_citation_graphWalk the citation graph one hop from a seed work.
openalex_describe_fieldsList valid field names for an OpenAlex entity type and context (filter, group_by, or select).
Using OpenAlex in Kahubi
- Community server. An open-source server maintained by the MCP community. Kahubi tests it with live queries before listing it and health-checks it regularly.
- Cited, checkable answers. Results are treated as retrieved material and cited with the source’s own identifiers, so you can open every record the answer relied on.
- Your files stay private. Only the search the assistant writes for your question is sent to OpenAlex.
More scholarly literature sources
- CrossrefDOI metadata, reference lists, journals, funders and publisher members.
- ORCIDResearcher profiles, works, affiliations, funding and peer-review records.
- arXivPreprint search with metadata, category browsing and full-paper reading.
- Europe PMCLife-science literature: 40M+ abstracts, preprints and open-access full text.
- OpenAIRE GraphOpen-science graph linking publications, datasets, software and projects across Europe and beyond.
- DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)Peer-reviewed open-access journals and their articles, with APC and licence details.