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OpenAlex

Works, authors, institutions and citation graphs across 270M+ scholarly records.

GlobalCommunity server

Free plan included. No API key needed.

About this source

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 the source 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.

What the assistant can do with it

The 5 tools this server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.

  • openalex_resolve_name

    Resolve a name or an identifier to an OpenAlex ID.

  • openalex_search_entities

    Search, filter, sort, or retrieve by ID.

  • openalex_analyze_trends

    Aggregate OpenAlex entities into groups and count them.

  • openalex_get_citation_graph

    Walk the citation graph one hop from a seed work.

  • openalex_describe_fields

    List valid field names for an OpenAlex entity type and context (filter, group_by, or select).

Good to know

  • 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.

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Ask OpenAlex your next research question

Connect OpenAlex in one click and get answers that cite their records, next to your own library and drafts. Free to start.