List authors
Get a list of authors with optional filtering, searching, sorting, and pagination.
Query parameters
Filter authors. Examples: has_orcid:true, last_known_institutions.id:I27837315, works_count:>100, affiliations.institution.country_code:US See all Author fields.
Sort by: works_count, cited_by_count, summary_stats.h_index, summary_stats.i10_index. Prefix with - for descending. See all Author fields.
Group by: last_known_institutions.country_code, last_known_institutions.type, has_orcid See all Author fields.
Full-text search across titles, abstracts, and other text fields. Example: search=machine learning
Number of results per page (1-100, default 25)
Page number for pagination. Use cursor for deep pagination beyond 10,000 results.
Cursor for deep pagination. Use cursor=* to start, then use the next_cursor from the response.
Return a random sample of N results (max 10,000). Cannot be used with sort or page.
Comma-separated list of fields to return. Reduces response size. Example: select=id,display_name,cited_by_count
Your OpenAlex API key (required). Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api
Response
Successful response
Example response
{
"results": [
{
"id": "https://openalex.org/A5023888391"
}
]
}