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An open catalogue of works, authors, journals and institutions, useful for tracing citations without a subscription database.

Before you rely on itIt is a metadata catalogue, not a library: it tells you what exists and links out, but hosts no full text itself.

Use it to see who has cited a paper, or to map an unfamiliar field before you start reading.Telebem editors

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How you get in
Free to readOpen to anyone, no account needed.
Rights
Openly licensedThe rights holder published it free, usually under Creative Commons.
Subjects
General
Formats
Web · Data
Languages
English interface, multilingual records
Size
OpenAlex describes itself as a CC0 catalogue of more than 250 million scholarly works.
Run by
OurResearch, a non-profit

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