Searches OpenAlex (CC0) for scholarly works
Searches OpenAlex (CC0) for scholarly works: title, authors with institutions, year, venue, DOI, open-access PDF link, citation count, topic and abstract (max 2,000 characters). Filters: publication year range, open access only, minimum citations; sort by relevance, citations or date (citations and date search the words as one phrase). Limit max 25.
Answeringour last check, 2026-10-18
1 of 1checks answered this week
36 msmedian answer time
$0.002listed price per call
$0.002price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://api.sitecheck-api.workers.dev/api/research/papers
| Category | Search and research |
|---|---|
| Provider host | api.sitecheck-api.workers.dev |
| Networks | eip155:5042, eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 2 from 2 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.002 | 36 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"limit": "2",
"q": "retrieval augmented generation",
"sort": "citations"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"fromYear": {
"description": "Earliest publication year (optional)",
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Results, 1-25 (default 10)",
"type": "string"
},
"minCitations": {
"description": "Minimum citation count (default 0)",
"type": "string"
},
"openAccess": {
"description": "Only open-access works (default false)",
"type": "string"
},
"q": {
"description": "Search words (1-200 characters)",
"type": "string"
},
"sort": {
"description": "relevance (default), citations or date",
"type": "string"
},
"toYear": {
"description": "Latest publication year (optional)",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"q"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}