{"uid":"cap_8C6ZAoiNIkl8DBXzlAuvL","slug":"signaldesk-ai-openalex-work-lookup-f343ca2d","name":"SignalDesk AI – OpenAlex Work Lookup","description":"Evidence-backed autonomous AI jobs and paid data tools. Queue/D1/cron run outside the chat; free quotas and bounded execution apply.","url":"https://x402-agent.kariguetoazul.workers.dev/api/research/openalex-work?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","$schema":"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema","required":["input"],"properties":{"input":{"type":"object","required":["type","method"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string","const":"http"},"method":{"enum":["GET","HEAD","DELETE"],"type":"string"},"queryParams":{"type":"object","required":["id"],"properties":{"id":{"type":"string","pattern":"^W[0-9]+$","maxLength":30,"description":"OpenAlex W identifier."}},"additionalProperties":false}},"additionalProperties":false},"output":{"type":"object","required":["type"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string"},"example":{"type":"object"}}}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"json","example":{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2741809807","doi":"https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4375","url":"https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4375","year":2018,"title":"The state of OA: a large-scale analysis of the prevalence and impact of Open Access articles","source":{"license":"CC0","provider":"OpenAlex","expires_at":"2026-10-03T09:44:49.386Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-02T09:44:49.386Z","source_url":"https://api.openalex.org/works/W2741809807","transformed":true},"authors":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5048491430","name":"Heather Piwowar"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5023888391","name":"Jason R Priem"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5068542997","name":"Vincent Larivière"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085171399","name":"Juan Pablo Alperín"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5066880338","name":"Lisa Matthias"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015414792","name":"Bree Norlander"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5062989025","name":"Ashley Farley"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046879461","name":"Jevin D. West"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014077037","name":"Stefanie Haustein"}],"citations":1260,"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4375","oa_status":"gold","any_repository_has_fulltext":true}}},"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.003","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.003/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.003","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.003","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_xUKLY6c1CfvcTfP3WyBjh","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.003","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Fetches structured metadata for a single academic work from OpenAlex by its W-identifier, including title, authors, DOI, citations, and open-access status.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Can you pull up the full metadata for OpenAlex work W2741809807 — I need the title, authors, citation count, and whether it's open access?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Citation count check for literature review","prompt":"I'm doing a literature review and need to know how many times OpenAlex work W2741809807 has been cited and who the authors are — can you fetch that?"},{"title":"Open access verification for a known paper","prompt":"Can you check if the paper with OpenAlex ID W3128349626 is available open access, and if so, what URL I can use to read it for free?"},{"title":"DOI resolution from OpenAlex identifier","prompt":"I have an OpenAlex work ID — W2741809807 — and I need the DOI and publication year so I can add it to my reference manager."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a JSON object with the OpenAlex work ID, DOI, full title, publication year, list of authors (with their OpenAlex author IDs and names), citation count, open access status (is_oa, oa_url, oa_status, any_repository_has_fulltext), and source metadata including provider, license, and cache timestamps.","failureModes":["Invalid W-identifier format (must match ^W[0-9]+$) returns a validation error","Work not found in OpenAlex returns a 404 or empty result","OpenAlex upstream API downtime causes fetch failure","ID exceeds 30-character maxLength limit","Missing required 'id' query parameter returns a schema validation error"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you have a specific OpenAlex W-identifier and need authoritative structured metadata for that single work, including open access status, citation count, and author details. Prefer this over general web search when you need machine-readable bibliographic data cached and served at low latency with a fixed $0.003 cost. Ideal for enriching citation graphs, validating references, or checking OA availability programmatically.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-12T18:45:35.256Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"signaldesk-ai-openalex-work-lookup-f343ca2d"}