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Tim Sherratt

Oct 13

'green' OA in Figshare problems

Hi all, Has anyone noticed problems with green OA records pointing to Figshare? I'm doing some

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'green' OA in Figshare problems

Hi all, Has anyone noticed problems with green OA records pointing to Figshare? I'm doing some

Oct 13

Arjun Prabhulal, Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay2

Oct 10

Rivul AI – Built semantic search and MCP server on OpenAlex data

Dear Arjun, It's a one stop access for many related works. Congratulations !! One question - how

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Rivul AI – Built semantic search and MCP server on OpenAlex data

Dear Arjun, It's a one stop access for many related works. Congratulations !! One question - how

Oct 10

Jay Pfaffman

Oct 8

Chrome Extension for checking OpenAlex and Crossref APIs

TL;DR: Want a fast way to get to OpenAlex and Crossref API pages and use Chrome? I can help. I

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Chrome Extension for checking OpenAlex and Crossref APIs

TL;DR: Want a fast way to get to OpenAlex and Crossref API pages and use Chrome? I can help. I

Oct 8

Bella Ethan

Oct 6

Feedback For Vents Cleaning Group Discount

Hey Everyone! FYI me and some neighbors got the duct cleaning service done by Chris & the service

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Feedback For Vents Cleaning Group Discount

Hey Everyone! FYI me and some neighbors got the duct cleaning service done by Chris & the service

Oct 6

Jérémie Roussel

Oct 2

works_topics issue

Hi, i am working on the openalex database (from the snapshot with last update on the 26/06/2026) and

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works_topics issue

Hi, i am working on the openalex database (from the snapshot with last update on the 26/06/2026) and

Oct 2

Melissa Ratajeski, Tijmen Altena5

Oct 1

Jump in # of works for 2026 by Institution

A million thanks for shedding light on this! Melissa On Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 11:59:33 AM UTC-

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Jump in # of works for 2026 by Institution

A million thanks for shedding light on this! Melissa On Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 11:59:33 AM UTC-

Oct 1

Megan Michael

Sep 29

Looking for a Few More Homes for a Group Discount

Hi everyone, We're arranging dryer vent and duct cleaning with James and his team. I used him

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Looking for a Few More Homes for a Group Discount

Hi everyone, We're arranging dryer vent and duct cleaning with James and his team. I used him

Sep 29

Linda Harris

Sep 28

CHARLES IS COMING IN OUR AREA!!

Hey neighbors! I've been dealing with poor airflow and dust buildup throughout my home, so I

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CHARLES IS COMING IN OUR AREA!!

Hey neighbors! I've been dealing with poor airflow and dust buildup throughout my home, so I

Sep 28

Rudolf Kiechle, Jay Pfaffman3

Sep 23

Built a small provenance-tracking OA fulltext harvester on top of OpenAlex — sharing one real run, including a failure

See Sounds interesting. You'll be more likely to get help if you say more about the problem.

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Built a small provenance-tracking OA fulltext harvester on top of OpenAlex — sharing one real run, including a failure

See Sounds interesting. You'll be more likely to get help if you say more about the problem.

Sep 23

José Luis Jiménez Andrade, Gabor Schubert3

Sep 21

Citation attribution

Thank you very much, Gabor Schubert. I see that you documented this nearly a year ago. We considered

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Citation attribution

Thank you very much, Gabor Schubert. I see that you documented this nearly a year ago. We considered

Sep 21

benedicte varignon, Eric Jeangirard2

Sep 21

proximity operator

Hi Benedicte, You may do this with OQL, using proximity ( within N ) combined with truncation ( * ):

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proximity operator

Hi Benedicte, You may do this with OQL, using proximity ( within N ) combined with truncation ( * ):

Sep 21

Billy Wong, Jason Priem2

Sep 9

Country code

Hi Billy, Thanks for the report, and good catch. We fixed it today. You were right about Thailand (

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Country code

Hi Billy, Thanks for the report, and good catch. We fixed it today. You were right about Thailand (

Sep 9

Corina BARNA

Sep 7

Open Alex profiles

Hi, I discovered that I have 3 author profiles in Open Alex, due to my name changes. I claimed one of

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Open Alex profiles

Hi, I discovered that I have 3 author profiles in Open Alex, due to my name changes. I claimed one of

Sep 7

Alexander Thomas

Sep 3

Profile Verification Issues

Hi OpenAlex, I submitted a profile claim on August 3 rd which has appeared to have stalled. I

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Profile Verification Issues

Hi OpenAlex, I submitted a profile claim on August 3 rd which has appeared to have stalled. I

Sep 3

Henrik Spoon, … Bianca Kramer3

Sep 2

Embargoed articles

Hi Henrik, Gabor, all, A word of warning on oa_date - this variable used to be super useful to at

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Embargoed articles

Hi Henrik, Gabor, all, A word of warning on oa_date - this variable used to be super useful to at

Sep 2

Mitanshu Sukhwani

Aug 3

Will the Semantic search data be ever published?

Greetings all! I recently saw that the Semantic search got out of beta and was wondering if the

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Will the Semantic search data be ever published?

Greetings all! I recently saw that the Semantic search got out of beta and was wondering if the

Aug 3

Nick Selby

Jul 30

Field-level university and country rankings from the OpenAlex authors snapshot

Hi all, I'm new to the mailing list, and I wanted to share a pipeline I built on top of the

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Field-level university and country rankings from the OpenAlex authors snapshot

Hi all, I'm new to the mailing list, and I wanted to share a pipeline I built on top of the

Jul 30

wordslikethis

Jul 29

OQL rollout timeline

Hi all, Here's the updated timeline for rollout the new OQL feature. This includes changes to the

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OQL rollout timeline

Hi all, Here's the updated timeline for rollout the new OQL feature. This includes changes to the

Jul 29

wordslikethis

Jul 17

new feature (alpha): OpenAlex Query Language, visual query builder!

The subject says it all! You can learn more here: https://openalex.org/query Here's a 9-minute

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new feature (alpha): OpenAlex Query Language, visual query builder!

The subject says it all! You can learn more here: https://openalex.org/query Here's a 9-minute

Jul 17

Friedman, Jason, Tijmen Altena3

Jul 16

possible DOI search bug?

Hi Tijmen, Wow, ok, thanks for that explanation (and confirmation that it's not my query).

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possible DOI search bug?

Hi Tijmen, Wow, ok, thanks for that explanation (and confirmation that it's not my query).

Jul 16

Yusuf Ozkan, … Eric Schares3

Jul 16

"Open MIND" source showing ~2M works

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"Open MIND" source showing ~2M works

Jul 16

D.zkreet Deazoo, Gabor Schubert2

Jul 12

XPAC content: "Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew)"

The highly cited example (https://openalex.org/works/w4205483821) you gave now points to a record,

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XPAC content: "Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew)"

The highly cited example (https://openalex.org/works/w4205483821) you gave now points to a record,

Jul 12

David James Harding

Jul 9

Incorrect institutional affiliation in OpenAlex

I am a member of the Rankings Working group at Suranaree University of Technology in Nakhon

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Incorrect institutional affiliation in OpenAlex

I am a member of the Rankings Working group at Suranaree University of Technology in Nakhon

Jul 9

Raphael Faria Vilas Boas

Jul 6

Potential issue with Diamond Open Access classification in OpenAlex

Dear all, I identified an issue in OpenAlex that may already have been noticed by others, but I

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Potential issue with Diamond Open Access classification in OpenAlex

Dear all, I identified an issue in OpenAlex that may already have been noticed by others, but I

Jul 6

Arash Hajikhani, … Alison Clarke3

Jul 6

Best practices for incremental updates to a local OpenAlex PostgreSQL database?

We're using the parquet files, and using them to update Iceberg tables, which is faster than your

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Best practices for incremental updates to a local OpenAlex PostgreSQL database?

We're using the parquet files, and using them to update Iceberg tables, which is faster than your

Jul 6

M. Santín, Christos Petrou2

Jul 1

Inflated number of articles in OpenAlex and its impact on FWCI

Type mis-classification seems to have been an issue for the full 2026, possibly starting late 2025.

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Inflated number of articles in OpenAlex and its impact on FWCI

Type mis-classification seems to have been an issue for the full 2026, possibly starting late 2025.

Jul 1

Antonio Jose Molina Gutierrez, Rainer M Krug4

Jun 30

Mismatch between Authors collection size in manifest and records contained in the latest Parquet files

Glad that you found the bug. Cheers Rainer On 30 Jun 2026, at 15:33, Antonio Jose Molina Gutierrez

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Mismatch between Authors collection size in manifest and records contained in the latest Parquet files

Glad that you found the bug. Cheers Rainer On 30 Jun 2026, at 15:33, Antonio Jose Molina Gutierrez

Jun 30

Megan Michael

Jun 27

JAMES IS COMING TO OUR AREA

We're scheduling a duct and vent cleaning with James, and if anyone else is interested, we can

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JAMES IS COMING TO OUR AREA

We're scheduling a duct and vent cleaning with James, and if anyone else is interested, we can

Jun 27

Esther M. Jackson

Jun 26

OpenAlex with VIVO

We are investigating a VIVO (https://www.vivoweb.org/) installation for our organization and would

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OpenAlex with VIVO

We are investigating a VIVO (https://www.vivoweb.org/) installation for our organization and would

Jun 26

Alysson Fernandes Mazoni

Jun 26

Post-doctoral oportunities (deadline extension)

Open call for post-doctoral positions The Institute of Geosciences at University of Campinas (UNICAMP

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Post-doctoral oportunities (deadline extension)

Open call for post-doctoral positions The Institute of Geosciences at University of Campinas (UNICAMP

Jun 26