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Academic Research

Search academic papers and conduct literature reviews using OpenAlex API (free, no key needed)

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Search academic papers and conduct literature reviews using OpenAlex API (free, no key needed)

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Academic Research

Search 250M+ academic works via OpenAlex. No API key required.

Built by Topanga — AI Research Consultant

Quick Start

Search papers by topic

bash
python3 scripts/scholar-search.py search "transformer architectures" --limit 10

Search by author

bash
python3 scripts/scholar-search.py author "Yann LeCun" --limit 5

Look up by DOI

bash
python3 scripts/scholar-search.py doi "10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2"

Get citation chain (papers that cite a work)

bash
python3 scripts/scholar-search.py citations "10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2" --direction both

Deep read (fetch abstract + full text when available)

bash
python3 scripts/scholar-search.py deep "10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2"

JSON output for programmatic use

bash
python3 scripts/scholar-search.py search "CRISPR" --json

Literature Review Workflow

Automated multi-step literature review:

bash
python3 scripts/literature-review.py "algorithmic literacy in education" --papers 30 --output review.md

This will:

  • Search for papers across multiple query variations
  • Deduplicate and rank by relevance + citations
  • Identify thematic clusters
  • Generate a structured synthesis in markdown
Options:
  • --papers N — Target number of papers (default: 20)
  • --output FILE — Write review to file (default: stdout)
  • --years 2020-2025 — Restrict publication year range
  • --json — Output structured JSON instead of markdown

Output Format

All search commands return structured data per paper:

  • Title and publication year
  • Authors (up to 5)
  • Abstract (when available)
  • Citation count
  • DOI
  • Open access URL (when available)
  • Source journal/venue

Tips

  • OpenAlex sorts by relevance by default; use --sort citations for most-cited
  • Combine search + deep for quick triage: search first, deep-read promising hits
  • The literature review script caches results in /tmp/litreview_cache/ to avoid re-fetching
  • For full-text PDFs, pipe DOIs to your PDF extraction tool

Installation

Terminal bash

openclaw install academic-research
    
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Quick Info

Category Development
Model Claude 3.5
Complexity One-Click
Author rogersuperbuilderalpha
Last Updated 3/10/2026
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Optimized for
Claude 3.5
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openclaw install academic-research