Scraping OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar for Research Intelligence
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Academic research intelligence is a growing field. Whether you're tracking emerging technologies, monitoring competitors' R&D, or building citation networks — OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar are the two largest open databases of scholarly work. Here's how to extract intelligence from both. OpenAlex vs Semantic Scholar OpenAlex: 250M+ works, fully open API, no auth required, covers all disciplines. Run by the nonprofit OurResearch. Semantic Scholar: 200M+ papers, AI2-backed, excellent