OPopenalex
Keywords

Get a single keyword

Retrieve a single keyword by OpenAlex ID.

get/keywords/{id}

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api.openalex.org
  • URL
    https://api.openalex.org/keywords/{id}
  • Auth
    API key in query parameter api_key

Path parameters

idstring required

OpenAlex ID (e.g., K12345)

Query parameters

selectstring

Comma-separated list of fields to return. Reduces response size. Example: select=id,display_name,cited_by_count

api_keystring required

Your OpenAlex API key (required). Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

Response

Successful response

idstring

The OpenAlex ID for this keyword.

display_namestring

The English-language label of the keyword.

works_countinteger

The number of works tagged with this keyword.

cited_by_countinteger

The total citations to works tagged with this keyword.

works_api_urlstring
created_datestring date

When this keyword was added to OpenAlex (ISO 8601 date).

updated_datestring date-time

When this keyword was last updated (ISO 8601 datetime).

Changes

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