---
id: "openalexid"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["science", "identifiers"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 90
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/openalexid"
---

# OpenAlex ID (`openalexid`)

Identifier of an entity in OpenAlex, the open catalogue of scholarly works: a letter for the entity type and a number. W is a work, A an author, S a source (journal or repository), I an institution, C a concept, T a topic, P a publisher and F a funder; V was used for venues before sources replaced them.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Scientific (science), Universal unique identifiers (identifiers)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[ACFIPSTVWacfipstvw][1-9]\d{3,9}$
```

## Examples

- `S4306525036` — PubMed
- `I114027177` — University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- `P4310320990` — Elsevier
- `F4320321001` — National Natural Science Foundation of China

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `openalex`
- wikidata: `P10283`

## Metacrafter rules

2 rules: 1 match the field name, 1 match values.

- `openalexidbyfieldname` (field, `common/science.yaml`)
- `openalexidbyvalue` (data, `common/science.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `metacrafter`

## Sources

- other: <https://docs.openalex.org/about-the-data#the-openalex-id>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P10283>

## Quality

Score 90/100. Missing: negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/openalexid.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/science/openalexid.yaml>