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Look up the OpenAlex work ID for a paper reference URL

Source: R/utils_render_cert_md.R
get_openalex_id.Rd

Queries the OpenAlex API by DOI. If the DOI lookup fails, falls back to a title search filtered by first author name (accepts only a single exact match).

Usage

get_openalex_id(paper_reference, paper_title = NULL, first_author_name = NULL)

Arguments

paper_reference

The paper reference URL (typically a DOI URL)

paper_title

Optional paper title for fallback search

first_author_name

Optional first author name for fallback search

Value

The OpenAlex work URL (e.g., "https://openalex.org/W1234567890") or NA_character_