Analyzing the Utility of Openalex to Identify Studies for Systematic Reviews: Methods and a Case Study.

ABSTRACT: Open access scholarly resources have potential to simplify the literature search process, support more equitable access to research knowledge, and reduce biases from lack of access to relevant literature. OpenAlex is the world's largest open access database of academic research. However, it is not known whether OpenAlex is suitable for comprehensively identifying research for systematic reviews. We present an approach to measure the utility of OpenAlex as part of undertaking a systematic review, and present findings in the context of undertaking a systematic map on the implementation of diabetic eye screening. Procedures were developed to investigate OpenAlex's content coverage and capture, focusing on: (1) availability of relevant research records; (2) retrieval of relevant records from a

SUBMITTER: Stansfield C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12302543 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature