OpenAIRE
Europe's open scholarly graph — publications, data, software, and funding, linked.
At a Glance
- Publisher
- OpenAIRE (a European nonprofit)
- Coverage
A linked graph of tens of millions of publications, datasets, software, and projects, connecting research outputs to their funders across Europe and beyond (verify current counts).
- Access
Free and open; APIs, dumps, and dashboards.
- Free alternative
- It is free; OpenAlex for the broader graph.
- Regional
European-funded but international; strong on EU-funded research linkage.
Our Take
OpenAIRE is the European counterpart to OpenAlex’s open-graph mission, with a particular strength: linking research outputs to the funding that produced them, which makes it the reference for open-science monitoring and funder impact in the EU. Its aggregation of publications, data, and software into one graph is genuinely useful for compliance reporting and landscape analysis. Coverage is deepest for EU-funded work and thinner elsewhere, and, like any large aggregator, metadata quality varies. Use it for funder-linked and European open-science analysis; pair with OpenAlex for global breadth.
Power Tips
- Use it to trace research outputs back to specific EU funding streams for impact reporting.
- Pull the linked datasets and software alongside publications, not just the papers.
- Combine with OpenAlex when you need coverage beyond European-funded work.
Alternatives & Complements
OpenAlex, CORE, BASE, Crossref
Figures last verified: June 15, 2026