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OpenAlex is a platform that collects and standardizes data from various sources.  The two most important data sources are MAG (Microsoft Academic Graph), which is a large database of scholarly publications and related information and Crossref, which is a non-profit organization that provides a digital infrastructure for scholarly contents.
Some other sources are ORCIDRORDOAJUnpaywallPubMedPubMed CentralThe ISSN International CentreInternet Archive and more.

You can find 8 Types of data in OpenAlex:

  • Works - journal articles, books, book chapters, datasets, conference proceedings, preprints, and theses/dissertations
  • Authors - people that create works
  • Sources - such as journals, conferences, and repositories
  • Institutions - Universities and other organizations to which authors claim affiliations
  • Concepts - Topics assigned to works
  • Publishers: Companies and organizations that distribute works
  • Funders: Organizations that fund research
  • Geo: Locations in the world

source: https://libguides.eduhk.hk/openalex