GET /countries

openalex.org:openalex-api

Summary: List countries
Operation ID: listCountries
Auth: unknown
Description

Get a list of countries. Useful for filtering works by author affiliation country.

Parameters (10)

api_key (string, query, required)

Your OpenAlex API key (required). Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

cursor (string, query, optional)

Cursor for deep pagination. Use `cursor=*` to start, then use the `next_cursor` from the response.

filter (string, query, optional)

Filter countries. Examples: `id:US`, `works_count:>1000000` See [all Country fields](/api-reference/countries#available-filter-sort-and-group_by-fields).

group_by (string, query, optional)

Group results by a field and return counts. Available fields vary by entity type. See [all Country fields](/api-reference/countries#available-filter-sort-and-group_by-fields).

page (integer, query, optional)

Page number for pagination. Use cursor for deep pagination beyond 10,000 results.

Constraints: {'minimum': 1}

per_page (integer, query, optional, default: 25)

Number of results per page (1-100, default 25)

Constraints: {'minimum': 1, 'maximum': 100}

sample (integer, query, optional)

Return a random sample of N results (max 10,000). Cannot be used with sort or page.

Constraints: {'maximum': 10000}

search (string, query, optional)

Full-text search across titles, abstracts, and other text fields. Example: `search=machine learning`

select (string, query, optional)

Comma-separated list of fields to return. Reduces response size. Example: `select=id,display_name,cited_by_count`

sort (string, query, optional)

Sort by: `works_count`, `cited_by_count`. Prefix with `-` for descending. See [all Country fields](/api-reference/countries#available-filter-sort-and-group_by-fields).

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
List countries with pagination curl https://api.openalex.org/countries?per_page=10&page=1
Filter by country ID curl https://api.openalex.org/countries?filter=id:US
Sort by works count descending curl https://api.openalex.org/countries?sort=-works_count&per_page=5

Probe History

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TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 11:07:15.149058 200 228ms
2026-03-23 09:22:34.957464 200 215ms
2026-03-23 09:06:18.217427 400 219ms

Response Changes

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2026-03-23 09:22:34.957464 7cc4ed395374 a798b118159e
2026-03-23 11:07:15.149058 a798b118159e 7cc6ddc52346