GET /sdgs

openalex.org:openalex-api

Summary: List SDGs
Operation ID: listSdgs
Auth: unknown
Description

Get a list of UN Sustainable Development Goals. There are 17 SDGs.

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 SDGs. Examples: `id:3` (Good Health), `works_count:>100000` See [all SDG fields](/api-reference/sdgs#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 SDG fields](/api-reference/sdgs#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 SDG fields](/api-reference/sdgs#available-filter-sort-and-group_by-fields).

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
List all SDGs with default pagination curl https://api.openalex.org/sdgs
Get SDG by ID with filtered fields curl https://api.openalex.org/sdgs?filter=id:3&select=id,display_name,works_count,cited_by_count
Search SDGs and sort by works count curl https://api.openalex.org/sdgs?search=health&sort=works_count&per_page=10

Probe History

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TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 11:16:30.485752 200 244ms
2026-03-23 09:14:51.390330 200 214ms
2026-03-23 09:09:35.355635 200 285ms

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2026-03-23 09:14:51.390330 be9aba3054dd 9adf35ba066b
2026-03-23 11:16:30.485752 9adf35ba066b 1d2c48a25324