An Overhaul of Type Classification

This week we replaced how OpenAlex decides a work’s type. Every work we ingest carries this field — article, book-chapter, dissertation, dataset, retraction, and so on (the full taxonomy is here). A new classifier now assigns every work’s type from the evidence in its own record, using an auditable set of rules, and on its […] The post An Overhaul of Type Classification appeared first on OpenAlex blog .