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OpenAlex: Features, advantages and limitations of an open database for retrieving and analysing scholarly outputs

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Main Authors:	Borrego, Ángel, Urbano, Cristóbal
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Digital Libraries
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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