Publication data is queried and retrieved from the OpenAlex catalog of scholarly records, using python. A simple script is used (the original script and data can be found here: https://doi.org/10.48328/tudatalib-1391.2), utilizing the OpenAlex API via the pyAlex library. Retrieved record data is dumped in json format to facilitate recurring or iterative analysis. A basic analysis regarding Open-Access is performed by this same script, list comprehension is used to filter records based on type and Open-Access status / features. Lastly, the analysis results are provided via simple printout. The script can be run as is to provide an analysis of peer-reviewed scientific journal articles published by members of Technical University of Darmstadt (TUDa), RWTH Aachen University (RWTH) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) during 2016-2023. As a basic analysis regarding Open-Access, total number of publications is counted per institution per year, as well as number of Open-Access publications and number of "gold" "Open-Access" publications (i.e. primary location of publication is an Open-Access Journal).

This repository entry provides updated data dump from the years between 2017 and 2024.