Scholarly Co-Author Network

Build N-layer co-authorship graphs from OpenAlex, inspect authors, and find shortest collaboration paths.

OpenAlex public API BFS layers + shortest path Client-side only

Inputs

Your author name (“me”) Seed authors (one per line) Target author (optional)

Max depth

Max neighbors / author

Max total nodes

Enter names and resolve authors to begin.

If names are ambiguous, choose the best OpenAlex match before building.

Drag nodes, zoom, and click for details. Colours mark role and hop distance.

Show labels

No path computed yet.

Click a node to inspect author metadata.