Filter topics

You can filter topics with the filter parameter:

Get topics that are in the subfield "Epidemiology" (id: 2713) https://api.openalex.org/topics?filter=subfield.id:2713

It's best to read about filters before trying these out. It will show you how to combine filters and build an AND, OR, or negation query

You can filter using these attributes of the Topic object (click each one to view their documentation on the Topic object page):

These filters aren't attributes of the Topic object, but they're included to address some common use cases:

Value: a search string

This works the same as using the search parameter for Topics.

Value: a search string

Returns: topics with a display_name containing the given string; see the search page for details.

In most cases, you should use the search parameter instead of this filter because it uses a better search algorithm.

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