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Total scholarly works (OpenAlex)

OpenAlex

321M
works · 2026-07-20
S-curve
best-fit model
340M
projected 2027
205M250M295M340M202220232024202520262027340M 2027
Logistic (S-curve) fitbest fit (AICc)N(t) = L / (1 + e^{−k(t − t₀)})
carrying capacity L 17Bsteepness k 0.081 / yrmidpoint t₀ 2075 0.8935forecast 340M by 2027

Forecast = 10% of the 5-yr record. ⚠ No saturation yet, so the carrying capacity L is poorly constrained — treat the logistic curve as a lower-bound scenario.

SourceOpenAlex
Update cadenceweekly
Live endpointhttps://api.openalex.org/works?per-page=1&select=id&mailto=chrmnch@icloud.com
Parsejson · meta.count
Dateworks
2026-07-20320,788,011
2026-07-13319,512,759
2026-07-06318,967,691
2026-06-24317,500,885
2025-12-31280,109,059
2025-09-23271,095,541
2025-05-02266,577,590
2025-03-17265,074,378
2024-12-03261,625,306
2024-09-10259,074,808
2024-04-13251,568,022
2023-11-03245,728,617
2023-10-16245,161,833
2023-05-30240,678,124
2023-03-31249,384,043
2022-12-25245,547,508
2022-10-13243,553,804
2022-01-04204,557,662
2022-01-03209,000,000

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