The Global South is a term used to identify regions within Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Our source for this group of countries is the United Nations Finance Center for South-South Cooperation.
You can filter Global South countries by using the boolean filter is_global_south in the following endpoints:
| Endpoint | Format |
|---|---|
| Authors | /authors?filter=last_known_institution.is_global_south:<boolean> |
| Institutions | /institutions?filter=is_global_south:<boolean> |
| Works | /works?filter=institutions.is_global_south:<boolean> |
You can also group by the Global South:
| Endpoint | Format |
|---|---|
| Authors | /authors?group-by=last_known_institution.is_global_south |
| Institutions | /institutions?group-by=is_global_south |
| Works | /works?group-by=institutions.is_global_south |
To see country-by-country details for a geographic region, filter by region, then group by country_code.
- Get number of authors with last known institution in the Global South, by country
https://api.openalex.org/authors?filter=last_known_institution.is_global_south:true&group-by=last_known_institution.country_code
Response:
// all countries are in the Global South
{
key: "CN",
key_display_name: "China",
count: 13926441
},
{
key: "IN",
key_display_name: "India",
count: 2632721
},
{
key: "BR",
key_display_name: "Brazil",
count: 2089957
}...