Year in Review
Create a beautiful timeline of your research publications from the past year. See your stats, discover patterns, and share your academic journey with the world.
How It Works
1. Find Your Profile
Search for your name to find your author profile.
2. Share Your Journey
Get your unique link or share directly on LinkedIn, X, and Bluesky.
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Celebrate Your Research Journey
Every year brings new discoveries, collaborations, and publications. The Year in Review tool helps you visualize and celebrate your academic achievements by creating a beautiful, shareable timeline of your research output.
Powered by OpenAlex, an open-access catalog of scholarly works, this free tool analyzes your publication history to create personalized statistics and a chronological view of your contributions to your field.
Why Create a Year in Review?
Reflect on Your Progress
See your entire year's worth of publications in one place. Identify your most productive periods, discover patterns in your research output, and appreciate how much you've accomplished.
Share Your Achievements
Your Year in Review is designed to be shared. Post it on LinkedIn, X, or Bluesky to celebrate your research milestones and connect with your academic community.
Discover Your Research Focus
Find out which topics dominated your research this year. Our analysis shows you the themes that emerged most frequently across your publications.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this tool free to use?
Yes! Year in Review is completely free. No account or email required.
Where does the data come from?
We use OpenAlex, an open catalog of the world's scholarly papers, researchers, and institutions. OpenAlex indexes over 250 million works from sources including Crossref, PubMed, ORCID, and institutional repositories.
What if I can't find myself?
Try searching with different variations of your name. OpenAlex may have your publications listed under a slightly different name format. If you have an ORCID, ensuring it's linked to your publications can help improve your OpenAlex profile.
Which years can I choose?
You can generate a Year in Review for any of the last 5 complete years (excluding the current year). By default, we select the most recent complete year, but you can change this before generating your review.
How is the "busiest month" calculated?
We count the number of publications by their publication date and identify the month with the highest count. This gives you insight into when your research output peaks.
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