About this plugin
Scholar Metrics Panels adds two independent research-intelligence panels to WordPress:
- An institution panel with research statistics, output trends, papers, topics, and collaborators.
- A country panel listing leading institutions for the selected research topics.
Panels appear only where you add a shortcode. The plugin does not inspect posts, match taxonomies, add panels automatically, create institution approval queues, or schedule cron jobs. An institution shortcode never falls back to a country panel, and a country shortcode never tries to resolve an institution.
Both panel types share a configurable visual system. Shared colors and frame styling are managed on Design, while each panel tab has its own layout selection and panel-specific controls. Each panel tab provides its own searchable subject selector, live preview, and shortcode generator.
Shortcodes
[smpxq_lab_panel id="I27837315" layout="editorial"]
Displays the OpenAlex institution with that ID using the editorial layout. The institution attribute is also accepted as an alias for id.
[smpxq_country_panel country="Germany" layout="compact"]
Displays leading institutions in the specified country using the compact layout. A two-letter country code can be passed with code, for example [smpxq_country_panel code="DE" layout="card"].
Both panels support the shared card, bordered, compact, flat, editorial, ledger, masthead, and minimal layouts. Institution panels also support profile, dashboard, and split; country panels also support atlas, leaderboard, and directory. If omitted or invalid for that panel type, each shortcode uses its saved default.
Each shortcode requires an explicit institution or country. Invalid or unavailable subjects render no panel.
Data and caching
The Get started tab controls research topics, the look-back window, cache duration, request timeout, and the OpenAlex API key. The Institution panel tab controls its paper heading, paper count, and list style.
Cached data refreshes during a shortcode request after it expires. If OpenAlex is temporarily unavailable, the plugin uses its last good cached panel when one exists. No scheduled tasks are created.
External services
org ) to retrieve public scholarly information.
Requests occur when an uncached or expired shortcode panel is viewed, when an administrator searches for an institution or topic, or when an administrator previews a real institution.
Depending on the action, requests can contain an explicit OpenAlex institution identifier, a two-letter country code, selected OpenAlex topic identifiers, an administrator-entered institution or topic search phrase, the site’s home URL in the user-agent header, and the API key configured by the administrator. OpenAlex also receives normal HTTP request metadata such as the site’s server IP address and user-agent.
The plugin does not send visitor form data, cookies, page URLs, or WordPress user data to OpenAlex. It sets no cookies and creates no visitor profiles.
OpenAlex is operated by OurResearch.
- Service information: https://openalex.org/
- API documentation: https://developers.openalex.org/
- Terms and privacy: https://openalex.org/legal