diff --git a/src/client/fileindex.js b/src/client/fileindex.js
index 61558eb5f..27e4ac95f 100644
--- a/src/client/fileindex.js
+++ b/src/client/fileindex.js
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ export default class FileIndex {
     db.version(20).stores({
       bibliography: '[url+key], key, url, type, title, *authors,*keywords,*fields, year, *references, organization, microsoftid, doi, scholarid'
     }).upgrade(function () {    })
+    db.version(21).stores({
+      bibliography: '[url+key], key, url, type, title, *authors,*keywords,*fields, year, *references, organization, microsoftid, doi, scholarid, alexid'
+    }).upgrade(function () {    })
     return db 
   }
 
@@ -238,7 +241,6 @@ export default class FileIndex {
               type: entry.entryType,
               references: []
          }
-        
           if (entry.entryTags) {
               refentry.authors = Bibliography.splitAuthors(entry.entryTags.author || entry.entryTags.Author)
               refentry.title = Bibliography.cleanTitle(entry.entryTags.title || entry.entryTags.Title)
@@ -248,6 +250,7 @@ export default class FileIndex {
               refentry.organization = entry.entryTags.organization || entry.entryTags.Organization
               refentry.microsoftid = entry.entryTags.microsoftid // deprecated
               refentry.scholarid = entry.entryTags.scholarid
+              refentry.alexid = entry.entryTags.alexid
               refentry.doi = entry.entryTags.doi
           }
         visited.add(refentry.key)
diff --git a/src/client/protocols/bib.js b/src/client/protocols/bib.js
index a949993be..d1f7a6115 100644
--- a/src/client/protocols/bib.js
+++ b/src/client/protocols/bib.js
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export class BibScheme extends BibliographyScheme {
       content += "<div>" + papers.map(ea => {
         return `<literature-paper mode="short" scholarid="${ea.scholarid}"></literature-paper>`   
       }).join(" ") + "</div><br>"      
+    } else if(entry.alexid) {
+      content += "<div>" + `<a href="alex://browse/${entry.alexid}">[OpenAlex]</a>` + "</div><br>"
     } else if (entry.year) {
       content += "<div>" + `<a href="scholar://browse/paper/search?query=${entry.title}">[search scholar]</a>` + "</div><br>"
     }