diff --git a/src/paperqa/clients/openalex.py b/src/paperqa/clients/openalex.py
index 087682442..3b7d35e53 100644
--- a/src/paperqa/clients/openalex.py
+++ b/src/paperqa/clients/openalex.py
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ async def get_doc_details_from_openalex(
 
     if fields:
         params["select"] = ",".join(fields)
-
     response = await client.get(
         url, params=params, timeout=OPENALEX_API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
     )
@@ -104,6 +103,7 @@ async def get_doc_details_from_openalex(
         raise DOINotFoundError("OpenAlex API returned a failed status for the query.")
 
     results_data = response_data
+
     if params.get("filter") is not None:
         results_data = results_data["results"]
         if len(results_data) == 0:
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ async def get_doc_details_from_openalex(
             )
         results_data = results_data[0]
 
+    # openalex keeps the DOI prefix on (we remove)
+    if results_data.get("doi"):
+        results_data["doi"] = results_data["doi"].removeprefix("https://doi.org/")
+
     if (
         doi is None
         and title
@@ -119,6 +123,7 @@ async def get_doc_details_from_openalex(
         < title_similarity_threshold
     ):
         raise DOINotFoundError(f"OpenAlex results did not match for title {title!r}.")
+
     if doi and results_data.get("doi") != doi:
         raise DOINotFoundError(f"DOI {doi!r} not found in OpenAlex.")
 
diff --git a/tests/cassettes/test_does_openalex_work[10.1021-acs.jctc.5b00178-True].yaml b/tests/cassettes/test_does_openalex_work[10.1021-acs.jctc.5b00178-True].yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0858873f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cassettes/test_does_openalex_work[10.1021-acs.jctc.5b00178-True].yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+interactions:
+  - request:
+      body: null
+      headers:
+        accept:
+          - "*/*"
+        accept-encoding:
+          - gzip, deflate
+        connection:
+          - keep-alive
+        host:
+          - api.openalex.org
+        user-agent:
+          - python-httpx/0.28.1
+      method: GET
+      uri: https://api.openalex.org/works/https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.jctc.5b00178
+    response:
+      body:
+        string: !!binary |
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+          - application/json
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+        RateLimit-Reset:
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+        Reporting-Endpoints:
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+version: 1
diff --git a/tests/test_clients.py b/tests/test_clients.py
index 1db07f0c4..37c7bb500 100644
--- a/tests/test_clients.py
+++ b/tests/test_clients.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 )
 from paperqa.clients.client_models import MetadataPostProcessor, MetadataProvider
 from paperqa.clients.journal_quality import JournalQualityPostProcessor
-from paperqa.clients.openalex import reformat_name
+from paperqa.clients.openalex import OpenAlexProvider, reformat_name
 from paperqa.clients.retractions import RetractionDataPostProcessor
 from paperqa.types import DocDetails
 
@@ -793,3 +793,28 @@ async def test_tricky_journal_quality_results(doi: str, score: int) -> None:
         assert (
             crossref_details.source_quality == score
         ), "Should have source quality data"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.vcr
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("doi", "oa"),
+    [
+        ("10.1021/acs.jctc.5b00178", True),
+    ],
+)
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_does_openalex_work(doi: str, oa: bool) -> None:
+    """Run a simple test of OpenAlex, which we primarily want for open access checks."""
+    async with httpx_aiohttp.HttpxAiohttpClient() as http_client:
+        openalex_client = DocMetadataClient(
+            http_client,
+            metadata_clients=[OpenAlexProvider],
+        )
+        openalex_details = await openalex_client.query(
+            doi=doi,
+            fields=["open_access"],
+        )
+        assert openalex_details, "Failed to query OpenAlex"
+        assert (
+            openalex_details.other["open_access"]["is_oa"] is oa
+        ), "Open access data should match"