diff --git a/rialto_airflow/harvest/openalex.py b/rialto_airflow/harvest/openalex.py
index 8cb78f3..ca24d6f 100644
--- a/rialto_airflow/harvest/openalex.py
+++ b/rialto_airflow/harvest/openalex.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from urllib.parse import quote
 
 from more_itertools import batched
-from pyalex import Authors, Works, config
+from pyalex import Authors, Works, config, api
 
 from rialto_airflow.utils import invert_dict
 
@@ -89,9 +89,21 @@ def publications_from_dois(dois: list):
         time.sleep(1)
 
         doi_list = quote("|".join([doi for doi in doi_batch]))
-        for page in Works().filter(doi=doi_list).paginate(per_page=200):
-            for pub in page:
-                yield normalize_publication(pub)
+        try:
+            for page in Works().filter(doi=doi_list).paginate(per_page=200):
+                for pub in page:
+                    yield normalize_publication(pub)
+        except api.QueryError:
+            # try dois individually
+            for doi in doi_batch:
+                try:
+                    pubs = Works().filter(doi=doi).get()
+                    if len(pubs) > 1:
+                        logging.warn(f"Found multiple publications for DOI {doi}")
+                    yield normalize_publication(pubs[0])
+                except api.QueryError as e:
+                    logging.error(f"OpenAlex QueryError for {doi}: {e}")
+                    continue
 
 
 def normalize_publication(pub) -> dict:
diff --git a/test/data/openalex-dois.csv b/test/data/openalex-dois.csv
index a56178f..65dc6c9 100644
--- a/test/data/openalex-dois.csv
+++ b/test/data/openalex-dois.csv
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 doi
 10.1002/adma.202103646
-10.1001/jamacardio.2021.6059
+"10.1001/jamacardio,2021.6059"
 10.3389/fimmu.2022.832501
 10.1161/strokeaha.122.040540
 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.2561
diff --git a/test/harvest/test_openalex.py b/test/harvest/test_openalex.py
index fdd054c..7127942 100644
--- a/test/harvest/test_openalex.py
+++ b/test/harvest/test_openalex.py
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ def test_publications_from_dois():
 
     # look up the publication metadata for them
     pubs = list(openalex.publications_from_dois(dois))
-    assert len(pubs) == 231, "should paginate (page size=200)"
+    assert (
+        len(pubs) == 230
+    ), "should paginate (page size=200) and have skipped invalid DOI"
     assert len(pubs) == len(set([pub["doi"] for pub in pubs])), "DOIs are unique"
     assert set(openalex.FIELDS) == set(pubs[0].keys()), "All fields accounted for."
     assert len(pubs[0].keys()) == 51, "first publication has 51 columns"