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Queries **Crossref**, **OpenAlex**, and **Semantic Scholar** — three major open academic APIs covering 150M+ research works.\n\nNo API keys required. All data sources are free and open.\n\n## Tools\n\n| Tool | Description |\n|------|-------------|\n| `search_papers` | Search for scientific papers across Crossref + OpenAlex simultaneously |\n| `get_paper_details` | Get full metadata for a paper via DOI (bibliographic data + abstract + impact metrics) |\n| `get_citations` | Find papers that cite a given paper (via Semantic Scholar) |\n| `get_author_profile` | Look up an author's profile — publications, h-index, affiliations, research topics |\n| `search_topics` | Find the most-cited recent papers in a topic area (trending research since 2023) |\n\n## Installation\n\n### With pip (recommended)\n\n```bash\npip install crossref-academic-mcp-server\n```\n\n### From source\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/AiAgentKarl/crossref-academic-mcp-server.git\ncd crossref-academic-mcp-server\npip install -e .\n```\n\n## Configuration\n\nAdd to your MCP client config (e.g. Claude Desktop `claude_desktop_config.json`):\n\n### Using pip install\n\n```json\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"crossref-academic\": {\n      \"command\": \"crossref-server\"\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n### Using uvx (no install needed)\n\n```json\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"crossref-academic\": {\n      \"command\": \"uvx\",\n      \"args\": [\"crossref-academic-mcp-server\"]\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## Example Usage\n\n**Search for papers:**\n> \"Find recent papers about transformer architectures in NLP\"\n\n**Look up a specific paper:**\n> \"Get details for DOI 10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2\"\n\n**Explore citations:**\n> \"What papers cite the original attention paper?\"\n\n**Author lookup:**\n> \"Show me Yoshua Bengio's publication profile\"\n\n**Trending research:**\n> \"What are the most-cited papers about quantum computing from the last two years?\"\n\n## Data Sources\n\n- **Crossr…","publisher":{"name":"AiAgentKarl","url":null},"homepage":"https://github.com/AiAgentKarl/crossref-academic-mcp-server","repository":"https://github.com/AiAgentKarl/crossref-academic-mcp-server","version":"0.1.0","license":"MIT","protocols":["mcp"],"tags":["academic","citations","crossref","doi","mcp","openalex","papers","research","science","semantic-scholar"],"pricing":null,"endpoints":[{"url":"pypi:crossref-academic-mcp-server","type":"package_pypi","auth":null,"probeable":false}],"skills":null,"tools":null,"extra":null,"attribution":{"kind":"pypi","name":"pypi","license":"pypi","repoUrl":"pypi","summary":"pypi","version":"pypi","description":"pypi","homepageUrl":"pypi","publisherName":"pypi"}},"derived":{"capabilities":[{"slug":"research.academic","name":"Academic Research","confidence":1,"provenance":"declared"},{"slug":"dev.version-control","name":"Version Control","confidence":0.745,"provenance":"derived"}],"categories":["dev","research"],"language":"en"},"observed":{"status":"unknown","statusReason":"Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.","lastOkAt":null,"lastProbedAt":null,"statusComputedAt":null,"reliability30d":null,"latestObservations":[],"tools":null,"package":{"name":"crossref-academic-mcp-server","registry":"pypi","observedAt":"2026-11-03T00:27:59.870Z","publishedAt":"2026-03-20T10:07:25.770930Z","latestVersion":"0.1.0"},"toolSurface":null,"endpointFacts":[]},"verification":{"claimed":false,"claimedAt":null,"proofs":[]},"provenance":{"sources":[{"source":"pypi","key":"crossref-academic-mcp-server","url":"https://pypi.org/project/crossref-academic-mcp-server/","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-09T13:20:48.308Z","fetchedAt":"2026-11-03T00:26:25.298Z","normalizedAt":"2026-11-03T00:26:25.298Z"}]},"firstSeenAt":"2026-09-09T13:20:48.308Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-03T00:27:59.870Z"}