# research-papers-mcp

> MCP server for research paper discovery, citation analysis, and trend detection across arXiv, PubMed, and Semantic Scholar

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/research-papers-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://bsozudogru.com
- repository: https://github.com/barissozudogru/deep-research-digest/issues
- version: 1.0.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: academic-search, arxiv, bibtex, citations, federated-search, mcp, mcp-server, pubmed, research-papers, semantic-scholar
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:research-papers-mcp

### Description (declared)

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# research-papers-mcp

**Research paper intelligence for LLMs**

Search, analyze, and track 200M+ papers from arXiv, PubMed, and Semantic Scholar -- right from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client.

[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/research-papers-mcp?style=flat-square&color=blue)](https://pypi.org/project/research-papers-mcp/)
[![Python](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/research-papers-mcp?style=flat-square)](https://pypi.org/project/research-papers-mcp/)
[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green?style=flat-square)](LICENSE)
[![Tests](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/barissozudogru/deep-research-digest/tests.yml?style=flat-square&label=tests)](https://github.com/barissozudogru/deep-research-digest/actions)

**Live demo:** <https://huggingface.co/spaces/barissozudogru/research-papers-mcp>

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- **Federated Search** -- Query arXiv, PubMed, and Semantic Scholar in a single call
- **Self-Growing Corpus** -- Local SQLite cache grows with every search, enabling richer analysis over time
- **Zero Config** -- No database servers, no API keys required, no background workers
- **10 Research Tools** -- From paper discovery to real citation graphs to BibTeX export

## Quick Start

```bash
pip install research-papers-mcp
```

Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, etc.):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "research-papers": {
      "command": "research-papers-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}
```

That's it. Start asking your AI about research papers.

> [!TIP]
> No API keys are required to get started. All three sources work without authentication.
> A Semantic Scholar API key is optional and only needed for higher rate limits.

## See It in Action

> **You**: Find recent papers on transformer efficiency and model compression
>
> **Claude** *(using `search_papers`)*: Found 34 papers across arXiv and Semantic Scholar.
> 12 new papers cached. Here are the top results …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.database (1, derived)
- research.academic (1, declared)
- ai.model-access (0.905, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/research-papers-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T11:26:54.095Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/research-papers-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/research-papers-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:research-papers-mcp