Access the OpenAlex academic research catalog - 270M+ publications through MCP. STDIO & Streamable HTTP.
Access the OpenAlex academic research catalog - 270M+ publications through MCP. STDIO & Streamable HTTP.
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| openalex_search_entities | Search, filter, sort, or retrieve by ID across all 8 entity types |
| openalex_analyze_trends | Group-by aggregation for trend and distribution analysis |
| openalex_resolve_name | Resolve a name or an identifier (DOI, ORCID, ROR, PMID, ISSN, OpenAlex ID) to an OpenAlex ID |
| openalex_get_citation_graph | Walk the citation graph one hop from a seed work: cites, cited_by, or related_to |
| openalex_describe_fields | List valid filter, group_by, and select field names for an entity type |
{
"mcpServers": {
"openalex-mcp-server": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
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Use Firecrawl MCP to retrieve website content and extract information for research through Firecrawl’s API-backed web tools.
Enables programmatic access to the IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive for efficient retrieval of cryptographic research papers.
Manage educational context based on courses, assignments, and exams using a knowledge graph.
MCP server with tools to search, fetch, analyze, and report on scientific papers and datasets.
Scholarly search: OpenAlex, Crossref, arXiv, OpenCitations and PubMed in one endpoint.