A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides LLMs with real-time access to scientific papers from 6 major academic sources: arXiv, OpenAlex, PMC (PubMed Central), Europe PMC…
scientific-papers-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the benedict2310/scientific-papers-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides LLMs with real-time access to scientific papers from 6 major academic sources: arXiv, OpenAlex, PMC (PubMed…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The documented npm package is @futurelab-studio/latest-science-mcp. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"scientific-papers": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@futurelab-studio/latest-science-mcp@latest"
]
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
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