Provides AI-powered citation analysis, abstracts, and impact metrics for academic papers.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Crossref Academic MCP ServerFind recent papers about transformer architectures in NLP"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Crossref Academic MCP Server
MCP Server that gives AI agents access to scientific papers, citations, and academic research data. Queries Crossref, OpenAlex, and Semantic Scholar — three major open academic APIs covering 150M+ research works.
No API keys required. All data sources are free and open.
Tools
Tool | Description |
| Search for scientific papers across Crossref + OpenAlex simultaneously |
| Get full metadata for a paper via DOI (bibliographic data + abstract + impact metrics) |
| Find papers that cite a given paper (via Semantic Scholar) |
| Look up an author's profile — publications, h-index, affiliations, research topics |
| Find the most-cited recent papers in a topic area (trending research since 2023) |
Related MCP server: paper-fetch-mcp
Installation
With pip (recommended)
pip install crossref-academic-mcp-serverFrom source
git clone https://github.com/AiAgentKarl/crossref-academic-mcp-server.git
cd crossref-academic-mcp-server
pip install -e .Configuration
Add to your MCP client config (e.g. Claude Desktop claude_desktop_config.json):
Using pip install
{
"mcpServers": {
"crossref-academic": {
"command": "crossref-server"
}
}
}Using uvx (no install needed)
{
"mcpServers": {
"crossref-academic": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["crossref-academic-mcp-server"]
}
}
}Example Usage
Search for papers:
"Find recent papers about transformer architectures in NLP"
Look up a specific paper:
"Get details for DOI 10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2"
Explore citations:
"What papers cite the original attention paper?"
Author lookup:
"Show me Yoshua Bengio's publication profile"
Trending research:
"What are the most-cited papers about quantum computing from the last two years?"
Data Sources
Crossref — 150M+ metadata records, DOI resolution, bibliographic data
OpenAlex — Open catalog of scholarly works, authors, institutions, topics
Semantic Scholar — AI-powered citation analysis, abstracts, impact metrics
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