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Academic papers MCP servers

A server here finds, reads or cites scholarly papers and research literature.

Not here: writing papers.

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Most popular in Academic papers

By GitHub stars, at most two per publisher
  1. Number 1: Zotero MCP@54yyyu/zotero-mcpSearch, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.5,278 GitHub stars.
  2. Number 2: arXiv@blazickjp/arxiv-mcp-serverSearch arXiv papers, download full text, semantic search, citation graphs, and alerts via MCP.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.3,202 GitHub stars.
  3. Number 3: ToolUniverse@mims-harvard/tooluniverse2,700+ scientific tools for AI scientists: life science, research, literature, and more.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1,718 GitHub stars.

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  1. DocsAgent — Zotero, Obsidian & Apple Notes MCP Server @docsagent/docsagentInstant, private access to your knowledge base: Zotero, Obsidian, Apple Notes (macOS).5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.625 GitHub stars.
  2. Google Surf @harimxchoi/google-surf-mcpWeb, academic and code search with graph RAG, data lineage, ontology and cross-project schema links.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.291 GitHub stars.
  3. Zotero MCP @kujenga/zotero-mcpSearch your Zotero library, retrieve item metadata, and read full text from AI assistants.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.162 GitHub stars.
  4. Bibverify @hylouis233/bibverifyVerify and repair BibTeX references with DOI-first MCP tools.2% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.99 GitHub stars.
  5. Obsidian Vault MCP @luffysolution-svg/obsidian-vault-mcpLocal Zotero, MinerU, Obsidian literature workflow with transactional Analysis notes.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.93 GitHub stars.
  6. OmniSeek @battam1111/omniseekYour agent seeks what search can't find. A self-hosted perception MCP server.7% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.92 GitHub stars.
  7. Patsnap Patent & Literature Search @patsnap/patent-literature-search-mcpSearch 200M+ patents and 216M+ scientific papers using natural language and structured filters.8% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from a package registry.82 GitHub stars.
  8. OneCite @hzacode/oneciteGenerate academic citations from DOI, arXiv, titles, or URLs in BibTeX, APA, MLA formats.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.67 GitHub stars.
  9. Paper Distill MCP @eclipse-cj/paper-distill-mcpAcademic paper search across 11 sources with AI curation, ranked push, Zotero and Obsidian support.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.67 GitHub stars.
  10. Web Researcher MCP @zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcpYour AI research assistant that cites real sources and stays honest5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from Docker.66 GitHub stars.
  11. Research Hub @wenyuchiou/research-hubResearch workspace for Zotero + Obsidian + NotebookLM. Search, ingest, sync, verify briefs.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.64 GitHub stars.
  12. EndNote @gokmengokhan/endnote-mcpSearch, cite, and read PDFs from your EndNote library in Claude Desktop4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.52 GitHub stars.
  13. Scopus @qwe4559999/scopus-mcpA Model Context Protocol server for the Elsevier Scopus API7% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.45 GitHub stars.
  14. OpenEvidence @bakhtiersizhaev/openevidence-mcpUnofficial MCP server connecting OpenEvidence to AI agents via authenticated browser sessions11% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.43 GitHub stars.
  15. paper-preflight @amos689/paper-preflightChecks every LaTeX reference against Crossref, dblp, arXiv, DataCite, PubMed and OpenAlex. No LLM.2% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.35 GitHub stars.
  16. AIRAS @airas-org/airasAutomated AI research toolkit: hypothesis generation, experiments, and paper writing6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.35 GitHub stars.
  17. prismAId MCP @open-and-sustainable/prismaid-mcpMCP server for prismAId AI-assisted systematic reviews and protocol conformance checking.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from Docker.31 GitHub stars.
  18. CLIO Arxiv @iowarp/arxiv-mcpSearch arXiv by topic, author, title or date, read paper details, and export BibTeX or PDFs.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.28 GitHub stars.
  19. WebSearch MCP Server @daidaij/websearch-mcpserverZero-API-key MCP search server: multi-engine web/academic search, PDF parsing, secure web fetch6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from MCPB.25 GitHub stars.
  20. Fulltext Article Downloader @computron/fulltext-article-downloaderFull text of research papers by DOI, arXiv, PMC or OpenReview id, verified against the record5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.24 GitHub stars.
  21. Semantic Scholar MCP Server @smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcpMCP server for the Semantic Scholar API: search 200M+ papers, citations, authors, recommendations.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.24 GitHub stars.

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