Academic papers MCP servers

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

Not here: writing papers.

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  1. Source Library @embassy-of-the-free-mind/source-librarySearch 22,000+ rare pre-modern texts with AI English translations, summaries, and 73K+ images.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.21 GitHub stars.
  2. Wet @n24q02m-io/wetOpen-source MCP server for AI agents: web search, content extraction, and library docs.Not assessed yet.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.19 GitHub stars.
  3. Wet @n24q02m/wet-mcpOpen-source MCP server for AI agents: web search, content extraction, and library docs.7% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.18 GitHub stars.
  4. Pubcrawl @nickjlamb/pubcrawlPubMed & Europe PMC literature search, US/UK drug labelling, and clinical trials for AI assistants.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.15 GitHub stars.
  5. Mathlas @archerkattri/mathlasAirtight math for AI agents: 3.68M-doc theorem search + numeric/Lean verification. No LLM, no key.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.13 GitHub stars.
  6. BioMCP-TS @yeyuan98/biomcp-tsBiomedical MCP server: genes, variants, trials, literature, patents, optional SQL/R/biowasm tools.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.12 GitHub stars.
  7. OpenResearch MCP @olanokhin/openresearch-mcpZero-auth research MCP: web, academic, finance, news, weather, macro, social, SEC. No keys.7% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.11 GitHub stars.
  8. ZoteroBridge @combjellyshen/zotero-bridgeMCP Server for Zotero SQLite Database - collection, tagging, PDF reading and more.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.10 GitHub stars.
  9. HEOR Agent @neptun2000/heor-agentHEOR MCP server: literature search, CEA, BIA, NMA/MAIC, HTA dossiers (NICE/FDA/EMA/JCA).4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.9 GitHub stars.
  10. PyEuropePMC @jonasheinickebio/pyeuropepmcSearch and analyse scientific literature across Europe PMC, PubMed, arXiv, and ClinicalTrials.gov3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.8 GitHub stars.
  11. Zotero Native MCP @dvdsosa/zotero-native-mcpRead and write your local Zotero 10 library. No plugin, no zotero.org API key, no cloud.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.8 GitHub stars.
  12. Zotero Local @piiinpiiins/zotero-mcp-localSearch, read PDFs, and find related papers in your local Zotero library. Read-only, 100% local.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.8 GitHub stars.
  13. Altmetric @altmetric-io/altmetric-mcpMCP server for Altmetric APIs - track research attention across news, policy, social media, and more3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.7 GitHub stars.
  14. Lacuna Research MCP @tiptreesystems/lacuna-research-mcpSearch Lacuna's ML research graph for papers, directions, authors, venues, and hypotheses.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.7 GitHub stars.
  15. Dimensions Analytics @dimensions/analytics-mcpSearch and analyze Dimensions research data: publications, grants, researchers, patents, trials5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.6 GitHub stars.
  16. Find Research Papers @surendranb/find-research-papers-mcpSearch open-source research papers across arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, PubMed, Semantic Scholar.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.6 GitHub stars.
  17. second-brain MCP @ddmanyes/mcp-second-brainSelf-maintaining knowledge vault: figure-level search, auto-wikilinks, and memory compression.8% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.6 GitHub stars.
  18. OmniScholar @luffysolution-svg/omnischolarLiterature, Zotero, PDF, citation, materials, and scientific image tools for research agents.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.5 GitHub stars.
  19. Scholar MCP @liyux3/scholar-mcpFederated academic search, citation traversal, persistent PDF download, and temporary reading.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.4 GitHub stars.
  20. Scholar RAG MCP @notwhiteblank/scholar-rag-mcpAcademic paper knowledge-base MCP server: PDF ingest, vector search with reranking, KB management.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.4 GitHub stars.
  21. grad-agent @i-ninte/grad-agentAutonomous MCP agent for grad school applications: prof discovery, cold emails, SOP, tracking.7% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.4 GitHub stars.
  22. KCI openAPI @rubato103/kci-openapi-mcpKCI (Korea Citation Index) literature & citation search via REST Open API + OAI-PMH4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from MCPB.4 GitHub stars.
  23. Data Aggregator @musharna/data-aggregator-mcpFind & fetch research datasets across 19 archives, omics registries, and literature sources.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.4 GitHub stars.
  24. Parkour @blightbow/parkour-mcpA content exploration toolkit that helps LLMs surface high signal, unsummarized web content.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from MCPB.4 GitHub stars.