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. Research Scan @synectic/research-scanResearch Scan finds and verifies the 5–10 recent papers that matter most for a research question.6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  2. CiteVahti @heidihelena/citevahtiChecks whether each cited source supports the claim it backs. Blinded human-first, local-first.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  3. Vahtian @heidihelena/vahtianFreeze a corpus, check it for drift, keep a hash-chained audit ledger. Local-first, stdlib-only.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  4. Citeguard @xiaweiyi713/citeguardFalsification-first citation auditor: existence, metadata, and claim-support checks via MCP.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  5. ResearchTwin @martinfrasch/researchtwinFederated research discovery with S-Index metrics across a network of digital twins.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  6. ETH Library @malkreide/eth-library-mcpETH Library Discovery API6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  7. Swiss academic libraries @malkreide/swiss-academic-libraries-mcpSwiss academic libraries + open-access Swiss legal literature (SRU/OAI-PMH, no API key)3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  8. Code of Paper @isagelswann/codeofpaperFind GitHub implementations of arXiv research papers — paper lookup, ranked code, search.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  9. Openpaper @federicodeponte/openpaper-mcpAutonomous research engine: auto research from a prompt to a fully-cited academic paper via MCP9% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  10. OSF CLI Go @edithatogo/osf-cli-goRead-only MCP tools for authenticated Open Science Framework projects and files.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from Docker.1 GitHub stars.
  11. Sourceright @edithatogo/sourcerightReference verification MCP server for CSL bibliographies, evidence, and audited writes.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from Docker.1 GitHub stars.
  12. Scopus @smaboundless/scopusSearch Scopus abstracts, authors, and export citations via Elsevier API4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.1 GitHub stars.
  13. Dsh Lit Search @flan246/dsh-lit-searchLiterature search, GB/T 7714/APA citations and BibTeX via Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.
  14. Scopus @anddrrew/scopus-mcpScopus search, author and affiliation profiles, citation data, and PlumX metrics via Elsevier APIs.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.
  15. Agentic Target Evidence @athril/agentic-target-evidenceRead-only biomedical evidence tools for drug-target validation: DepMap, gnomAD, OpenTargets, PubMed…3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from Docker.
  16. Dog Geroscience @w0lph/dog-geroscience-mcpDog-specific aging tools: HAGR dog rows, dog orthologs, dose translation, DAP codebooks, FDA FOI.Not assessed yet.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.
  17. Citation Network MCP @michalhron/citation-network-mcpCitation-network analysis on Scopus or OpenAlex: coupling, co-citation, lineages, bibliometrics.Not assessed yet.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.
  18. ClinicalTrials @mrfentmen/clinicaltrials-mcpClinicalTrials.gov search and PubMed.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.
  19. Notanda (Beta) @rudiregenwurm/notandaEvery OpenAlex search stores its request, response and checksums so sources can be checked later.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.
  20. Conceptio Search @0x923041-dotcom/conceptio-searchSearch 1M+ open-access papers, standards, and case law from an AI agent.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.
  21. FORRT Research @sciencelive4all/forrt-research-mcpProduce verifiable FORRT nanopublication chains: grounded quote checks and Science Live projections.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.
  22. Replication Radar @sciencelive4all/replication-radarTurn the OpenAIRE Graph into a ranked replication queue with a Science Live verification overlay.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.
  23. OpenAlex @mrfentmen/openalex-mcpUse this MCP server to OpenAlex scholarly works, authors, institutions, and citations. Tools...4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.
  24. TinyFish Guided Research @mohdsaleh/tinyfish-guided-researchAuditable deep-research MCP server powered by TinyFish Search and Fetch.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.