- Books & Papers MCP Server @jmrplens/libgen-mcpFederated search of books and papers, formatted citations, open-access retrieval and reading.6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.19 GitHub stars.
- openalex-mcp-server @cyanheads/openalex-mcp-serverAccess the OpenAlex academic research catalog — 270M+ publications.2% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.16 GitHub stars.
- Paper Search Openai @smithery/adamamer20-paper-search-mcp-openaiSearch and download academic papers from arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, Google Scholar, Semantic…12% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.15 GitHub stars.
- PapersFlow @papersflow-ai/papersflowAcademic research MCP server for paper search, citation checks, graphs, and deep research.6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.14 GitHub stars.
- Scholar Feed @ygao2005/scholar-feed-mcpRank CS/AI/ML papers by citations, forecast impact, or code adoption; trace 23.2M citation edges.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.12 GitHub stars.
- Scholar Sidekick @mlava/scholar-sidekick-mcpCatch AI-fabricated citations (real DOI + fake title). Retraction, open-access, 10,000+ CSL styles.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.11 GitHub stars.
- Machine Library @spacefrontiers/mcpMachine Library: cited search over papers, books, patents and social posts, with agent comments.9% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.11 GitHub stars.
- HasData Google Scholar @hasdata/google-scholarGoogle Scholar search results, citation counts and citation export formats, as structured JSON.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.10 GitHub stars.
- OpenArx @openarx/openarxOpen scientific and engineering knowledge for AI agents: search, evidence, document publishing.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.8 GitHub stars.
- Altmetric @altmetric/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.A remote server; you sign in with your account.7 GitHub stars.
- Lune Research @luneresearch/luneSearch peer-reviewed papers and research methodology guidance from your AI agent.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.4 GitHub stars.
- Atlas Research @ahmedeid1/atlas-researchRead-only MCP over an agentic SLR workspace with per-claim citation verification6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.2 GitHub stars.
- Thoth @ahmedeid1/thothRead-only MCP over an agentic SLR workspace with per-claim citation verification5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.2 GitHub stars.
- Hormonaly Clinical Intelligence @hormonaly-ai/hormonaly24 tools for evidence-graded clinical queries, hormones, peptides, longevity & drug interactions.7% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; it needs your API key.2 GitHub stars.
- AMIRA — Africa Multiple Research Data @am-digital-research-environment/amira-mcp-serverRead-only access to AMIRA, the Africa Multiple research-data platform on Omeka S.2% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.1 GitHub stars.
- Amass @amass/amassLinked life-science search: 43M+ papers, 1.2M+ trials, drugs, genes, FDA/EMA approvals, patents.7% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.1 GitHub stars.
- Folklore Clinical Variant Interpretation MCP @helena-bioinformatics/folkloreBioinformatics MCP for genomic variant interpretation, gene-disease evidence and literature.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.1 GitHub stars.
- Academic Research @themineworks/academic-research-mcpScholarly search: OpenAlex, Crossref, arXiv, OpenCitations and PubMed in one endpoint.7% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; it needs your API key.1 GitHub stars.
- Pubmed @pipeworx-io/pubmedPubMed MCP — wraps the NCBI E-utilities API (biomedical literature, free, no auth)6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.1 GitHub stars.
- Lens Org @pipeworx-io/lens-orgLens.org MCP — patent + scholarly platform.7% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.1 GitHub stars.
- ScholarFetch @laibniz/scholarfetchMulti-engine scholarly research server for search, traversal, full text, and reading lists.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.1 GitHub stars.
Academic papers MCP servers
A server here finds, reads or cites scholarly papers and research literature.
Not here: writing papers.
210 remote172 localTagged by Odel's AI, which can make mistakes
Most popular in Academic papers
By GitHub stars, at most two per publisher- Number 1: pubmed-mcp-server@cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-serverSearch PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.158 GitHub stars.
- Number 2: Academia@smithery/ilyagusev-academia-mcpSearch arXiv and ACL Anthology, retrieve citations and references, and browse web sources to accel…5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; it needs your API key.93 GitHub stars.
- Number 3: Zoteus@oscardvs/zoteusZotero MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: search, citations, safe writes, PDF passages and pages.6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.55 GitHub stars.
