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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. KCI openAPI @rubatoyd/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.3 GitHub stars.
  16. zotio @orgmentem/zotioZotero MCP server: local-first search, library checks, and preview-first writes for AI agents.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from MCPB.3 GitHub stars.
  17. Aria @pkotecha-eng/aria-mcp-serverSearch 35M+ PubMed, 400K+ ClinicalTrials.gov & ISRCTN trials. Prompts included. No API key.7% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.3 GitHub stars.
  18. Labmate @jonasrackl/labmate-mcp81 chemistry tools — literature, calculations, retrosynthesis3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.3 GitHub stars.
  19. 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.
  20. Anna's Archive @sokolskynikita/annas-mcpSearch Anna's Archive for ebooks and papers by title, author or DOI and download the file you pick.7% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.2 GitHub stars.
  21. Alexandria @the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcpSearch, read, and cite across 152 libraries: 11 tools, 3 prompts, and a full-text resource.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.2 GitHub stars.
  22. doiget @qatlashub/doigetOA-first paper fetcher: DOIs/arXiv IDs to local PDFs + metadata via Open Access APIs.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from MCPB.2 GitHub stars.
  23. OokCite @turtletech-ehf/ookcite-mcpCatch fabricated citations: verify DOIs/ISBNs and format them in 2900+ CSL styles.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.2 GitHub stars.
  24. Preprint Fulltext @genecell/preprint-fulltextbioRxiv/medRxiv/arXiv preprint full text as structured sections for AI agents + search.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.2 GitHub stars.