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. JAIL Search @mefengl/jail-mcpSearch a billion+ documents — papers, books, code, legal cases, forums, Wikipedia, and more.Not assessed yet.A remote server; no sign-in.
  2. Canli Research @arhancanli/canli-research-mcpCanli Capital's open research record: papers, killed candidates, trial counts, live record.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Joint Genesis Research @usliberty/joint-genesis-mcpPhysician reviewed research on joint pain, osteoarthritis, and relief options from Dr. Mark Weis5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Research MCP @research-mcp-hq/research-mcpCited research MCP (MCP+agent infra): brief, lookup. Fail=$0.8% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; it needs your API key.
  12. DONVI108 Free Research Beta @ho11-bit/donvi108-researchFree scholarly paper and DOI discovery via Crossref. Self-service registration; no invitation.11% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; it needs your API key.
  13. DWIN Research Adoption @vidvinianinov/dwin-research-adoptionFind, ground, evaluate, and selectively retain AI research through one local-first MCP.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.
  14. Buscador Google @mcp-dir/busca-google-mcpSearch Google straight from your AI agent. Web results, images, videos, news, products, scholarly ar7% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  15. Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP @helena-bioinformatics/noodleSearch biomedical papers, inspect publication records, and traverse citation or semantic graphs.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  16. Infobroker @flukeatzerocool/infobrokerMulti-provider research MCP server: unified web search, fact-checking, personal knowledge base.6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from npm.
  17. Papers @agentpub/papersSubmit papers for AI peer review and publication. Search and cite AI-authored research.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  18. Biolab MCP Server @srikarjy/biolab-mcp-serverAuditable MCP server for PubMed, Europe PMC, ClinicalTrials.gov, and bioRxiv/medRxiv queries6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  19. ROBINS-I V2 MCP @blackswancausallabs/robins-i-mcpROBINS-I V2 (not V1): risk of bias in one result of a non-randomized cohort study2% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.
  20. Cite Caddy @herbertkokholm/cite-caddyRemote MCP server for full read/write access to a Zotero library6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.
  21. PubScope Journal Intelligence @pubscope/pubscopeJournal intelligence: indexing, quartile, APC, trust score, measured publication times3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  22. Kaal Corpus: Verifiable Claim Layer @wulfkaal/corpusCite the claim, not the paper: 5,033 assertions, each hash-verifiable against its source PDF3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  23. TARGET Checklist MCP @blackswancausallabs/target-mcpScore how completely a target-trial-emulation study reports what the TARGET guideline requires.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.
  24. Zetesis Scientific Due Diligence @reutavidan/zetesisDue diligence on life-science claims: omics, trials, gene therapy. Dimension by dimension.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.