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. Medical RAG MCP - Semantic search and retrieval of high-quality clinical medical data @maxi-moss/medical-rag-mcp-testMedical RAG: semantic search for clinical guidelines, drug interactions, diagnoses & EHR data.6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  2. refcheck @benchoi93/refcheckVerify academic citations against real databases. Catches hallucinated references, exports BibTeX.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.Runs on your machine, installed from PyPI.
  3. Crossref Scholarly Data @taru0208/crossref-mcp-serverSearch 150M+ academic works, journals, and funders via Crossref API.8% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; it needs your API key.
  4. PubMed Clinical Research @taru0208/pubmed-mcp-serverSearch 36M+ PubMed biomedical articles and ClinicalTrials.gov studies.9% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; it needs your API key.
  5. AxenomIA AX-SCI-001 — Scientific Novelty & Evidence @perlita2013/ax-sci-001Traceable scientific novelty and evidence assessment with source-linked results and a human gate.12% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; it needs your API key.
  6. Papers With Backtest @paperswithbacktest/papers-with-backtestSearch 5,000+ trading papers with verified backtests, strategies, datasets, and courses.6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.
  7. PubMed Biomedical Papers — new research articles ($0.01/query) @a2awire/data-pubmed-biomedical-paper-research-articlePubMed biomedical papers: new research daily. $0.01/query. Register in-session — free testnet funds.17% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  8. Trending AI Papers — buy per-query in-session (hfpaperwatch) @a2awire/data-ai-paper-daily-paper-trending-researchTrending AI papers daily: ranks, summaries, repos. Register in-session — free testnet funds.21% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  9. Papertext @papertext/papertext-mcpAcademic literature search, retrieval, and private library management on top of OpenAlex.6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  10. Performix Site @performix/performix-sitePerformix public corpus over MCP: guides, books, evidence, outcome models, plus a computing tool.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  11. Pith @pith/pithReviews of arXiv papers for AI agents: verdicts, claims, flaws, compiled records, citation graphs.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  12. Executable Science @executable/executable-scienceRead-only research pilot catalogue: task templates, resources, starter studies, capability status.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  13. OpenAlex @openalex/openalexSearch 250M+ research papers, citations and author profiles. Free OpenAlex account; OAuth sign-in.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.
  14. AET Machine Commerce @mnvhmslf/aet-machine-commerceRead-only PAPER market research for autonomous agents; no live trading or alpha claim.9% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  15. Corpus @nyuengelberg/corpusIP and innovation law scholarship of NYU's Engelberg Center, with verified Bluebook pin cites.2% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  16. BrunoSan ArXiv Intelligence @brunosan/arxivAI research intelligence for AI, ML, NLP, vision and robotics with citations and entity graphs.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  17. Liner Search & Research @liner/searchReal-time web and scholarly search with cited answers and multi-step deep research.6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.
  18. Academic Evidence Pack @jmxisnext/academic-evidence-packSigned citation-integrity reports + retraction-checked evidence packs, paid per call via x402/USDC.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  19. TBRP Codex @tbrp/codexSearch, read and cite a researcher's own library and the canonical corpora on tbrp.app.7% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.
  20. KATA Research Automation @dharan1007/kataDeterministic research automation with live OpenAlex search and reusable workflow programs.4% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  21. Web Search & Data API @kadec0/web-search-data-apiWeb search, scraping, Google Trends and data lookups. Paid per call in USDC on Base via x402.5% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  22. Agentic RL: Credit Assignment and CLI Agents @hf/agentic-rlFilter agent RL methods by supervision, critic and task setting; retrieve source links and BibTeX.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.
  23. Peer Research Papers MCP @nexlab/peer-research-papersScholarly literature search across nine sources6% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; you sign in with your account.
  24. mechoulam.de Cannabis Evidence Register @mechoulam/cannabis-evidenceGRADE-rated clinical evidence on cannabis as medicine (DE/EN). Search and cite studies.3% chance this is malicious. Assessed by AI, which can make mistakes.A remote server; no sign-in.