Scholar

mlintangmz2765/scholar-mcp

This is a full-stack academic research server that connects Claude to Scopus, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, and Unpaywall APIs for literature search and metadata retrieval. It exposes 23 tools covering paper discovery with Boolean queries, author disambiguation with H-index metrics, citation lineage tracking, and PDF extraction. The standout feature is multimodal content handling: it can render PDF pages as PNGs for vision analysis of charts and equations, extract layout-aware text with PyMuPDF, and fall back to Sci-Hub when papers are paywalled. It also includes book search through Google Books and Library Genesis with smart caching for full-text extraction. Reach for this when you need systematic literature reviews, need to analyze figures in papers, or want to map citation networks without leaving the conversation.

tool: 1
auth: Secret needed
transport: STDIO
env vars: 3
last updated: Apr 15, 2026

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Tools

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Public tool metadata for what this MCP can expose to an agent.

search_papersSearch Google Scholar for academic papers, books, theses, and citations. Returns organic results with title, authors, snippet, citation count, and PDF links.8 params

Search Google Scholar for academic papers, books, theses, and citations. Returns organic results with title, authors, snippet, citation count, and PDF links.

Parameters* required

as_sdtstring

Search filter. '0,5' = articles excluding patents (default). '0,33' = case law. '4' = patents only.

as_yhiinteger

Latest publication year (inclusive).

as_ylointeger

Earliest publication year (inclusive). E.g. 2020.

hlstring

Language code (default 'en').

numinteger

Results per page (1-20, default 10).

qstring

Search query (paper title, author, topic, keywords).

scisbdinteger

Sort. 1 = include only abstracts; 2 = sort by date (most recent).one of 1 · 2

startinteger

Result offset for pagination (multiples of num).

Configuration

SCOPUS_API_KEY*secret

Your Elsevier Scopus API Key

CONTACT_EMAIL*

Email for OpenAlex polite pool and Unpaywall identification

SCOPUS_INST_TOKENsecret

Optional Elsevier Institutional Token

Readme

Scholar MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing structured access to scientific literature databases. It serves as a unified interface for Scopus, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, and Unpaywall, enabling AI agents to perform systematic paper discovery, author disambiguation, citation lineage tracking, and multimodal Content extraction.

Core Capabilities

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Details

Repository: github.com/mlintangmz2765/scholar-mcp
Category: Documents & Knowledge
Package: scholar-academic-mcp
Transport: STDIO
Auth: Required
Registry: MCP registry, active

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