Crossref Academic MCP Server

Example Use Cases

• 1

  Search for scientific papers across multiple academic databases simultaneously.

• 2

  Detailed metadata and impact metrics for specific research papers via DOI.

• 3

  Explore citation networks and author research profiles.

Description

This MCP server enables AI agents to search and retrieve metadata, abstracts, citations, and author profiles from three major open academic data sources: Crossref, OpenAlex, and Semantic Scholar. It supports searching papers, getting detailed paper metadata by DOI, exploring citations, author lookups, and trending research topics without requiring any API keys. The server facilitates easy integration of comprehensive academic research data into AI applications.