crossref_get_references
Return the outgoing reference list for a DOI — the works cited by this paper, with deposited citation strings and resolved DOIs where available
How to use it
crossref_get_references is exposed by the Crossref MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the crossref_get_references tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
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Resolve a Crossref member ID to its publisher record — name, owned DOI prefixes, DOI counts, per-work-type breakdown, and per-category metadata deposit coverage
Resolve a DOI prefix (e.g. 10.1038) to its owning publisher — name and member ID, chaining into crossrefgetmember
Resolve a DOI to its full Crossref metadata record: title, authors, affiliations, abstract (when deposited), journal, publication date, type, license, full-text links, funder acknowledgements, and outgoing reference count. The author list pages by offset/limit.
Find funders registered in the Crossref Funder Registry by name, bare registry ID, or funder DOI; optionally retrieve a page of funded works. Both lists page by offset.
Find Crossref journal records by ISSN or title query; optionally retrieve a page of the journal's most recent works by publication date. Both lists page by offset.
Search the Crossref works index by free text and/or structured filters. Supports sort, field selection, a per-work author cap, and cursor-based deep paging.
parameter narrows response payload — useful for large result sets. Names are case-sensitive; DOI is always returned whether or not it is listed, so every result stays resolvable by crossrefgetwork.
needs an unambiguous journal. A title query matching more than one — measured by the upstream match count, not by how many fit on the requested page — returns ambiguousjournal, naming the page's candidates and their ISSNs in the message and in candidates on the error data, alongside the full match c