search_papers
Search academic papers across multiple platforms
How to use it
search_papers is exposed by the Paper Search MCP Nodejs MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the search_papers tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Paper Search MCP Nodejs
npx -y paper-search-mcp-nodejsOther tools in Paper Search MCP Nodejs (15)
Check health status of Sci-Hub mirror sites
Download paper PDF files
Get paper information by DOI
Check platform status and API keys
Search arXiv preprints specifically
Search academic papers from Crossref database (default search platform)
Search Google Scholar academic database
Search IACR ePrint cryptography archive
Search PubMed/MEDLINE biomedical literature database
Search Elsevier ScienceDirect database
Search and download papers from Sci-Hub using DOI or paper URL
Search Scopus citation database
Search Semantic Scholar AI semantic database
Search Springer Nature database (Metadata API v2 or OpenAccess API)
Search Web of Science database specifically