OpenAlex

MCP tool from Scientific Papers MCP by benedict2310

"artificial intelligence", "machine learning", "C41008148"

How to use it

OpenAlex is exposed by the Scientific Papers MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the OpenAlex tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Scientific Papers MCP

$npm install -g @futurelab-studio/latest-science-mcp

FULL SCIENTIFIC PAPERS MCP LISTING

Other tools in Scientific Papers MCP (15)

arXiv

"cs.AI", "physics.gen-ph", "math.CO"

category

Category ID or concept name (varies by source)

concept

Concept name or OpenAlex concept ID

count

Number of papers to fetch (default: 50, max: 200)

fetch_content

Fetches full metadata and text content for a specific paper by ID with complete text extraction.

fetch_latest

Fetches the latest papers from any source for a given category with metadata only (no text extraction).

fetch_top_cited

Fetches the top cited papers from OpenAlex for a given concept since a specific date.

field

"all" "title" "abstract" "author" "fulltext" (default: "all")

Paper ID (format varies by source)

list_categories

Lists available categories/concepts from any data source.

query

Search query string (max 1500 characters)

search_papers

Searches for papers across multiple academic sources with field-specific search and sorting options.

since

Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format

sortBy

"relevance" "date" "citations" (default: "relevance")

source

"arxiv" "openalex" "pmc" "europepmc" "biorxiv" "core"