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afrise/academic-search-mcp-server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables searching and retrieving academic paper information from multiple sources.

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Install

npx -y @smithery/cli install @afrise/academic-search-mcp-server --client claude

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "academic-search": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run ",
        "/path/to/server/server.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "CROSSREF_API_KEY": "<CROSSREF_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEYCROSSREF_API_KEY
GitHub stars
31
Author
@afrise
Category
Research & Data, Search Tools
License
AGPL-3.0
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

About Academic Paper Search

While primarily designed for integration with Anthropic's Claude Desktop client, the MCP specification allows for potential compatibility with other AI models and clients that support tool/function calling capabilities (e.g. OpenAI's API).

Features

  • search_papers: Search for academic papers across multiple sources

  • fetch_paper_details: Retrieve detailed information for a specific paper

  • search_by_topic: Search for papers by topic with optional date range filter

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

Supported clients

Clients mentioned in this server's README:

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Claude Desktop

Desktop · Freemium · Proprietary

Anthropic's official Claude AI desktop application. Supports MCP servers to extend functionality.

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