PubScope MCP MCP server

An official MCP server by PubScope that provides AI assistants with direct access to journal intelligence data. It allows users to search a catalogue of over 46,000 journals, retrieve detailed profiles including indexing status, quartiles, and trust scores, compare journals side-by-side, and verify citations against major academic databases to detect fabrication or retractions.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by PubScope

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://pubscope.org/api/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Search for open-access journals by topic and quartile
Retrieve full journal profiles including impact factors and APCs
Compare multiple journals on cost and indexing status
Verify academic references for fabrication and retractions

Tools advertised by the last live check:

search_journals
get_journal
compare_journals
check_citations

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http pubscope-mcp https://pubscope.org/api/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add pubscope-mcp --url https://pubscope.org/api/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable pubscope-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubscope-mcp": {
      "url": "https://pubscope.org/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubscope-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://pubscope.org/api/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start pubscope-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "pubscope-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://pubscope.org/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http pubscope-mcp https://pubscope.org/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubscope-mcp": {
      "url": "https://pubscope.org/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubscope-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://pubscope.org/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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