Scholar-MCP
An MCP server for AI-driven scientific research that integrates with Scopus, OpenAlex, and Unpaywall APIs. It supports citation lineage tracking, structured and multimodal PDF extraction using PyMuPDF, topic mapping, and batch metadata retrieval for high-through literature processing.
Package and access
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SCOPUS_API_KEY Yes Elsevier API key for Scopus search and author retrieval.
Vendor documentation What you can do with it
- Track citation lineage through forward and backward references
- Extract text and render charts from OA PDFs using PyMuPDF
- Map research landscapes via topic mapping and field analysis
- Retrieve batch metadata for up to 50 DOIs per request
Source and maintenance
Community listingRegistry 1.0.0
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
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scholar-academic-mcp 1.0.0
pypipython
scholar-academic-mcp package definition
{
"version": "1.0.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "scholar-academic-mcp",
"runtimeHint": "python",
"registryType": "pypi",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "SCOPUS_API_KEY",
"format": "string",
"isRequired": true,
"description": "Your Elsevier Scopus API Key"
},
{
"name": "CONTACT_EMAIL",
"format": "string",
"isRequired": true,
"description": "Email for OpenAlex polite pool and Unpaywall identification"
},
{
"name": "SCOPUS_INST_TOKEN",
"format": "string",
"description": "Optional Elsevier Institutional Token"
}
]
}Tools
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