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Semantic Scholar MCP

This MCP server enables agents to interact with the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API, providing tools to search papers, retrieve citation networks, fetch author profiles, get ML-powered recommendations, and search within paper bodies for text snippets. It supports bulk operations and multiple ID formats.

Package and access

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Semantic Scholar MCP logo, by SMABoundlessCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by SMABoundless
You need:Get a free key at semanticscholar.org/product/api
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What you can do with it

  • Search papers by keyword with filtering
  • Get citation networks for a specific paper
  • Retrieve author profiles and stats
  • Search for text snippets within paper bodies

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0
mcp-registry: io.github.SMABoundless/semanticscholar@1.0.0Source repository
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Packages and installation

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semanticscholar-mcp-server 1.0.0

npmnpx
semanticscholar-mcp-server package definition
{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "semanticscholar-mcp-server",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY",
      "description": "Semantic Scholar API key from https://www.semanticscholar.org/product/api (optional but recommended for higher rate limits)"
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Cursor

Merge this local stdio configuration, replace every placeholder environment value, and restart Cursor. Koskamo has not executed this package.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic-scholar-mcp-semanticscholar-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "semanticscholar-mcp-server@1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this local stdio configuration, replace every placeholder environment value, and restart Cline. Koskamo has not executed this package.
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic-scholar-mcp-semanticscholar-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "semanticscholar-mcp-server@1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this local stdio configuration, replace every placeholder environment value, and restart VS Code. Koskamo has not executed this package.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "semantic-scholar-mcp-semanticscholar-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "semanticscholar-mcp-server@1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic-scholar-mcp-semanticscholar-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "semanticscholar-mcp-server@1.0.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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