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Paper Search MCP Server
Open-source MCP server for searching and downloading academic papers from over 20 sources including arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, Google Scholar, Crossref, OpenAlex, CORE, Zenodo and more. Follows a free-first strategy prioritizing open and public data sources. Features unified multi-source concurrent search with deduplication, intelligent DOI extraction, open-access-first download fallback chains and standardized paper output format. Available as MCP server, Claude Code skill and CLI. 2.3K GitHub stars. MIT license.
MCP unverified
Integration
| Transport | stdio |
| Auth | none |
| Endpoint | npx -y @smithery/cli run @openags/paper-search-mcp |
| Install | uvx paper-search-mcp |
Use Cases
| 01 | Search for academic papers across arXiv, PubMed, Semantic Scholar, Crossref and 20 other sources simultaneously through Claude or other AI assistants with automatic deduplication and DOI extraction |
| 02 | Download and read full-text academic PDFs through AI assistants using open-access-first fallback chains that prioritize free public sources before restricted ones |
| 03 | Build AI-powered literature review workflows where agents search multiple academic databases, download relevant papers and extract key findings for systematic reviews via MCP |
Tags
academic research papers arxiv pubmed semantic-scholar science open-access
Machine-readable: /api/servers.json
· JSON-LD schema embedded in <head>