Best DOI MCP Servers

DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is a persistent identifier system used to uniquely identify digital objects like academic articles, research papers, and other electronic documents, ensuring they remain accessible even if their web location changes.

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Why this server?
Allows paper retrieval and information lookup using DOI identifiers across multiple academic platforms with validation and security checks.
Paper Search MCP
Search Research & Data Open Data
Dianel555
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Enables searching and downloading academic papers from 14 platforms including arXiv, PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Springer, and Sci-Hub with unified data format and intelligent rate limiting.
Last updated 2026-03-04
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MIT
Why this server?
Allows resolving DOIs to structured bibliographic metadata.
Scholar Sidekick
Developer Tools Research & Data Remote
mlava
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Resolves scholarly identifiers — DOI, PubMed ID, PMCID, ISBN, ISSN, arXiv, ADS bibcode — into clean, formatted citations in any of 10,000+ CSL styles. Returns plain text, HTML, Markdown, RIS, BibTeX, CSL-JSON, or EndNote XML for direct paste or reference manager import.
Last updated 2026-05-25
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3
MIT
Why this server?
Supports retrieving paper metadata and performing batch downloads of academic papers using Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs).
Scholar MCP Server
Research & Data AI & Machine Learning Search
45645678a
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A local academic tool that enables searching across nine academic sources, downloading PDFs, and performing AI-powered analysis of research papers. It also supports generating citation networks and recommending papers based on local workspace code.
Last updated 2026-04-11
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66
MIT
Why this server?
Supports creating new library items by automatically fetching and filling metadata using Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs).
zotero-mcp
Research & Data Note Taking Developer Tools
BirdInTheTree
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Read+write MCP server for Zotero with full write support — create items, manage collections, find and merge duplicates, import BibTeX
Last updated 2026-03-18
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MIT
Why this server?
Resolves Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for academic papers, enabling AI agents to locate and access specific research papers through DOI-based lookups and Sci-Hub integration.
Paper Pilot
Research & Data Search RAG Systems
aytzey
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Your AI's research copilot. Searches 6 academic databases, downloads real PDFs, reads them cover to cover, extracts evidence, renders figures, syncs to Zotero.
Last updated 2026-04-16
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3
MIT
Why this server?
Supports DOI-based lookups for retrieving detailed metadata about scholarly works, including citations, authors, and publication information from the OpenAlex catalog.
OpenAlex Research MCP Server
Research & Data Search Documentation Access
oksure
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Provides access to OpenAlex's catalog of 240+ million scholarly works through 18 specialized tools for conducting literature reviews, analyzing citations, tracking research trends, and mapping the scholarly landscape including authors, institutions, and collaboration networks.
Last updated 2026-05-29
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MIT
Why this server?
Allows retrieving citation data in BibTeX format for DOIs via the CiteAs service
cite-mcp
Research & Data Browser Automation Open Data
ndchikin
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Retrieve citation data effortlessly from CiteAs and Google Scholar. Get BibTeX-formatted citations for your resources with just a few commands. Enhance your research workflow by integrating citation retrieval directly into your applications.
Last updated 2025-03-18
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MIT
Why this server?
Allows retrieving scientific dataset metadata from the RePOD repository using Digital Object Identifiers (DOI).
Polish Academic MCP
Search Open Data Government Data
asterixix
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Provides tools for AI models to search and retrieve information from five major Polish academic and government databases, including scientific articles and research datasets. It enables users to query platforms like Biblioteka Nauki and Repozytorium UJ through a standardized interface hosted on Cloudflare Workers.
Last updated 2026-04-17
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MIT
Why this server?
Supports adding research papers to a library using Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to automate metadata lookup and file attachment.
zoty
Research & Data Note Taking Developer Tools
eric-tramel
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A lightweight MCP server that connects AI agents to a local Zotero library for paper management and metadata retrieval. It enables users to search titles and abstracts, browse collections, and automatically ingest papers via arXiv ID or DOI with PDF attachments.
Last updated 2026-05-16
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MIT