Best Open Access MCP Servers

Open Access is a movement and publishing model that makes research publications freely and openly available to anyone, allowing unrestricted use and distribution of scholarly work with proper attribution.

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Why this server?
Enables searching and downloading open access papers from Springer Nature's OpenAccess API, bioRxiv, and medRxiv preprint servers.
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 16 days ago
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MIT
Why this server?
Provides filtering and search capabilities for open access scholarly works, including access status, URLs, and the ability to filter searches specifically for open access publications.
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 11 days ago
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MIT
Why this server?
Accesses the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Open Access data, including images available under Open Access which can be added to the server's resources and displayed to users.
Met Museum MCP Server
Art & Culture Search Remote
mikechao
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A MCP Server that lets user ask AI models to discover the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Adds the discovered art works as Resources on the server.
Last updated a month ago
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MIT
Why this server?
Provides filtering capability to find papers with open access PDFs, making it easier to discover freely available academic content.
Semantic Scholar MCP Server
Search Research & Data Documentation Access
fegizii
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Enables access to the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API for searching and retrieving detailed information about academic papers, authors, citations, and references.
Last updated 9 months ago
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MIT
Why this server?
Identifies and provides direct links to free full-text versions of scientific literature, including publisher open access content and PubMed Central records.
mcp-pubmed
Research & Data Biology & Medicine Search
PetrefiedThunder
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An MCP server that provides access to PubMed and NCBI's biomedical literature database for searching articles, retrieving metadata, and tracking citations. It enables users to explore related research, browse MeSH vocabulary, and find free full-text links.
Last updated 9 days ago
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MIT
Why this server?
Enables filtering and identification of scholarly works based on their open access status, supporting the discovery of freely available research.
OpenAlex Author Disambiguation
Research & Data Search Developer Tools
drAbreu
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Enables streamlined academic research and author disambiguation by providing AI agents with optimized access to the OpenAlex.org API. It supports searching for authors, resolving institutional affiliations, and retrieving scholarly works with detailed citation metrics.
Last updated 7 months ago
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MIT
Why this server?
Supports downloading full text for open access articles available directly on PubMed
mcp-simple-pubmed
Research & Data Search Remote
andybrandt
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An MCP server that provides access to PubMed articles through the Entrez API.
Last updated 2 days ago
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MIT
Why this server?
Supports identifying and retrieving the full text of academic papers published under Open Access licenses.
IEEE Xplore MCP Server
Search Research & Data Documentation Access
danieltyukov
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Allows users to search and retrieve academic papers, metadata, and citation counts from the IEEE Xplore digital library. It supports full-text search, author-specific queries, and publication tracking through the IEEE Xplore API.
Last updated 9 days ago
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Why this server?
Allows users to filter and identify open-access research papers within the search results.
SciX Client
Research & Data Search Remote
yipihey
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Enables AI assistants to interact with the SciX (formerly NASA ADS) API to search scientific literature, export citations, and analyze bibliometric data. It supports advanced tools for managing libraries, resolving astronomical object names, and exploring citation networks.
Last updated 14 days ago
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MIT