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?
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 a month ago
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MIT License
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 6 months ago
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MIT License
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 7 months ago
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MIT License
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 21 days ago
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MIT License
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 4 months ago
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MIT License
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 6 months ago
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MIT License
Why this server?
Provides access to the Smithsonian Institution's Open Access collections with over 3 million digitized objects, allowing AI assistants to search collections, retrieve detailed object metadata, check exhibition status, and access high-resolution images and 3D models from 19 Smithsonian museums.
Smithsonian Open Access MCP
Art & Culture Search Open Data
molanojustin
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Provides AI assistants with access to search, explore, and analyze over 3 million collection objects from the Smithsonian Institution's museums. Enables finding objects currently on exhibit, retrieving detailed metadata, high-resolution images, and 3D models from America's national museums.
Last updated 24 days ago
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MIT License
Why this server?
Provides specialized filtering capabilities to find and access open access scientific publications, including functions to retrieve the latest open access papers and obtain free full-text links.
PubMed MCP Server
Research & Data Open Data Search
rikachu225
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An MCP server implementation that enables searching and retrieving research articles from PubMed with specific focus on open access content filtering and full-text link retrieval.
Last updated a year ago
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Why this server?
Specializes in harvesting and extracting text from over 200 million open access research papers across major academic databases and repositories.
Scientific Paper Harvester MCP
Research & Data Search Open Data
benedict2310
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Provides real-time access to over 200 million scientific papers and full-text extraction from major academic sources including arXiv, OpenAlex, and PubMed Central. It enables users to search, fetch metadata, and analyze citations across multiple research disciplines through a unified Model Context Protocol interface.
Last updated 5 months ago
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