Best Semantic Scholar MCP Servers
Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, developed by the Allen Institute for AI (AI2) to help scholars discover and understand research papers.
Why this server?
Provides AI-powered semantic search with citation networks, research field filtering, and direct access to open access PDFs.
AlicenseBqualityBmaintenanceEnables 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 updated419393156MITWhy this server?
Provides access to the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API, allowing for searching and retrieving academic papers, author information, citation analysis, reference tracking, and text snippet search across scholarly publications.
AlicenseAqualityCmaintenanceEnables access to the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API for searching and retrieving detailed information about academic papers, authors, citations, and references.Last updated113MITWhy this server?
Offers broad academic search capabilities and paper data retrieval using the Semantic Scholar database.
AlicenseAquality-maintenanceA 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 updated766MITWhy this server?
Enables academic research by searching paper titles, abstracts, citations, and finding PDF sources.
AlicenseBqualityCmaintenancePay-per-use API tools and LLM gateway for AI agents. 15 services (DART, Tabelog, Google Maps, Brave Search, Firecrawl, DeepL, ElevenLabs, and more) + smart LLM routing. No API keys needed, pay with USDC on Base.Last updated2552MITWhy this server?
Provides integration for searching and analyzing academic literature through Semantic Scholar.
AlicenseAqualityAmaintenanceWeb search (embedded SearXNG), content extraction, and library docs indexing with hybrid search. No API keys required.Last updated68Why this server?
Searches Semantic Scholar for academic papers.
AlicenseAqualityCmaintenanceSearch 21 sources in one call — GitHub, npm, PyPI, arXiv, HN, X, Reddit, and more. No API keys to juggle, structured JSON back.Last updated2137MITWhy this server?
Enables searching, downloading, and reading academic papers through Semantic Scholar's AI-powered research database, with optional API key support for enhanced features.
AlicenseAqualityCmaintenanceEnables users to search, download, and read academic papers from multiple platforms including arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, and CrossRef through a unified interface.Last updated321MITWhy this server?
Verifies academic citations against Semantic Scholar's database, matching metadata like title, authors, year, and venue.
AlicenseAqualityCmaintenanceMCP server for verifying academic citations via Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, and CrossRef.Last updated1MITWhy this server?
Provides comprehensive access to 200M+ academic papers through Semantic Scholar's API, including advanced paper search with filters, full paper details with citations and references, author profiles with h-index and publications, AI-powered paper recommendations, and bulk retrieval of up to 500 papers. Supports multiple identifier formats including Semantic Scholar ID, DOI, ArXiv, PubMed, ACL, and CorpusId.
AlicenseAqualityBmaintenanceProvides direct access to 200M+ academic papers from Semantic Scholar, enabling paper search with advanced filters, author discovery, citation analysis, and AI-powered paper recommendations through natural language.Last updated145MIT