"How to search for academic papers using Google Scholar" matching MCP servers:

• Academic MCP

  LinXueyuanStdio

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  Enables 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 updated 2026-01-30

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  16

  MIT

• MCP Server for Google Search

  mcp-for-dev

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  A Model Context Protocol server that provides web search capabilities using Google Custom Search API and webpage content extraction functionality.

  Last updated 2025-05-15

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• Google Scholar MCP Server

  docxmxm

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  Enables academic research through Google Scholar by searching for papers, finding author publications, discovering recent research, and identifying highly cited works through web scraping with natural language queries.

  Last updated 2025-07-04

  MIT

• Call For Papers MCP

  alperenkocyigit

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  Enables searching for upcoming academic conferences and events from WikiCFP by keywords, returning detailed information including dates, locations, submission deadlines, and related resources.

  Last updated 2025-10-27

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  GPL 3.0

• Google-Scholar-MCP-Server

  JackKuo666

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  🔍 Enable AI assistants to search and access Google Scholar papers through a simple MCP interface.

  Last updated 2025-03-25

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• Scholar MCP

  ProPriyam

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  A local MCP server that allows users to search Google Scholar for academic papers by topic, author, and year range without requiring API keys. It utilizes web scraping to provide paginated results for research and academic exploration through natural language.

  Last updated 2026-02-23

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• Academic Paper Search MCP

  afrise

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  Enables real-time search and retrieval of academic paper information from multiple sources, providing access to paper metadata, abstracts, and full-text content when available, with structured data responses for integration with AI models that support tool/function calling.

  Last updated 2025-02-12

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  AGPL 3.0

• Google Search MCP

  ShogoOkamoto

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  Enables Large Language Models to perform real-time web searches using Google Custom Search API. Integrates with Claude Desktop to retrieve current information from the internet.

  Last updated 2025-11-29

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  MIT

• Academic MCP

  xinyousuozhi

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  Enables AI tools to search and retrieve data from various South Korean and Japanese academic databases, including research journals, historical records, and legislative information.

  Last updated 2026-02-24

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• Global Papers MCP

  auraweon7-ship-it

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  Unified academic paper search MCP server integrating OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, CrossRef, and arXiv APIs, enabling Claude to search and analyze over 500 million scholarly papers.

  Last updated 2026-04-22

  MIT

• Scholar MCP Server

  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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• Google Search MCP Server

  Fabien-desablens

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  An MCP server that provides Google Search functionality with automatic API key rotation and intelligent quota management, enabling natural language search queries with advanced filtering options.

  Last updated 2025-10-22

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  MIT

• Semantic Scholar MCP Server

  smaniches

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  Provides 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 updated 2026-04-06

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  2

  MIT

• Google Search MCP Server

  thejusdutt

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  Enables comprehensive web and news searches via the Google Custom Search API with integrated content extraction using the Mozilla Readability algorithm. It allows users to perform quick snippet lookups or deep searches that fetch and format full article content into clean markdown.

  Last updated 2026-02-05

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  MIT

• Polish Academic MCP

  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

• Enhanced Google Search MCP

  kongyo2

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  A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides enhanced Google search capabilities with advanced anonymization and anti-detection features.

  Last updated 2025-08-08

  1

  3

  MIT

• MCP Chrome Google Search

  cmann50

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  Enables Google search and webpage content extraction via Chrome for macOS, allowing access to both unauthenticated and authenticated content, and integrates with Claude for secure and automated browsing tasks.

  Last updated 2025-02-01

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  MIT

• MCP Gemini Google Search

  yukukotani

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  Provides Google Search functionality for AI models using Gemini's built-in Grounding with Google Search feature, returning real-time web search results with source citations.

  Last updated 2025-07-20

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  Apache 2.0

• Google Images Search MCP

  srigi

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  MCP server for searching images with Google

  Last updated 2025-08-02

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  MIT

• How-To-Cook

  xiaobenyang-com

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  An AI recipe recommendation server based on the MCP protocol, providing functions such as recipe query, classification filtering, intelligent dietary planning, and daily menu recommendation.

  Last updated 2026-01-09

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  Apache 2.0