OpenAlex Research MCP Server
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.
Install
npx -y openalex-research-mcp
Paste the configuration above into your MCP client config (claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop) and restart the client.
{
"mcpServers": {
"openalex-research-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"openalex-research-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
"OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<OPENALEX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Paste the configuration above into your MCP client config (claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop) and restart the client.
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