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Paper Search MCP

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.

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// key findings
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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 16 high
Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.
⚠️
Tests do not pass
Either the test suite is broken or the code regressed. Either way the published behaviour can’t be verified by the publisher’s own tests.
✅
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
✅
Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
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You'll be asked for 8 credentials: ELSEVIER_API_KEY, PUBMED_API_KEY, SCOPUS_SEARCH_API_KEY, SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY, SPRINGER_API_KEY, SPRINGER_OPENACCESS_API_KEY, WILEY_TDM_TOKEN, WOS_API_KEY
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// known CVEs in dependencies16 high12 low

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.24.3GHSA-345p-7cg4-v4c7

@modelcontextprotocol/sdk has cross-client data leak via shared server/transport instance reuse

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.24.3GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

highaxios@1.7.2GHSA-35jp-ww65-95wh

axios Vulnerable to Full Man-in-the-Middle via Prototype Pollution Gadget in `config.proxy`

highaxios@1.7.2GHSA-3g43-6gmg-66jw

axios Vulnerable to Credential Theft and Response Hijacking via Prototype Pollution Gadget in Config Merge

highaxios@1.7.2GHSA-43fc-jf86-j433

Axios is Vulnerable to Denial of Service via __proto__ Key in mergeConfig

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// required environment variables
This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.
configCROSSREF_MAILTO
🔐 secretELSEVIER_API_KEY— your_elsevier_api_key
configHTTPS_PROXY— ✅ Google Scholar: Major anti-detection overhaul — session management, cookie persistence, 429/captcha detection with auto-retry, adaptive delay, and proxy support (SCHOLAR_PROXY//HTTP_PROXY)
configHTTP_PROXY— ✅ Google Scholar: Major anti-detection overhaul — session management, cookie persistence, 429/captcha detection with auto-retry, adaptive delay, and proxy support (SCHOLAR_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY/)
configMCP_SERVER
🔐 secretPUBMED_API_KEY— your_ncbi_api_key_here
configSCHOLAR_PROXY— ✅ Google Scholar: Major anti-detection overhaul — session management, cookie persistence, 429/captcha detection with auto-retry, adaptive delay, and proxy support (/HTTPS_PROXY/HTTP_PROXY)
🔐 secretSCOPUS_SEARCH_API_KEY
🔐 secretSEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY— your_semantic_scholar_api_key
🔐 secretSPRINGER_API_KEY— your_springer_api_key # For Metadata API v2
🔐 secretSPRINGER_OPENACCESS_API_KEY— your_openaccess_api_key
🔐 secretWILEY_TDM_TOKEN— your_wiley_tdm_token
🔐 secretWOS_API_KEY— your_actual_api_key_here
configWOS_API_VERSION— v1 # Stable, recommended
configWOS_BURST
configWOS_RPS
// full audit trail
The full breakdown of what we checked, the deductions that landed, the network hosts, the dependency advisories, and concrete fix guidance is available to verified publishers.
// improvement guidance — verified publishers only
We have 2 concrete improvements we can share with the publisher of this MCP. Each comes with specific guidance to raise the trust score.
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code hash: 16a69f6a6998a8c4bca118407f74d6e35294b933e0a84439cd4fca232f373fa9
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