Academic MCP

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.

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// key findings

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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

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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 7 credentials: CORE_API_KEY, IEEE_API_KEY, SCIENCEDIRECT_API_KEY, SCOPUS_API_KEY, SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY, SPRINGER_API_KEY, WOS_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configACADEMIC_MCP_DOWNLOAD_PATH— "": "./downloads"

configACADEMIC_MCP_ENABLED_SOURCES— "": "arxiv,pubmed,pmc,biorxiv,medrxiv,semantic,core,crossref,google_scholar,iacr",

configACADEMIC_MCP_DISABLED_SOURCES— "": "ieee,scopus,springer,sciencedirect,wos,acm,jstor",

🔐 secretCORE_API_KEY— Optional API key for CORE

🔐 secretIEEE_API_KEY— Optional API key for IEEE Xplore

🔐 secretSCIENCEDIRECT_API_KEY— Optional API key for Science Direct

🔐 secretSCOPUS_API_KEY— Optional API key for Scopus

🔐 secretSEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY— Optional API key for Semantic Scholar

🔐 secretSPRINGER_API_KEY— Optional API key for Springer Link

🔐 secretWOS_API_KEY— Web of Science (requires institutional subscription)

// 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

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commit: 5a4e350eaf50d8b9743ae66b323bde5013fcd172

code hash: 0f28f5987b0a27a2ce7197a08fe2e307a1f06e82d0638003dc161fafb7a47af8

verified: 6/17/2026, 12:30:55 PM

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