OpenAlex MCP Server
Enables searching and retrieving scholarly works, authors, institutions, and citation networks from the OpenAlex catalog via natural language.
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openalex_search_authorsSearch for authors across 90M+ researcher profiles in OpenAlex. Supports name search plus filters: - last_known_institution.id: Filter by institution - works_count: Filter by publication count (e.g., ">50") - cited_by_count: Filter by total citations (e.g., ">1000") - has_orcid: true/false Args: …
openalex_get_authorRetrieve detailed information about a single author. Accepts multiple ID formats: - OpenAlex ID: A5023888391 or https://openalex.org/A5023888391 - ORCID: 0000-0002-1825-0097 or https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097 Returns: Full author profile including name variants, all affiliations with years, …
openalex_get_author_worksRetrieve the list of works by a specific author. Use this to: - Get a researcher's publication list - Find an author's most-cited papers - Filter an author's works by year, type, or other criteria Args: - id (string): Author identifier (OpenAlex ID or ORCID) - filter (string, optional): Additi…
openalex_search_institutionsSearch for institutions (universities, research institutes, companies) in OpenAlex. Supports name search plus filters: - type: Filter by type (education, company, healthcare, government, nonprofit, facility, archive, other) - country_code: Filter by country (e.g., "US", "GB", "DE") - works_count: F…
openalex_get_institutionRetrieve detailed information about a single institution. Accepts multiple ID formats: - OpenAlex ID: I27837315 or https://openalex.org/I27837315 - ROR: https://ror.org/000e0be47 Returns: Full institution profile including name variants, location, type, research metrics, top research topics, and a…
openalex_get_institution_worksRetrieve the list of works from a specific institution. Use this to: - Explore an institution's research output - Find an institution's most-cited papers - Filter works by year, type, or topic Args: - id (string): Institution identifier (OpenAlex ID or ROR) - filter (string, optional): Additio…
openalex_search_worksSearch across 250M+ scholarly works in OpenAlex. Supports full-text search plus powerful filters using OpenAlex filter syntax: - publication_year: Filter by year (e.g., "2023" or "2020-2024") - open_access.is_oa: true/false for open access status - cited_by_count: Filter by citation count (e.g., ">…
openalex_get_workRetrieve detailed information about a single scholarly work. Accepts multiple ID formats: - OpenAlex ID: W2741809807 or https://openalex.org/W2741809807 - DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2 or https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2 - PMID: 32908142 (PubMed ID) Returns: Full work details including t…
openalex_get_citationsFind all works that cite a given work (forward citation tracking). Use this to: - Track how a seminal paper has influenced the field - Find recent papers building on foundational research - Discover research directions inspired by a work Args: - id (string): Work identifier (OpenAlex ID, DOI, or…
openalex_get_referencesFind all works cited by a given work (backward citation tracking / bibliography). Use this to: - Explore the foundational literature behind a paper - Build reading lists from a key paper's bibliography - Understand the intellectual lineage of research Args: - id (string): Work identifier (OpenAl…
Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk has cross-client data leak via shared server/transport instance reuse
Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability
Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default
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