About Openalex MCP
Openalex MCP is an MCP server in the Search category: an MCP server designed for academic literature research using the OpenAlex free API.
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Install
git clone https://github.com/DeyangLiu123/openalex-mcpThis server has no ConduID identity, so agent calls to it are not receipted. Pin the version you install and review the source before granting it credentials.
Tools (9)
download_work_pdfDownload OpenAlex-hosted PDF or GROBID XML with root-boundary, size, magic-byte, and atomic-write checks
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get_api_quotaShow the official `/rate-limit` budget, remaining quota, reset time, and endpoint prices
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get_citing_worksFind later works that cite a paper
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get_referencesHydrate a paper's references and rank them by citation count
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get_workResolve a paper from an OpenAlex W-id, DOI, arXiv ID/URL, or exact title and return detailed metadata
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harvest_candidatesRun recent, backfill, topic, venue, citation, author, and slow-window retrieval, then exclude, deduplicate, and fuse results with RRF
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resolve_entityResolve sources, topics, and institutions from names, ISSNs, or OpenAlex IDs
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search_authorsFind authors by name or ORCID
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search_worksSearch titles and abstracts or full text, with date, venue, author, topic, OA, arXiv, citation, sorting, and pagination filters
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