OpenAlex MCP Server – Research Papers, Authors & Citations
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from $15.00 / 1,000 tool calls
MCP server for Claude, Cursor and AI agents: search scholarly works, authors and institutions in OpenAlex, and follow citations and references. Compact JSON with abstracts. $0.015 per successful call. Not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAlex or OurResearch.
You can access the OpenAlex MCP Server – Research Papers, Authors & Citations programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "testQuery": "large language models"<}' |<apify call agentic_solutions/openalex-mcp --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use OpenAlex MCP Server – Research Papers, Authors & Citations locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: