Google Scholar Alternative: Academic Papers (OpenAlex)

Academic Paper Scraper

labrat011/academic-paper-scraper

Search MILLIONS of academic papers from Semantic Scholar and arXiv by keyword, DOI, or citation graph. Returns titles, authors, abstracts, citation counts, and open access PDFs as clean JSON. Works as an MCP tool for AI agents.

Academic Paper Search — Scholar Alternative (OpenAlex)

nexgendata/google-scholar-scraper

Search ~250M academic works (incl. arXiv preprints) with citation counts, authors, venues, DOIs and open-access links via the OpenAlex API — an open alternative to Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Scopus & Web of Science. Does not scrape Google Scholar.

Openreview Paper Scraper

accelerationengg/openreview-paper-scraper

Search accepted ICLR and NeurIPS papers from OpenReview by keyword and category (Oral, Spotlight, Poster).

Academic Paper Scraper

constant_quadruped/academic-paper-scraper

Search arXiv and PubMed in one request. Returns unified paper data: titles, authors, abstracts, DOIs, and PDF links. Filter by keywords, authors, categories, and date range. Built-in rate limiting and cross-source deduplication. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Academic Research & Papers Scraper (OpenAlex)

rupom888/academic-research-scraper

Search 200M+ academic papers, researchers, and institutions via OpenAlex API. Completely free, no API key needed. Get paper titles, abstracts, DOIs, citations, authors, open access links, and concepts. Filter by year, paper type, open access, and field of study.

Academic Research MCP — AI Agent Scholar Paper Discovery

red.cars/academic-research-mcp

Give your AI agent access to 8,000+ universities, 500M+ academic papers via PubMed, CORE, and unpaywall. One tool call for institutional reports, researcher profiles, and funding analysis.

Academic Research MCP — arXiv & Scholar for AI Agents

nexgendata/academic-research-mcp-server

MCP server exposing arXiv and OpenAlex/Crossref paper search (an open Google Scholar alternative — Scholar itself is not queried) as agent tools: titles, authors, citation counts, DOIs, links. Connect Claude, Cursor, n8n or the OpenAI Agents SDK. $0.02 per successful tool call.

medRxiv Preprints Scraper

parseforge/medrxiv-scraper

Scrapes medRxiv preprint records by search query or direct URL. Returns each paper as a flat row with title, authors, abstract, DOI, subject collection, and posting date.

Search academic papers by topic via OpenAlex. Title, authors, year, citations, DOI, venue as JSON for research & literature-review AI agents. $3 per 1,000, no coding.

arXiv Paper Scraper - AI Research Tracker

arjunannamalai/arxiv-paper-scraper

Track new arXiv papers by category, keyword and author. Clean output with authors, abstract and direct PDF links. Public API, no key.