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Academic Research MCP: Papers, Citations & Authors (OpenAlex)

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Search 250M+ scholarly papers from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client, or in a normal run: titles, authors, DOIs, abstracts, citation counts, open-access PDFs. Walk citations and references, list an author's papers, get a topic overview. OpenAlex with Crossref fallback.

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from $2.00 / 1,000 papers

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Developer

Joshua White

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You can access the Academic Research MCP: Papers, Citations & Authors (OpenAlex) 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "query": "retrieval augmented generation",
12    "maxResults": 20
13};
14
15// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
16const run = await client.actor("oldjard/academic-research-mcp").call(input);
17
18// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
19console.log('Results from dataset');
20console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
21const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
22items.forEach((item) => {
23    console.dir(item);
24});
25
26// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Academic Research MCP: Search Papers, Citations, DOIs API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Academic Research MCP: Papers, Citations & Authors (OpenAlex) API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

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