Academic Research Search
What this MCP does
Searches PubMed and arXiv for academic papers and retrieves citation metadata through Crossref.
Tools
Input schema
{'type': 'object', 'properties': {'q': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Search query for papers'}, 'doi': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Specific DOI to look up (e.g. "10.1038/nature12373")'}, 'type': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Filter by type: journal-article, book-chapter, proceedings-article'}, 'limit': {'type': 'number', 'default': 10, 'description': 'Number of results (max 20, default 10)'}}}
Input schema
{'type': 'object', 'required': ['q'], 'properties': {'q': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Search query (e.g. "transformer architecture", "quantum computing")'}, 'limit': {'type': 'number', 'default': 10, 'description': 'Number of results (max 20, default 10)'}, 'category': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'arXiv category: cs, physics, math, q-bio, stat, econ'}}}
Input schema
{'type': 'object', 'required': ['q'], 'properties': {'q': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Search query (e.g. "COVID-19 vaccines", "CRISPR gene editing")'}, 'sort': {'type': 'string', 'default': 'relevance', 'description': 'Sort order: relevance or date'}, 'limit': {'type': 'number', 'default': 10, 'description': 'Number of results (max 20, default 10)'}}}
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