Google Scholar MCP server
Search Google Scholar for academic papers, citations, and author profiles.
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Google Scholar tools
Tool list not cached yet. `describe` through the gateway fetches it live.
Install directly
claude mcp add --transport http google-scholar https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-scholar-api
Google Scholar: common questions
- Is Google Scholar MCP server safe?
- Not known yet: the safety scan has not run. New listings are scanned within a few days.
- How do I install Google Scholar?
- It runs remotely at mcp.apify.com. Add it to Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
- Does Google Scholar need an API key?
- Yes. The registry entry asks for
Authorization. - Is Google Scholar maintained?
- The latest release is v1.0.1.
- Is Google Scholar up?
- 100% of our last 2 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
- What can I use instead of Google Scholar?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: HasData Google Scholar MCP server, Books & Papers MCP Server and Pubmed MCP server. Compare all Google Scholar alternatives.
Alternatives to Google Scholar
Same job from other publishers: the closest match first, then the best rated.
HasData Google ScholarGoogle Scholar search results, citation counts and citation export formats, as structured JSON.not reviewedGrowingA- Books & Papers MCP ServerFederated search of books and papers, BibTeX/RIS citations, open-access retrieval and reading.not reviewedGrowingA
- PubmedSearch PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms.not reviewedEstablishedA
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- ZoteusZotero MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: search, citations, safe writes, PDF passages and pages.not reviewedEstablishedA