Semantic Scholar MCP Server

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• semantic_scholar_author_batch

  Retrieve multiple authors in a single request (max 1000).

• semantic_scholar_bulk_papers

  Retrieve multiple papers in a single request (max 500).

• semantic_scholar_bulk_search

  Search papers with sorting and cursor-based pagination for large result sets.

• semantic_scholar_export_citation

  Export a citation for a paper in BibTeX format.

• semantic_scholar_get_author

  Get author profile with optional publications list.

• semantic_scholar_get_paper

  Get paper details. Accepts: S2 ID, DOI:xxx, ARXIV:xxx, PMID:xxx, CorpusId:xxx

• semantic_scholar_match_paper

  Find the single best paper matching a title string. Returns match score.

• semantic_scholar_multi_recommend

  Get recommendations using multiple positive and negative example papers.

• semantic_scholar_paper_authors

  Get full author profiles for a paper's authors.

• semantic_scholar_recommendations

  Get paper recommendations based on a seed paper.

• semantic_scholar_search_authors

  Search for academic authors by name.

• semantic_scholar_search_papers

  Search for academic papers.

• semantic_scholar_snippet_search

  Search within paper full text. Returns text snippets with context.

• semantic_scholar_status

  Check server health, API connectivity, and key status.

• Code scan12 source files scanned25/25
• –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
• –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
• Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
• Maintenancelast push 6 days ago15/15
• Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10

Semantic Scholar MCP Server: common questions

Is Semantic Scholar MCP Server safe?

Mostly: it is graded B (83/100). Read the Semantic Scholar MCP Server safety report

How do I install Semantic Scholar MCP Server?

It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor config from the install section.

Does Semantic Scholar MCP Server need an API key?

Yes. The registry entry asks for SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY.

Is Semantic Scholar MCP Server maintained?

The last commit was 6 days ago (2026-09-14). The latest release is v1.7.4.

What can I use instead of Semantic Scholar MCP Server?

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