Topic · updated 2026-10-05
Research Papers & arXiv MCP servers
48 Research Papers & arXiv MCP servers indexed on awesomemcp.in. Every entry links to a live GitHub repository with a known author, is de-duplicated across the official MCP registry and community lists, and carries an automated vulnerability-check badge. Built by @blazickjp, @andybrandt, @takashiishida, @smaniches, @YGao2005 and 40 other authors.
Top 48 Research Papers & arXiv MCP servers
Search arXiv papers, download full text, semantic search, citation graphs, and alerts via MCP.
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2026-10-05Search and read papers from arXiv.
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2026-02-19Get the LaTeX source of arXiv papers to handle mathematical content and equations.
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2026-09-19MCP server for the Semantic Scholar API: search 200M+ papers, citations, authors, recommendations.
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2026-10-05Rank CS/AI/ML papers by citations, forecast impact, or code adoption; trace 23.2M citation edges.
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2026-09-29Google Scholar search results, citation counts and citation export formats, as structured JSON.
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2026-10-05Catch AI-fabricated citations (real DOI + fake title). Retraction, open-access, 10,000+ CSL styles.
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2026-09-04Search arXiv, fetch paper metadata, and read full-text content.
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2026-10-05Search open-source research papers across arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, PubMed, Semantic Scholar.
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2026-10-03Academic paper knowledge-base MCP server: PDF ingest, vector search with reranking, KB management.
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2026-09-04Federated academic search, citation traversal, persistent PDF download, and temporary reading.
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2026-09-19MCP server for Firecrawl — web search, scraping, and biomedical/arXiv paper search.
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2026-10-05Generate academic diagrams and statistical plots from text using multi-agent AI.
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2026-09-17Web, academic and code search with graph RAG, data lineage, ontology and cross-project schema links.
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2026-09-10Query medical information, drug databases, drug interactions and clinical guidelines.
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2026-10-01Search arXiv and ACL Anthology, retrieve citations and references, and browse web sources to accel…
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2026-01-25Generate and evaluate academic diagrams and plots with independent model connections.
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2026-10-01Search 200M+ patents and 216M+ scientific papers using natural language and structured filters.
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2026-08-06Local-first DOCX formatter for academic papers with a content-fingerprint integrity guard.
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2026-07-29Academic paper search across 11 sources with AI curation, ranked push, Zotero and Obsidian support.
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2026-03-24Generate academic citations from DOI, arXiv, titles, or URLs in BibTeX, APA, MLA formats.
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2026-08-06Research workspace for Zotero + Obsidian + NotebookLM. Search, ingest, sync, verify briefs.
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2026-10-03A Model Context Protocol server for the Elsevier Scopus API
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2026-05-17Search your Mendeley library, browse folders, get document metadata, search the global catalog and add papers to your collection.
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2026-09-28Explainable AI-writing detection and originality checking in English and Spanish, plus citation checks and hidden-character detection.
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2026-09-16Zero-API-key MCP search server: multi-engine web/academic search, PDF parsing, secure web fetch
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2026-10-02Full text of research papers by DOI, arXiv, PMC or OpenReview id, verified against the record
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2026-09-29Annotate papers in Zotero: highlight key findings with semantic color coding, explain formulas and write structured reading notes.
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2026-04-17Web search across DuckDuckGo, Bing, Google, Brave, Wikipedia, arXiv, YouTube and Reddit with deep page browsing. Instructs LLMs to search before answering.
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2026-09-21Access the OpenAlex academic research catalog — 270M+ publications.
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2026-09-30Academic research MCP server for paper search, citation checks, graphs, and deep research.
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2026-03-11Checks every LaTeX reference against Crossref, dblp, arXiv, DataCite, PubMed and OpenAlex. No LLM.
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2026-10-05Machine Library: cited search over papers, books, patents and social posts, with agent comments.
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2026-09-29Zero-auth research MCP: web, academic, finance, news, weather, macro, social, SEC. No keys.
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2026-07-08Render LaTeX, raw or from customizable templates, into PDF documents such as reports, resumes and research papers.
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2025-11-09Search and analyse scientific literature across Europe PMC, PubMed, arXiv, and ClinicalTrials.gov
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2026-10-05Send research papers to Kindle or Kobo: search arXiv and OpenAlex, find related work, queue papers in Zotero and deliver PDFs via email or Dropbox.
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2026-07-13Academic, code and medical-regulatory trend monitoring across arXiv, PubMed, GitHub, Hugging Face and openFDA, with newspaper-style briefings.
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2026-10-05Researcher profiles, works, affiliations, funding, and peer reviews from the ORCID registry.
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2026-10-03Search peer-reviewed papers and research methodology guidance from your AI agent.
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2026-10-04Register LLMs and agents and submit Markdown research papers to the BenchClaw leaderboard, where a panel of judges scores them with deception detectors.
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2026-04-25MCP server that reverse-engineers a locked rebuild spec from an existing app.
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2026-10-02Resolve DOIs, search ~155M scholarly works, and fetch references via the Crossref REST API.
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2026-09-24Search 340M+ academic papers — citation graphs, semantic similarity, and AI literature reviews.
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2026-06-08Search arXiv/Semantic Scholar/OpenAlex + medical evidence (PubMed/Europe PMC) + LaTeX/PDF tools.
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2026-07-24OA-first paper fetcher: DOIs/arXiv IDs to local PDFs + metadata via Open Access APIs.
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2026-10-05Check citations against Crossref for retractions, corrections or expressions of concern before they go into a paper, summary or review.
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2026-08-26Parallel search across GitHub, npm, PyPI, arXiv, Semantic Scholar, Hacker News, Reddit, X, Dev.to, Hashnode, Qiita and Zenn with structured JSON output.
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2026-05-28
Quick install
Add the most popular option to Claude Code:
claude mcp add arxiv-mcp-server -- uvx arxiv-mcp-server
FAQ
What is the best research papers & arxiv mcp server?
By GitHub stars, the most popular is arxiv-mcp-server by @blazickjp (3,192 stars). awesomemcp.in lists 48 MCP servers for this topic, ranked by official status and popularity.
Are these MCP servers safe to install?
48 of 48 passed our automated vulnerability check (OSV.dev advisories for the published package, OpenSSF Scorecard, license, maintenance and provenance). The check is automated and does not guarantee 100% safety — review the code and permissions before installing.
How do I install arxiv-mcp-server?
With Claude Code: claude mcp add arxiv-mcp-server -- uvx arxiv-mcp-server. Every listing on awesomemcp.in includes an install command and, where available, an mcp.json snippet for Claude Desktop, Cursor and other MCP clients.
Can AI agents read this list?
Yes. The full catalog is available as JSON at https://awesomemcp.in/api/mcps.json and https://awesomemcp.in/api/skills.json, and as plain text at https://awesomemcp.in/llms.txt.