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academic-research-mcp-server

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About academic-research-mcp-server

An MCP server for searching academic papers and reference knowledge across arXiv, Google Scholar, and Wikipedia. It is intended for research workflows and also retrieves paper metadata and citation metrics.

Key features

  1. 01Search arXiv papers
  2. 02Search Google Scholar papers
  3. 03Search Wikipedia articles
  4. 04Retrieve paper metadata
  5. 05Get citation metrics

Use cases

  1. 01Find papers on a research topic
  2. 02Look up a paper’s metadata
  3. 03Check citations for a paper or author

MCP support

Exposes search, metadata, and citation tools to MCP clients. It runs as a local stdio bridge that forwards requests to the nexgendata Apify MCP endpoint.

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

mcp.json · Universal config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thenextgennexus-academic-research": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@thenextgennexus/academic-research-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Run commandnpx -y @thenextgennexus/academic-research-mcp-server
Environment variables to set
APIFY_TOKENSecretYour Apify API token for accessing web scraping actors

Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.

Packages
npm@thenextgennexus/academic-research-mcp-server1.0.1

Tools

5

Saved tool list · updated 2w ago

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
querystringYesSearch query
maxItemsnumberNoMaximum papers

Details

From the project README

Academic Research MCP Server

Search arXiv, Google Scholar, and Wikipedia for academic papers and knowledge — powered by nexgendata on Apify.

Quick Start

Using npx (recommended)
npx @nexgendata/academic-research-mcp-server
Install globally
npm install -g @nexgendata/academic-research-mcp-server

Configure with Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

{
      "mcpServers": {
            "academic-research-mcp-server": {
                  "command": "npx",
                  "args": [
                        "-y",
                        "@nexgendata/academic-research-mcp-server"
                  ],
                  "env": {
                        "APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token-optional"
                  }
            }
      }
}

Configure with Cline

Add the same configuration to your Cline MCP settings.

Available Tools

ToolDescription
search_arxivSearch arXiv for academic papers
search_google_scholarSearch Google Scholar for academic papers
search_wikipediaSearch Wikipedia for articles
get_paper_metadataGet detailed metadata for an academic paper
get_citation_metricsGet citation metrics for a paper or author

Environment Variables

VariableRequiredDescription
APIFY_TOKENNoYour Apify API token for authenticated access. Without it, the server uses the public endpoint (rate-limited).

How It Works

This MCP server acts as a local stdio bridge to the nexgendata Apify MCP endpoint. When you call a tool, it forwards the request to Apify and returns the results.

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License

MIT

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