Install
Claude Desktop (one-click): Download academic-research-mcp.dxt below and double-click it.
uvx (Claude Code, Cursor, any MCP client):
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"academic-research": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["academic-research-mcp"]
}
}
}
```
pip: `pip install academic-research-mcp`
What's included
- 25 tools across 9 academic APIs (OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, arXiv, medRxiv/bioRxiv, CrossRef, Google Scholar, ORCID, Unpaywall)
- Local SQLite cache, PRISMA-compliant systematic review workflows, citation snowballing
- No API keys required for basic use