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io.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server · v0.8.0

Access the OpenAlex academic research catalog — 270M+ publications.

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Reachable, 5 tools, protocol 2025-06-18 · checked 2026-10-17

Test & rating

B 88/100

What it does: 5 tools · 5 read, 0 write · Knowledge & docs

No tool could be tested safely. Only read-only tools that need no input are called.

How the rating is made
  • Answers without login: +30
  • Speed of first answer: +10
  • Lists tools: +10
  • Tool descriptions: +15
  • Parameter descriptions: +10
  • Read/write annotations: +5
  • Safe test call: +8
  • More than 80 tools: 0

Tested 2026-10-17. Fixed rules, no AI model. Grade A needs a successful real call.

Install

Remote URL
https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp
Package
registry:   npm
identifier: @cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server
version:    0.8.0
transport:  stdio

Tools

5 tools listed at last check
  • openalex_resolve_name Resolve a name or an identifier to an OpenAlex ID. ALWAYS use this before filtering by entity — names are ambiguous, IDs are not. A name returns up to 10 autocomplete matches with disambiguation hints. An identifier — OpenAlex ID, DOI, ORCID, ROR, PMID, or ISSN, bare or in URL form — resolves direct
  • openalex_search_entities Search, filter, sort, or retrieve by ID. Covers all OpenAlex entity types (works, authors, sources, institutions, topics, keywords, publishers, funders). Pass `id` to retrieve a single entity. Otherwise, use `query` and/or `filters` for discovery. Supports keyword search with boolean operators, exac
  • openalex_analyze_trends Aggregate OpenAlex entities into groups and count them. Use for trend analysis (group works by publication_year), distribution analysis (group by oa_status, type, country), and comparative analysis (group by institution or topic). Combine with filters to scope the analysis. Returns up to 200 groups
  • openalex_get_citation_graph Walk the citation graph one hop from a seed work. Direction picks the edge: incoming citations (`cites`), the seed's own references (`cited_by`), or OpenAlex's algorithmically-related works (`related_to`). Note: `direction` follows OpenAlex's filter convention, which inverts the common English readi
  • openalex_describe_fields List valid field names for an OpenAlex entity type and context (filter, group_by, or select). Use proactively before constructing a filter or group_by to avoid invalid-field 400 errors. Pass `query` to rank the list by name similarity — useful when you have a partial or guessed field name. Ranking n

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