19 tools that work with OpenAlex: 12 MCP servers, 7 Agent Skills and 0 Claude Code plugins. 2 of the remote servers answered our live check, 1 worked without an API key, and 5 come from an official or verified publisher. Ranked by GitHub stars plus official, live and free-to-try signals.
Most common uses: Web search engines & search APIs (10), Research, papers & reference data (6), Notes, docs & knowledge bases (1), SQL databases (1).
| Tool | Stars | Last update | License | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inciteful Citation graph search over OpenAlex: similar papers, citation networks, paths and BibTeX export. MCP serverVerified domain · incitefulmed.comRemote● LiveFree to try | 3 | MIT | ||
| openalex Search academic papers via OpenAlex API for open citation data, institutional affiliations, and funding information. Use when user says "openalex sear SkillInstall · skills CLI | 19,162 | MIT | ||
| 双引擎论文搜索 使用 OpenAlex 与 AnySearch 两个真实数据源并行搜索、交叉匹配和输出可追溯论文元数据。 SkillInstall · skills CLI | 1,929 | — | ||
| literature-search-openalex Query the OpenAlex scholarly database for research papers, authors, institutions, topics, sources, publishers, funders, geo-locations, and keywords. U SkillInstall · skills CLI | 3,472 | Apache-2.0 | ||
| nsfc-literature NSFC申请书文献检索与引用生成。使用OpenAlex API免费搜索学术文献，使用wenxian生成标准引用格式。 SkillInstall · skills CLI | 787 | — | ||
| i2 Screening Assistant - AI-PRISMA 6-dimension screening with Groq LLM (100x cheaper) Supports two project types with different confidence thresholds Use SkillInstall · skills CLI | 5,013 | — | ||
| openalex-database Query and analyze scholarly literature using the OpenAlex database. This skill should be used when searching for academic papers, analyzing research t SkillInstall · skills CLI | 3,816 | Apache-2.0 | ||
| paper-search-pro Find academic papers across up to 8 sources (OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, CrossRef, PubMed, arXiv; OpenReview for AI venues; NSSD 国家哲社文献中心 + yiigle 中华医 SkillInstall · skills CLI | 231 | Apache-2.0 | ||
| OpenAlex Scientific Citation Graph & Research Search Search 250M+ academic works, citation graphs, DOIs, and institutional research via OpenAlex. MCP serverVerified domain · ceadigital.ioRemote● LivePaid calls | — | — | ||
| com.mambabuilt/mcp-research-topic-institutions-authors Rank the institutions and authors with the most works on a research topic, from OpenAlex MCP serverVerified domain · mambabuilt.comLocal · npm | 0 | MIT | ||
| OpenAlex Search 250M+ research papers, citations and author profiles. Free OpenAlex account; OAuth sign-in. MCP serverVerified domain · openalex.orgRemoteSign-in needed | — | — | ||
| OpenAlex Papers (Apify Actor) by Tuper OpenAlex academic papers, authors and citations search via the official API. Runs on Apify. MCP serverVerified domain · tuper.appRemoteSign-in needed | — | — | ||
| io.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server Access the OpenAlex academic research catalog — 270M+ publications. MCP serverGitHub-verified authorLocal · npm | 18 | Apache-2.0 | ||
| io.github.AnonymousOnyx22/paper-finder-student-mcp Academic paper search MCP server through OpenAlex. No key needed. MCP serverGitHub-verified authorLocal · npm | 0 | MIT | ||
| KATA Research Automation Deterministic research automation with live OpenAlex search and reusable workflow programs. MCP serverGitHub-verified authorRemoteDown | 0 | MIT | ||
| Notanda (Beta) Every OpenAlex search stores its request, response and checksums so sources can be checked later. MCP serverGitHub-verified authorLocal · PyPI | 0 | MIT | ||
| OpenAlex MCP Server Search OpenAlex papers, authors, institutions and citations. Hosted on Apify; needs an Apify token. MCP serverGitHub-verified authorRemoteSign-in needed | 0 | — | ||
| Panda Research MCP (hosted subset) Hosted research subset: check citations, catch fake/retracted papers, search OpenAlex & PubMed. MCP serverGitHub-verified authorRemoteSign-in needed | — | — | ||
| Research Paper Search — OpenAlex Titles, DOIs & Citations Search OpenAlex for paper titles, DOIs, years, citation counts and open-access flags MCP serverGitHub-verified authorRemoteSign-in needed | — | — |