OpenAlex Scientific Citation Graph & Research Search

Overview

OpenAlex Scientific Citation Graph & Research Search is an MCP server that gives AI assistants access to over 250 million academic works, citation graphs, DOIs, and institutional research data. Your MCP-compatible AI can call its tools directly during conversations or agent runs to search and retrieve scholarly information on demand.

The server runs as a hosted remote endpoint at https://ceadigital.io/mcp/openalex with no local installation required. Version 1.0.0 is the current release, and no authentication is needed to connect.

Listed under Development on mcp.site, OpenAlex Scientific Citation Graph & Research Search works with all MCP clients including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Zed. If you maintain this server for ceadigital.io, you can claim this listing to verify ownership and keep information up to date.

Installation

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
Name: OpenAlex Scientific Citation Graph & Research Search
URL:  https://ceadigital.io/mcp/openalex