Crossref MCP Server
Rank #38,499glama/JackKuo666/Crossref-MCP-Server
Enables AI assistants to search academic literature and retrieve detailed metadata for papers, journals, and funding organizations via the Crossref database. It supports DOI-based lookups and keyword searches to facilitate programmatic access to scholarly research data.
What you can do with Crossref MCP Server
Crossref MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server published by JackKuo666. It ranks #38,499 of 144,396 active servers on MCP Toplist, and its repository has 7 GitHub stars. Crossref MCP Server is listed across 2 registries — Glama and mcp.so; no version information is available from the registries that list it or from its repository. It was first listed on Apr 4, 2025.
Not verifiedMCP Toplist has not yet written a checked profile for this server, so the paragraph above is assembled from registry data only. The repository README is the authority on what it does.
What Crossref MCP Server can and cannot do
Not verifiedMCP Toplist has not catalogued this server's tools or limitations. The repository README lists them.
What you need before using Crossref MCP Server
The registry listing declares no required environment variables or authentication. This is declared metadata, not a verified install — the repository README is the authority.
Declared by Glama, last synced Oct 16, 2026. Not independently verified by MCP Toplist.
No runtime, credential or payment requirements are recorded for this server beyond the declaration above.
Connect Crossref MCP Server and confirm it works
Install configuration unavailable. No registry publishes a machine-readable install config for this server — follow the repository README.
After adding the config, ask your client to list this server's tools. A tool list confirms the connection; an empty list or an error means the server did not start or needs credentials.
When to choose another server
- arXiv-Search-MCP-Server MCP Server
- Google-Scholar-MCP-Server#8,488
- Sci-Hub MCP Server#11,615
- PubMed-MCP-Server#12,760
- Semantic Scholar MCP Server#14,934
- bioRxiv-MCP-Server#24,105
- ClinicalTrials MCP Server#28,600
- PubTator-MCP-Server#35,451
- medRxiv-MCP-Server#35,452
- PubChem MCP Server#43,784
- ChEMBL-MCP-Server#59,478
- PyPI MCP Server#60,412
No task-specific alternatives are catalogued for Crossref MCP Serveryet; the list above is its publisher's other servers.
What changed, and when this was checked
- First listed
- Apr 4, 2025
- Version history
- Unavailable — no registry exposes versions and no release tags were found
- Requirements evidence
- Declared by Glama, last synced Oct 16, 2026. Not independently verified by MCP Toplist.
- Profile checked
- Not yet — purpose, capabilities and requirements above come from registry data only
- Ranking data as of
- Oct 16, 2026
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Version information unavailable
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Frequently asked questions
- Who maintains Crossref MCP Server?
- Crossref MCP Server is maintained by JackKuo666, which publishes 21 MCP servers tracked on MCP Toplist.
- Is Crossref MCP Server listed on the Official MCP Registry?
- Crossref MCP Server is not on the Official MCP Registry. It is listed on Glama and mcp.so.
- How many versions does Crossref MCP Server have?
- Version information is unavailable for Crossref MCP Server: no registry that lists it exposes version metadata, and no release tags were found on its repository.
- Where can I find the source code for Crossref MCP Server?
- The source code for Crossref MCP Server is hosted at github.com/JackKuo666/crossref-MCP-Server.
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