semantic-scholar-mcp-server

semantic-scholar-mcp-server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server published by smaboundless. It ranks #36,088 of 95,033 servers tracked on MCP Toplist. semantic-scholar-mcp-server is listed across 3 registries — Official MCP, PulseMCP and Glama, with 1 tracked version. It was first listed on Jul 4, 2026 and most recently updated on Jul 4, 2026.

Use semantic-scholar-mcp-server

Add semantic-scholar-mcp-server to any MCP client (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, …) with one of the configs below.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semanticscholar": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "semanticscholar-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<your SEMANTICSCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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