Unpaywall MCP Server

Unpaywall MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server published by smaboundless. It ranks #32,545 of 95,033 servers tracked on MCP Toplist. Unpaywall 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 Unpaywall MCP Server

Add Unpaywall MCP Server to any MCP client (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, …) with one of the configs below.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unpaywall": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "unpaywall-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<your UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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