Unpaywall MCP Server

What you can do with Unpaywall MCP Server

Unpaywall MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server published by smaboundless. It ranks #82,720 of 168,415 active servers 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.

What Unpaywall MCP Server can and cannot do

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What you need before using Unpaywall MCP Server

Connect Unpaywall MCP Server and confirm it works

claude mcp add unpaywall -e "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL=<your UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>" -- uvx unpaywall-mcp-server

[mcp_servers.unpaywall]
command = "uvx"
args = ["unpaywall-mcp-server"]

[mcp_servers.unpaywall.env]
UNPAYWALL_EMAIL = "<your UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"

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

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

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

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

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

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No task-specific alternatives are catalogued for Unpaywall MCP Serveryet; the list above is its publisher's other servers.

What changed, and when this was checked

First listed

Jul 4, 2026

Latest version published

Jul 4, 2026

Version history

1 version tracked (below)

Requirements evidence

Declared by Glama, last synced Nov 4, 2026. Not independently verified by MCP Toplist.

Profile checked

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Nov 4, 2026

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