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OpenAlex MCP Server

Rank #160,135

smithery/agenticsolutionsteam/openalex-mcp

MCP server for Claude, Cursor and AI agents: search OpenAlex scholarly works, authors and institutions, and follow citations and references. Compact JSON with abstracts. Hosted on Apify; needs an Apify API token (Authorization: Bearer). $0.015 per successful tool call via your Apify account. OpenAlex data is CC0. Not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAlex or OurResearch. Connect directly at https://agentic-solutions--openalex-mcp.apify.actor/mcp. You'll need your own Apify API token, sent as an Authorization: Bearer header.

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First listed

Oct 16, 2026

Last publish date

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PURPOSE

What you can do with OpenAlex MCP Server

OpenAlex MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. It ranks #160,135 of 162,202 active servers on MCP Toplist. OpenAlex MCP Server is listed on Smithery; no version information is available from the registries that list it or from its repository. It was first listed on Oct 16, 2026.

Not verifiedMCP Toplist has not yet written a checked profile for this server, so the paragraph above is assembled from registry data only. Its registry listings below are the authority on what it does.

CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS

What OpenAlex MCP Server can and cannot do

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REQUIREMENTS

What you need before using OpenAlex MCP Server

DeclaredRemote authHosted remote, sign-in declared

The hosted endpoint is declared as gated by authentication — connect via its URL and authenticate with the provider (OAuth flow or an API key/header, per its docs).

Declared by Smithery, last synced Oct 28, 2026. Not independently verified by MCP Toplist.

Declared in the registry install config

Hosted endpoint declared as requiring authentication.

INSTALLATION AND FIRST TASK

Connect OpenAlex MCP Server and confirm it works

Remote · HTTP

claude mcp add --transport http openalex-mcp https://server.smithery.ai/agenticsolutionsteam/openalex-mcp/mcp

This endpoint requires authentication — see the server’s docs for credentials.

Remote · HTTP

[mcp_servers.openalex-mcp]
url = "https://server.smithery.ai/agenticsolutionsteam/openalex-mcp/mcp"

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml. This endpoint requires authentication — see the server’s docs for credentials.

Remote · HTTP

https://server.smithery.ai/agenticsolutionsteam/openalex-mcp/mcp

Settings → Connectors → “Add custom connector”, then paste this URL. This endpoint requires authentication — see the server’s docs for credentials.

Remote · HTTP

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openalex-mcp": {
      "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/agenticsolutionsteam/openalex-mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (per project). This endpoint requires authentication — see the server’s docs for credentials.

Remote · HTTP

{
  "servers": {
    "openalex-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/agenticsolutionsteam/openalex-mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Save as .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace. This endpoint requires authentication — see the server’s docs for credentials.

Remote · HTTP

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openalex-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://server.smithery.ai/agenticsolutionsteam/openalex-mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json. This endpoint requires authentication — see the server’s docs for credentials.

Remote · HTTP

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openalex-mcp": {
      "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/agenticsolutionsteam/openalex-mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint requires authentication — see the server’s docs for credentials.

First successful task

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.

MAINTENANCE AND EVIDENCE

What changed, and when this was checked

First listed: Oct 16, 2026
Version history: Unavailable — no registry exposes versions and no release tags were found
Requirements evidence: Declared by Smithery, last synced Oct 28, 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 28, 2026

Registry sightings

Smithery ↗listed since Oct 28, 2026 · still listed

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VERSIONS

Version information unavailable

The registry that lists this server does not expose version metadata, and no release tags were found on the linked repository. MCP Toplist cannot say how, or whether, this server is versioned.

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#160,135of 162,202 active servers

Ranks ahead of 2,067 of 162,202 servers on MCP Toplist.

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FAQ

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Is OpenAlex MCP Server listed on the Official MCP Registry?: OpenAlex MCP Server is not on the Official MCP Registry. It is listed on Smithery.
How many versions does OpenAlex MCP Server have?: Version information is unavailable for OpenAlex MCP Server: no registry that lists it exposes version metadata, and no release tags were found on its repository.

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