# semantic-scholar-mcp

> Use this tool when you need to retrieve academic paper metadata, such as paper details, citations, and author information, to facilitate research, citation analysis, or literature reviews. It solves problems related to finding and organizing relevant academic papers, and provides outputs including paper titles, authors, and citation counts. The tool takes search queries as input and returns structured metadata from Semantic Scholar.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/benhaotang-mcp-semantic-scholar-server  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/benhaotang-mcp-semantic-scholar-server

## Description

Enables searching and retrieving academic paper metadata from Semantic Scholar, including paper details, citations, and author information.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.96
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/q4u1h9zbec)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/benhaotang/mcp-semantic-scholar-server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "benhaotang-mcp-semantic-scholar-server"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/benhaotang-mcp-semantic-scholar-server` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/benhaotang-mcp-semantic-scholar-server/pull`

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