# semantic-scholar-mcp

> semantic-scholar-mcp — ckgerteis-semantic-scholar-mcp. Use this tool when you need to search and retrieve academic papers, authors, and citations, or when you want to track citations and receive paper recommendations. It solves problems related to academic research, such as finding relevant papers, identifying key authors, and staying up-to-date with citations. The tool takes search queries and author/paper IDs as inputs and returns relevant papers, authors, citations, and recommendations as outputs.

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

## Description

MCP server for querying the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API, enabling paper search, author lookup, citation tracking, and paper recommendations.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.69
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-04

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-04

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/xvgezuh7mt)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ckgerteis/semantic-scholar-mcp>

## 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": "ckgerteis-semantic-scholar-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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