# ScholarScope MCP

> Use this tool when you need to efficiently search and retrieve academic literature, authors, and institutions to inform research or build intelligent research assistants. It solves problems of manual literature reviews and citation tracking by providing access to a vast database of academic works through the OpenAlex API. With inputs of search queries and outputs of relevant papers, citations, and full-text content, it streamlines research workflows in academic and educational contexts.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/eriknguyen20-scholarscope-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/eriknguyen20-scholarscope-mcp

## Description

Enables academic research through the OpenAlex API, allowing users to search for papers, authors, and institutions, retrieve citations, and fetch full-text content when available. Perfect for building intelligent research assistants that can explore academic literature and related works.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.95
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/vkgdeep2eu)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ErikNguyen20/ScholarScope-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": "eriknguyen20-scholarscope-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/eriknguyen20-scholarscope-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/eriknguyen20-scholarscope-mcp/pull`

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