# Semantic Scholar MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to access academic papers, authors, and citations through a standardized protocol. It solves problems related to searching, retrieving, and analyzing scholarly articles by providing a simple interface to the Semantic Scholar API. The tool accepts queries and returns detailed paper and author information, citations, and references, making it ideal for academic research, citation analysis, and knowledge graph construction.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/jackkuo666-semanticscholar-mcp-server  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jackkuo666-semanticscholar-mcp-server

## Description

Provides tools for accessing the Semantic Scholar API to search papers, retrieve paper and author details, and fetch citations and references through the Model Context Protocol.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.97
- **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/nkmaywc6jv)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/JackKuo666/semanticscholar-MCP-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": "jackkuo666-semanticscholar-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jackkuo666-semanticscholar-mcp-server` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jackkuo666-semanticscholar-mcp-server/pull`

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