# openalex-research-mcp

> openalex-research-mcp — oksure-openalex-research-mcp. Use this tool when you need to analyze large-scale scholarly data, track research trends, or map collaboration networks. It solves problems related to searching and analyzing academic works, citations, and author collaborations. The tool takes search queries as input and outputs relevant scholarly works, citation data, and network visualizations.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/oksure-openalex-research-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/oksure-openalex-research-mcp

## Description

MCP server for the OpenAlex API — search 240M+ scholarly works, analyze citations, track research trends, and map collaboration networks

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.82
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** maps-location
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/oksure/openalex-research-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": "oksure-openalex-research-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/oksure-openalex-research-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/oksure-openalex-research-mcp/pull`

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