# OpenAlex MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to search and retrieve scholarly works, or analyze research papers, authors, and institutions. It provides access to a vast catalog of 240M+ scholarly works with advanced filtering and classification capabilities. Ideal for use cases such as research discovery, academic analytics, and knowledge graph construction, where precise retrieval of research-related data is required.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/reetp14-openalex-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/reetp14-openalex-mcp

## Description

Provides access to OpenAlex's catalog of 240M+ scholarly works, enabling search and retrieval of research papers, authors, institutions, journals, concepts, and funders with advanced filtering and classification capabilities.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.69
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-02

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-02

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/ato64h9nre)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/reetp14/openalex-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": "reetp14-openalex-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/reetp14-openalex-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/reetp14-openalex-mcp/pull`

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