# OpenAlex MCP Server

> OpenAlex MCP Server — smaboundless-openalex-mcp-server-public. Use this tool when you need to retrieve academic information, such as papers, authors, and citations, from a comprehensive open scholarly index. It solves problems related to research and data collection by providing a searchable interface to access academic data. The tool takes search queries as input and returns relevant academic information as output, making it ideal for use cases involving research, academic analytics, and citation analysis.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/smaboundless-openalex-mcp-server-public  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/smaboundless-openalex-mcp-server-public

## Description

Enables searching and retrieving academic papers, authors, institutions, and citations from the OpenAlex open scholarly index.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.69
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-30

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/wzikqar9de)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/SMABoundless/openalex-mcp-server-public>

## 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": "smaboundless-openalex-mcp-server-public"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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