# Semantic Scholar MCP Server

> Semantic Scholar MCP Server — xiuyechen-semantic-scholar-mcp. Use this tool when you need to search and explore academic papers, authors, and citation networks. It solves problems related to research, citation analysis, and author discovery by providing access to a vast database of over 200 million papers. The tool takes search queries and author names as input and returns relevant papers, citation graphs, and author information as output.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/xiuyechen-semantic-scholar-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/xiuyechen-semantic-scholar-mcp

## Description

Enables searching academic papers, exploring citation graphs, and looking up authors from Semantic Scholar's database of 200M+ papers.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.70
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-30

## Facts

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

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/v73ab0s94o)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/xiuyechen/semantic-scholar-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": "xiuyechen-semantic-scholar-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/xiuyechen-semantic-scholar-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/xiuyechen-semantic-scholar-mcp/pull`

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