# semanticscholar-mcp-server

> semanticscholar-mcp-server — xwang20-semanticscholar-mcp-server. Use this tool when you need to analyze academic papers, citations, and authors, or discover relevant datasets. It provides access to Semantic Scholar's academic graph, recommendations, and datasets APIs, enabling search, analysis, and discovery through various tools. Ideal for research, citation analysis, and dataset exploration, this tool offers a comprehensive interface for academic inquiry.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/xwang20-semanticscholar-mcp-server  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/xwang20-semanticscholar-mcp-server

## Description

An MCP server that provides access to Semantic Scholar's academic graph, recommendations, and datasets APIs, enabling paper search, citation analysis, author lookups, and dataset discovery through 20+ tools.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.68
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-29

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/y8mm5jf88e)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/XWang20/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": "xwang20-semanticscholar-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/xwang20-semanticscholar-mcp-server` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/xwang20-semanticscholar-mcp-server/pull`

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