io.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server

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Publisher-provided description

Access the OpenAlex academic research catalog — 270M+ publications.

Summary by lookupd

Lets an agent search and filter academic works, authors and institutions, trace citation graphs, and aggregate publication trends.

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

claude mcp add --transport http openalex-mcp-server https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Code, npm package (stdio)

claude mcp add openalex-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server

Claude Code, npm package (stdio)

claude mcp add openalex-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add openalex-mcp-server --url https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Codex, npm package (stdio)

codex mcp add openalex-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server

Codex, npm package (stdio)

codex mcp add openalex-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openalex-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cursor, npm package (stdio) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openalex-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor, npm package (stdio) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openalex-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Other clients: docs. Or tell your agent: Set up lookupd for me: read https://lookupd.com/agent.md and follow it.

Tools (5 tools)

Publisher-provided text

• openalex_resolve_name Resolve a name or an identifier to an OpenAlex ID. ALWAYS use this before filtering by entity — names are ambiguous, IDs are not. A name returns up to 10 autoco
• openalex_search_entities Search, filter, sort, or retrieve by ID. Covers all OpenAlex entity types (works, authors, sources, institutions, topics, keywords, publishers, funders, awards)
• openalex_analyze_trends Aggregate OpenAlex entities into groups and count them. Use for trend analysis (group works by publication_year), distribution analysis (group by oa_status, typ
• openalex_get_citation_graph Walk the citation graph one hop from a seed work. Direction picks the edge: incoming citations (`cites`), the seed's own references (`cited_by`), or OpenAlex's
• openalex_describe_fields List valid field names for an OpenAlex entity type and context (filter, group_by, or select). Use proactively before constructing a filter or group_by to avoid

Changes

Newest first, as lookupd saw them

• 2026-11-11: version 0.11.0 → 0.11.1

Details

• Version: 0.11.1
• Transports: streamable-http, stdio
• Uptime (7 days): 100%
• Median latency: 668 ms
• First indexed: 2026-11-01T09:26:26.043Z
• Last seen in registry: 2026-11-11T10:17:27.682Z
• Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server

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