Academic Research Mcp

com.themineworksPublished by themineworks.comv1.0.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

Scholarly search: OpenAlex, Crossref, arXiv, OpenCitations and PubMed in one endpoint.

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableWeb Search & ScrapingKnowledge & Memory

Overview

AI-generated overview

Remote MCP server that lets an assistant search scholarly literature across OpenAlex, Crossref, arXiv, OpenCitations and PubMed from one endpoint.

What you can do
  • Search scholarly literature across OpenAlex, Crossref, arXiv, OpenCitations and PubMed through six tools on a single endpoint.
  • Retrieve publication and citation metadata from these sources for research questions.
  • Part of a family of nine Apify-hosted web-data MCP servers, each with its own tool set.
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs to look up academic papers, citation data or biomedical literature without wiring up each scholarly database separately. Suited to literature reviews and research lookups rather than general web search.
Requirements
A remote streamable HTTP endpoint; no local package to install. Authentication is required via OAuth, or an Apify API token sent as a Bearer token when connecting directly. Calls are billed to your own Apify account, so an Apify account is needed.
Before you install
Usage is pay per call on Apify and billed to your own Apify account; current prices are listed on the server's Apify Store page. Connecting directly requires sending your Apify API token as a Bearer token, so keep it out of shared configs. Queries and search terms are sent to the remote Apify-hosted service and on to the underlying scholarly sources.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Academic Research Mcp in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Connect the required credentials. They are stored privately and never shown on public pages.
  3. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/com.themineworks%2Facademic-research-mcp/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config. The client completes OAuth sign-in on first connect.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "academic-research": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://themineworks--academic-research-mcp.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

README

The Mine Works MCP servers

Nine remote MCP servers with 80 tools in total, for AI agents that need web data: India jobs, company diligence, recruiting, social listening, e-commerce, US and India real estate, lead generation and academic research. Each server runs on Apify as a Standby Actor and speaks streamable HTTP.

Pricing: pay per call on Apify, billed to your own Apify account. Current prices for each tool are on the server's Apify Store page.

This repository holds the interface: tool lists, server manifests and client configuration. The scrapers behind the tools run on Apify and are not included here.

ServerToolsWhat it covers
India Jobs MCP14India job market data: Naukri, Indeed India, Foundit, Shine, Apna, CutShort, Hirist, Instahyre and Internshala, plus LinkedIn candidate sourcing and AmbitionBox employer snapshots.
Company Diligence MCP13Company diligence from official sources: SEC EDGAR, GLEIF LEI, EU VIES VAT, US state registries, UK Companies House, CourtListener, USAspending, SAM.gov and FEC, plus Trustpilot and news.
Recruiting and Jobs MCP10Job and candidate data for recruiting: ATS postings (Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby), LinkedIn, Indeed, SimplyHired, Naukri and CutShort, plus candidate sourcing and employer snapshots.
Social Research MCP8Social listening: Reddit, X, Threads, LinkedIn posts, YouTube transcripts, Google News and Google Trends.
E-commerce Intel MCP8Product research: Amazon products and reviews, AliExpress prices, Shopify catalogs, TikTok Shop, Meta Ad Library and Google Trends.
Real Estate MCP8US property data: Zillow listings, sales, rentals and property details, plus Redfin, Realtor.com and Airbnb rental supply.
Lead Generation MCP8B2B and local leads: people with work emails, email verification, website contacts, Google Maps, Yellow Pages and Trustpilot.
Academic Research MCP6Scholarly search: OpenAlex, Crossref, arXiv, OpenCitations and PubMed.
India Real Estate MCP5India property listings: 99acres, MagicBricks, NoBroker and Housing.com. Rent and sale, residential and commercial.

Connect

There are two ways in. Both reach the same tools.

1. Through Apify's MCP gateway (easiest). Add the URL below as a remote MCP server in Claude, ChatGPT developer mode, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Code, then sign in with your Apify account when the client asks. No token to copy.

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=themineworks/india-jobs-mcp

Swap india-jobs-mcp for any server name in the table. The gateway prefixes tool names with a short hash; clients read the names at connect time, so this does not affect use.

2. Direct to the server. Point the client at the server's own endpoint and send your Apify API token as a Bearer token.

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "india-jobs-mcp": {      "url": "https://themineworks--india-jobs-mcp.apify.actor/mcp",      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }    }  }}

Get a token at https://console.apify.com/account/integrations.

Registry

All nine servers are published on the official MCP Registry under the com.themineworks namespace:

curl -s "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=com.themineworks"

Licence

MIT for the contents of this repository (manifests and documentation). The Actors themselves are separately licensed and not included here.

Source: README.md at commit 8cae760

Tools

0
This server asks for a credential such as an API key, so SourceWeft could not read its tools without one and has not indexed them.

Version history

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  1. v1.0.0LatestSep 16, 2026

Score

85% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listed15 pts

    Answer tools/list without a credential, or ship a package that starts in a sandbox without one.

  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts
  • License10 pts