Google Scholar

io.github.johnisanerdPublished by GitHub account johnisanerdv1.1.0Updated Nov 8, 2026

Google Scholar papers, citations and author profiles. Paid, on Apify's hosted MCP.

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableWeb Search & ScrapingKnowledge & Memory

Overview

AI-generated overview

Hosted Apify MCP server that lets an assistant search Google Scholar for papers, citation counts, abstracts and author profiles.

What you can do
  • Search Google Scholar for academic papers and abstracts
  • Retrieve citation counts and publication years
  • Fetch author profiles and metrics such as h-index
  • Return structured JSON with title, authors, citations, abstract, PDF link and year
When to use it
Useful for literature reviews, citation tracking, prior-art research and open-ended "what has been written about X?" questions where scholarly sources matter more than general web results.
Requirements
Remote streamable HTTP endpoint at mcp.apify.com; an Apify account and API token (Bearer Authorization header) or OAuth sign-in; Claude Desktop needs an npx mcp-remote stdio bridge; network access.
Before you install
The service is paid and usage is billed through Apify, so queries can cost money. The Apify API token is a credential and should be kept out of shared config files. Queries are sent to Apify and onward to Google Scholar.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Google Scholar 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/io.github.johnisanerd%2Fgoogle-scholar/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": {
    "google-scholar": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-scholar-api"
    }
  }
}

README

Google Scholar MCP Server

Search Google Scholar for academic papers, citations, and author profiles.

This is a remote MCP server that lets Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, or any MCP client query Google Scholar directly as a tool call. Review the documentation here.

Login

You'll need an Apify API token to login. A free Apify account works. Get yours at console.apify.com/account#/integrations.

Install in Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop currently requires a stdio bridge for remote MCP servers. Add this to your ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "google-scholar": {      "command": "npx",      "args": [        "mcp-remote",        "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-scholar-api",        "--header",        "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"      ]    }  }}

Replace <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN> with your token. Restart Claude Desktop.

Install in Cursor

Cursor supports remote MCP servers natively. Two ways to connect:

Option A: OAuth (recommended, no token needed)

Add this to your .cursor/mcp.json:

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "google-scholar": {      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-scholar-api"    }  }}

The first connection opens a browser to sign in to Apify.

Option B: Bearer token

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "google-scholar": {      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/google-scholar-api",      "headers": {        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"      }    }  }}

What it does

This MCP server lets Claude search Google Scholar for academic papers, retrieve citation counts, fetch author profiles, and pull abstracts. Useful for literature reviews, citation tracking, prior-art research, and "what's been written about X?" queries. Returns structured JSON with paper title, authors, citation count, abstract, PDF link, and publication year.

Example queries to try in Claude:

  • "Find the 10 most-cited papers on transformer architecture published since 2023"
  • "Get the author profile and h-index for Yoshua Bengio"
  • "Search Google Scholar for recent papers on RAG retrieval performance"

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License

MIT

Source: README.md at commit 9e173cf

Tools

0
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Version history

2
  1. v1.1.0LatestNov 7, 2026
  2. v1.0.1Sep 16, 2026

Score

83% of the applicable checks met

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