OpenAlex

org.openalexPublished by openalex.orgOfficial publisherv0.5.0Updated Oct 25, 2026

Search 250M+ research papers, citations and author profiles. Free OpenAlex account; OAuth sign-in.

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableWeb Search & ScrapingKnowledge & Memory

Overview

AI-generated overview

OpenAlex is a remote MCP server that lets an assistant search over 250 million research papers, citations and author profiles.

What you can do
Search a large scholarly corpus of research papers and publications by topic or keyword. Look up citation information and follow how works are cited. Retrieve author profiles and related research metadata. Access is through a free OpenAlex account signed in with OAuth.
When to use it
Useful when you need literature searches, citation lookups or author research profiles while working with an assistant, and you want a hosted scholarly index rather than local data.
Requirements
A remote MCP endpoint at mcp.openalex.org over streamable HTTP. A free OpenAlex account is required, and sign-in uses OAuth. No environment variables or headers are declared.
Before you install
Sign-in is through OAuth with your OpenAlex account, so the assistant's access is tied to that account. Search queries are sent to OpenAlex's hosted service. No write, payment or secret-handling capabilities are described.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open OpenAlex 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/org.openalex%2Fopenalex/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": {
    "openalex": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.openalex.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

0
This server asks you to sign in, so SourceWeft could not read its tools without an account and has not indexed them. What a connected account sees can depend on that account and its permissions.

Version history

1
  1. v0.5.0LatestSep 22, 2026

Score

67% 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

    Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.

  • LicenseNot applicable

    A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.

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