openalex-research-mcp and scholar-mcp

Both tools offer local MCP servers to search and analyze academic papers, with tool B providing more extensive functionalities like downloading from various sources, AI analysis, and code-based recommendations, making them competitors with tool B offering a more comprehensive solution.

openalex-research-mcp

Established

scholar-mcp

Emerging

Maintenance 10/25

Adoption 5/25

Maturity 24/25

Community 15/25

Maintenance 13/25

Adoption 9/25

Maturity 9/25

Community 10/25

Stars: 14

Forks: 4

Downloads: —

Commits (30d): 0

Language: JavaScript

License: MIT

Stars: 85

Forks: 7

Downloads: —

Commits (30d): 0

Language: Python

License: MIT

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About openalex-research-mcp

oksure/openalex-research-mcp

MCP server for the OpenAlex API — search 240M+ scholarly works, analyze citations, track research trends, and map collaboration networks

This tool helps researchers, academics, and students efficiently navigate the vast landscape of scholarly literature. You can input search queries, journal lists, or author names to get detailed information on millions of papers, track research trends, analyze citations, and identify key authors or institutions. It's designed for anyone needing to conduct comprehensive literature reviews or competitive intelligence in academic fields.

academic-research literature-review citation-analysis research-trends competitive-intelligence

About scholar-mcp

45645678a/scholar-mcp

Local paper tool MCP server for AI IDEs - search, download (Sci-Hub/arXiv/Unpaywall), AI analysis, code-based recommendation, citation graph

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