CrossRef Alternative MCP Server
Search 150M+ academic works — find journal articles, books, DOIs, citations and scholarly metadata.
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What is the CrossRef Alternative MCP Server?
The CrossRef MCP Server gives AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor direct access to CrossRef. Search 150M+ academic works — find journal articles, books, DOIs, citations and scholarly metadata. Powered by the Vinkius AI Gateway — no API keys, no infrastructure, connect in under 2 minutes.
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Built-in capabilities (13)
get_funder
Returns funder name, country, URI, work count and location info. Get details for a specific research funder
get_journal
Returns journal title, ISSNs, publisher, work count and URL. Get details for a specific journal by ISSN
get_licenses
Returns license IDs, URLs and names. Get list of known licenses used in academic works
get_member
Returns member name, prefixes, work counts and location info. Get details for a specific CrossRef member
get_publisher
Returns publisher name, work count, journal count and location info. Get details for a specific publisher
get_types
). Useful for filtering searches by publication type. Get list of academic work types
get_work
Returns title, authors, abstract, publication date, journal, publisher, license, references, citation count and full citation info. Get metadata for a specific academic work by DOI
get_works_by_doi_list
Provide a comma-separated list of DOIs. Returns metadata for each work including title, authors, publication date and journal. Get metadata for multiple works by their DOIs
search_funders
Returns funder names, IDs, country codes, URIs and work counts. Search research funders by name
search_journals
Returns journal titles, ISSNs, publisher names and work counts. Search academic journals by name
search_members
Returns member names, IDs, prefixes and work counts. Search CrossRef member organizations
search_publishers
Returns publisher names, work counts, journal counts and organization names. Search academic publishers by name
search_works
Supports free-text query and advanced filtering by type, publication date, author, journal, publisher, funder, license and more. Returns titles, authors, publication dates, DOIs, citation counts and abstracts. Search academic works by title, author, DOI or keywords
What this connector unlocks
Connect to CrossRef and explore the world's largest scholarly metadata database through natural conversation — no API key needed.
What you can do
- Work Search — Search 150M+ academic works by title, author, DOI, keywords or abstract
- DOI Lookup — Get complete metadata for any academic work by its DOI
- Journal Search — Browse academic journals by name with ISSNs and work counts
- Publisher Search — Find academic publishers with their work counts and journal lists
- Funder Search — Discover research funding organizations and their funded works
- Member Search — Browse CrossRef member organizations that register DOIs
- Work Types — Explore publication types (journal-article, book-chapter, proceedings, dataset)
- Licenses — View academic licenses used in scholarly works
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. No API key needed — start searching immediately
3. Explore academic metadata from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
Who is this for?
- Researchers — find relevant papers, check citation counts and discover related works
- Students — search for papers by topic, find journals and explore academic literature
- Librarians — look up DOIs, verify citations and discover journal metadata
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