• BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • RESEARCH
  • DATABASE
  • HUMAN

How to extract publication metadata with your AI

Connect ScienceDirect to your AI client once. From then on, your agent pulls specific publication details using standard identifiers.

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Short answer

How can I pull ScienceDirect metadata into my AI?

Give your agent a DOI, ISBN, or ISSN, and it will fetch the corresponding journal, book, or article details. You'll get structured data for your citations and research notes.

Where the data goes.

Metadata destinations.

The AI maps identifiers to specific publication details.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ready citations

The AI pulls article details to build reference lists. You get the authors, titles, and dates you need.

RESEARCH

Organized notes

Journal and book information flows into your research logs. This keeps your context tied to the source.

DATABASE

Structured tables

Metadata lands in your spreadsheets or databases. It converts raw identifiers into clean rows.

HUMAN

Manual review

You check the pulled metadata to ensure it matches your specific citation style or formatting needs.

The workflow

What your AI does when an identifier arrives.

The AI uses specific tools to query ScienceDirect and return the right information.

  1. Identify the source

    Your agent looks at the identifier you provided to determine if it's an article, a book, or a serial publication.

    get_article_metadata

  2. Fetch article details

    If you provide a DOI, the AI pulls the specific article metadata from the ScienceDirect database.

    get_article_metadata

  3. Locate books

    When you provide an ISBN, the AI finds the non-serial title information.

    get_nonserial_title

  4. Identify journals

    Providing an ISSN allows the AI to find the correct serial title information.

    get_serial_title

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to trigger the metadata extraction.

Starting points

Swap out the bracketed text for your actual DOI, ISBN, or ISSN.

Elsevier ScienceDirect Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_cyu7pDTWf8emuibV62qOu400PeRx5JSwHNaG6wYG/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Elsevier ScienceDirect capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elsevier-sciencedirect-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_cyu7pDTWf8emuibV62qOu400PeRx5JSwHNaG6wYG/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Get the metadata for this article using DOI: [insert DOI here]

  • Find the title and details for this book with ISBN: [insert ISBN here]

  • What is the journal information for ISSN: [insert ISSN here]?

  • Pull the full publication details for this DOI: [insert DOI here] and format it for my bibliography.

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FAQ

How this task behaves.

  • 01

    Can the AI download the full PDF of an article?

    No. The AI only pulls metadata like titles, authors, and identifiers. It cannot access or download full-text files.

  • 02

    What identifiers can I use?

    You can use DOI, ISBN, or ISSN to pull different types of publication data.

  • 03

    Can the AI change the metadata in ScienceDirect?

    No. The AI only reads data from ScienceDirect. It cannot edit, delete, or modify any records in the database.

  • 04

    Does this work with any DOI?

    It works with DOIs that are indexed within the ScienceDirect database.

  • 05

    Can the AI create a bibliography for me?

    Yes. Once the AI pulls the metadata, you can ask it to format that information into a specific citation style.

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