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Scopus MCP. Run advanced research and citation analysis.

Scopus MCP connects your AI client to Elsevier's massive academic literature and citation database. You can search for papers using advanced Boolean logic, build author profiles by checking H-indices, and calculate journal impact metrics like CiteScore—all from a natural conversation.

Scopus MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
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Conduct deep literature searches

Search and retrieve metadata for academic abstracts using advanced search syntax.

Build author and institution profiles

Fetch detailed professional profiles, including H-index counts and affiliation history for academics or universities.

Analyze citation impact

Calculate comprehensive citation summaries over time, year by year, using a document's DOI or Scopus ID.

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What AI agents can do with Scopus MCP: 10 Tools for Academic Research

These ten tools let you systematically examine document metadata, track author histories, compare journal quality, and calculate citation impact across the Scopus database.

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Get Abstract

Retrieves complete metadata for a single, specific academic document.

Get Affiliation

Pulls detailed profile information about an educational or research institution.

Get Author

Fetches a comprehensive professional profile for a named author, including their...

Get Citation Count

Calculates the total number of times an abstract has been cited by other papers.

Get Citation Overview

Generates a breakdown showing citation counts and summaries for specific years.

Get Plumx Metrics

Retrieves altmetrics, measuring the document's visibility across social media and other platforms.

Get Serial Title

Provides journal metrics like CiteScore, SJR, and SNIP to evaluate publication influence.

Search Affiliation

Searches the database specifically for institutional profiles by name or keywords.

Search Author

Locates and retrieves author profiles based on names, years, or affiliations.

Search Scopus

Performs powerful searches across the entire database for abstracts using complex...

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Scopus MCP is compatible with Claude

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Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

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Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

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Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Scopus integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

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The Citation Treadmill: Collecting Research Metrics

Today, gathering research metrics is a tedious process. You jump between Scopus's portal, Google Scholar, and various journal websites. You copy the DOI from one site, paste it into another to check citation counts, then open a third tab to find out if the journal has an SJR score. This isn't analysis; it's glorified data entry.

With this MCP, you just tell your agent what you need. Ask for the citation overview for a specific DOI, or ask for the full metadata of an author’s work. The MCP handles the API calls and metric aggregation in one go. You get structured, actionable data without opening another browser tab.

Scopus: Get Author Profiles and Impact Scores

The hardest part today is building a comprehensive view of an author's impact. You have to search by name, then find their institutional affiliation, then manually count the papers and track down the H-index for each one. It’s slow, prone to error, and leaves you missing cross-referencing data.

Now, use this MCP. Start by running `search_author` on the person's name. The agent pulls all their academic details through `get_author`, giving you a clean, structured report that includes their current affiliation and H-index without any manual aggregation.

What Scopus MCP does for your AI

You don’t have time to manually log into multiple databases just to compile a literature review or audit an academic's output. This MCP lets you run advanced queries against the world’s largest research index directly through your AI client. Instead of copy-pasting DOIs and running separate reports, you talk to your agent and it handles the complexity.

You can find specific papers using Boolean syntax, pull full metadata for authors or institutions, or get citation overviews broken down by year.

Need to know how influential a journal is? Check its CiteScore or SJR metrics in one go. Want to see if a piece of research has social media buzz? The MCP pulls altmetrics data right into your workflow. When you connect this MCP via Vinkius, you get immediate access to these powerful tools without needing complex API calls or developer setup.

It just works with natural language, letting you focus on the analysis, not the plumbing.

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Frequently asked questions about Scopus MCP

How do I find citation trends using the Scopus MCP? +

You use the get_citation_overview tool. Just provide a document's DOI or ID, and it generates a summary showing how many citations the paper received in specific years.

Can I search for papers published before 2010 with Scopus MCP? +

Yes, you can. The search_scopus tool allows querying using historical fields like PUBYEAR and Boolean logic to target older datasets accurately.

What is the difference between getting abstract metadata and journal metrics via Scopus MCP? +

Metadata (get_abstract) gives you info on one paper (title, authors). Metrics (get_serial_title) give you broad data about the publication source itself, like its overall CiteScore.

Do I need a specific key to use Scopus MCP? +

Yes. You must subscribe and enter your valid Scopus API Key into Vinkius for the connection to work. The MCP requires this credential to access the data.

How do I find an institution's profile using Scopus MCP? +

You can use search_affiliation first to locate the institution, then use get_affiliation to pull all detailed information about its history and structure.