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Semantic Scholar MCP. Trace academic influence from single keywords to full citation graphs.

Stanford Semantic Scholar provides AI-powered access to the world's largest academic knowledge graph. Use this MCP to search millions of papers, track citation chains, analyze author impact metrics like the h-index, and discover foundational research related to your topic.

Semantic Scholar MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
Semantic Scholar MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
Semantic Scholar MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Semantic Scholar MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Semantic Scholar MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
Semantic Scholar MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
Semantic Scholar MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
Semantic Scholar MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Search papers by criteria

Find relevant articles using keywords and filtering the results by specific fields, years, or top-tier journals.

Analyze author impact metrics

Retrieve detailed professional profiles for researchers, including their total publication count and h-index score.

Trace citation history

Map the intellectual lineage of a paper by finding both its citing works (forward citations) and the papers it references (backward citations).

Get AI-powered recommendations

Discover highly relevant, yet unfamiliar, research using algorithms that analyze content similarity across multiple source papers.

Process batches of metadata

Handle large lists of papers or authors by pulling all necessary metrics in one single request for efficient analysis.

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What AI agents can do with Stanford Semantic Scholar with 16 Tools

These tools let your agent search for papers across millions of records, analyze author metrics, trace citation histories, and pull bulk metadata in structured formats.

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Batch Get Authors

Retrieves multiple author profiles, providing their names, affiliations, paper counts, citation counts, and h-indices at once.

Batch Get Papers

Accepts lists of IDs (DOIs, ArXiv, PubMed) to retrieve full metadata for multiple...

Bulk Search Papers

Searches for very large result sets of academic papers and returns continuation...

Get Author

Pulls a definitive profile for one author, detailing their affiliations, total paper...

Get Author Papers

Retrieves every paper by a specific author, listing titles, years, venues, and...

Get Multi Recommendations

Generates focused literature suggestions by finding papers similar to a set of positive sources but unlike a set of negative ones.

Get Paper

Fetches all details for a single paper using multiple identifiers, including DOI, ArXiv ID, or PubMed ID.

Get Paper Authors

Identifies the contributing authors of a specific article and provides their...

Get Paper Citations

Finds all follow-up work by listing metadata for papers that cite a given source...

Get Paper References

Determines the intellectual roots of a paper by listing the foundational works it...

Get Recommendations

Uses content similarity and citation patterns to suggest the most relevant papers...

Match Paper Title

Finds the correct paper metadata when you only have a slightly misspelled or generalized title string.

Search Authors

Searches across the academic graph to locate researchers by name, providing their full profiles and metrics.

Search By Field

Filters available papers to only include those that fall within a specific...

Search By Venue

Narrows down the search results to publications from specific, high-impact...

Search Papers

Performs a broad keyword search across 200 million papers, allowing filtering by...

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Semantic Scholar MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

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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 Semantic Scholar integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

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The Citation Trail: How hard it is to track academic influence today

Writing a literature review often feels like forensic accounting. You find one key paper, and then you have to manually jump through dozens of links—checking who cited it (forward) and what papers it relied on (backward). This process is tedious: copying DOIs into different search interfaces, opening endless tabs, and painstakingly cross-referencing citation counts just to map the intellectual flow.

With this MCP, your agent handles the entire traversal. You point it at a core paper, tell it to find all citing works using get_paper_citations, and then ask for those papers' references using get_paper_references. Suddenly, you don't just have data; you have a clear map of academic influence.

Get Author Profiles: Deep Insight with the Stanford Semantic Scholar MCP

Before this, assessing an author’s impact meant visiting their personal website or digging through Google Scholar's limited view. You got a snapshot—a handful of papers and maybe one citation number. It was never comprehensive enough for serious analysis.

Now, you can run get_author on any researcher. The agent pulls structured data showing the full h-index, total paper count, and all major affiliations in one clean output. This gives you a definitive measure of their academic weight instantly.

What Semantic Scholar MCP does for your AI

Need deep context on a scientific or technical subject? This MCP connects you directly to Semantic Scholar’s massive academic database. It lets your agent go beyond simple keyword searches to understand the actual context of published work. You can trace how an idea evolved by finding every paper that cited a key source, or conversely, see what foundational papers influenced a modern breakthrough.

Need to review dozens of authors? Use this MCP to quickly pull author metrics, seeing their total citation count and h-index without leaving your agent client. When you connect this through Vinkius, your AI can handle the entire literature review process—from identifying key seminal works to building out bibliometric reports on demand.

It’s how you get deep academic insight into your workflow.

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Frequently asked questions about Semantic Scholar MCP

How do I find related papers using Semantic Scholar MCP? +

Use get_recommendations or get_multi_recommendations. You feed the tool one or more seed papers, and it analyzes content similarity to suggest relevant literature you might not know exists.

Can I search for papers by a specific journal using Semantic Scholar MCP? +

Yes, use search_by_venue. You simply name the conference or journal (like Nature or CVPR) and filter all searches to only include articles published there.

What if I don't have a DOI for a paper? +

No problem. Try match_paper_title first; it uses fuzzy logic to find the correct metadata even if your title is slightly off or incomplete. You can then use get_paper with the found ID.

How do I compare multiple authors' work? +

The batch_get_authors tool is designed for this. Give it a list of names, and you get all their key metrics (h-index, citations) in one request for easy comparison.

Is Semantic Scholar MCP limited to Computer Science research? +

Not at all. The tool supports searching across major fields like Medicine, Biology, Physics, and Economics, giving you a massive scope of academic knowledge.