openalex-research-mcp and mendeley-mcp
These are complementary tools, with the OpenAlex MCP server providing access to a massive corpus of scholarly works for research, while the Mendeley MCP server helps users manage their personal academic library by integrating with a popular reference manager.
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
Provides 31 specialized tools across literature search, citation analysis, author/institution profiling, and research trend tracking, with built-in presets for credible journal rankings (UTD24, FT50, AJG tiers, top AI conferences) and institution groups to enable filtered searches. Implements in-memory caching with TTL, exponential backoff retry logic, and Zod input validation for resilient API calls, with a one-command setup that auto-detects Claude Desktop configuration and verifies connectivity. Integrates exclusively with Claude Desktop via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) stdio transport, requiring only an email and optional API key to unlock programmatic access to OpenAlex's 240M+ scholarly records.
About mendeley-mcp
pallaprolus/mendeley-mcp
MCP server for Mendeley reference manager - search, retrieve, and manage your academic library from Claude and other MCP clients
Implements OAuth2-based authentication with secure local credential storage in system keyrings, exposing seven tools that enable library search, metadata retrieval, DOI lookup, and catalog access through the Mendeley REST API. Runs locally via stdio transport with automatic token refresh, requiring only client credentials and a Mendeley developer app registration, with deployment options via pip, Docker, or direct installation.
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