semantic-scholar-mcp

@smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp

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MCP 服务配置

复制以下 JSON 到 OPClaw 或其他 MCP 客户端的配置文件中即可使用

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic_scholar": {
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "semantic_scholar_mcp"
      ],
      "command": "python",
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

服务介绍

Semantic Scholar MCP Server

The most comprehensive MCP server for academic research. Direct access to 200M+ papers from Semantic Scholar within Claude Desktop.

Features

Tool	Description
`semantic_scholar_search_papers`	Advanced paper search with filters (year, field, citations, open access)
`semantic_scholar_get_paper`	Full paper details with optional citations and references
`semantic_scholar_search_authors`	Find researchers by name
`semantic_scholar_get_author`	Author profiles with h-index, publications, affiliations
`semantic_scholar_recommendations`	AI-powered related paper discovery
`semantic_scholar_bulk_papers`	Batch retrieval of up to 500 papers

Supported ID Formats:

Semantic Scholar ID
DOI (DOI:10.1038/...)
ArXiv (ARXIV:2106.15928)
PubMed (PMID:32908142)
ACL (ACL:P19-1285)
CorpusId (CorpusId:215416146)

Installation

Option 1: pip (Recommended)

pip install semantic-scholar-mcp

Option 2: From Source

git clone https://github.com/smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp.git
cd semantic-scholar-mcp
pip install -e .

Get Your API Key

Go to Semantic Scholar API
Sign up for a free API key
Note your rate limit (typically 1-100 requests/second depending on tier)

Configuration

Claude Desktop Setup

Add to your Claude Desktop config file:

Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic_scholar": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "semantic_scholar_mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Then restart Claude Desktop.

Usage Examples

Search Papers

Search for "transformer attention mechanism" papers from 2023 with at least 100 citations

Get Paper Details

Get details for DOI:10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2 including its top 20 citations

Get recommendations based on paper 649def34f8be52c8b66281af98ae884c09aef38b

Author Search

Find author "Yoshua Bengio" and list their recent publications

Bulk Retrieval

Retrieve these papers: DOI:10.1038/nature12373, ARXIV:2106.15928, PMID:32908142

Rate Limits

Tier	Requests/Second	How to Get
No API Key	1 req/sec	Default
Free API Key	1 req/sec	Sign up
Academic Partner	10-100 req/sec	Apply via S2

Architecture

          
  Claude Desktop   semantic-scholar-mcp  Semantic Scholar
   (MCP Client)       (This Server)           API        
          
                                                           
         stdio (JSON-RPC)         Your API Key              HTTPS
         Local process            Local machine             200M+ papers

Your API key never leaves your machine. The MCP server runs locally.

Development

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp.git
cd semantic-scholar-mcp

# Install dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Type checking
mypy src/

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file.

Author

Santiago Maniches

Founder & CEO, TOPOLOGICA LLC
ORCID: 0009-0005-6480-1987
LinkedIn: santiago-maniches
Website: topologica.ai

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please read our Contributing Guidelines.

Support

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