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openalex-mcp-server

Access the OpenAlex academic research catalog - 270M+ publications via MCP. STDIO & HTTP.

Endpoint URL
https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp
Current status
responds
Last checked
Aug 17, 2026, 05:06 AM UTC
Check
MCP initialize · 8s limit
Latency
334 ms
Response record
4 of 4 rounds
Transport
streamable-http
Source
mcp_registry
Registry name
io.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server

Current observation

This endpoint answered at its latest recorded check.

What this server reports about itself

Self-reported at initialize. Not verified by Licium.

Server name
openalex-mcp-server
Version
0.7.8
Capability keys
logging, resources, tools, prompts
Tool names
openalex_resolve_name, openalex_search_entities, openalex_analyze_trends, openalex_get_citation_graph, openalex_describe_fields
Instructions excerpt

Use the openalex_* tools to query the OpenAlex scholarly catalog (works, authors, sources, institutions, topics, keywords, publishers, funders): resolve names to IDs, search/filter/sort or fetch by ID, and group_by for trends. Names are ambiguous and IDs are not — call openalex_resolve_name before filtering by entity.

Reported Aug 17, 2026, 05:06 AM UTC.

Check history

Oldest to newest. Each row is one recorded check.

  1. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 104ms
  2. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 346ms
  3. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 267ms
  4. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 334ms