This Node.js MCP server connects Claude to 14 academic databases including arXiv, PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar through a unified search interface. It exposes two main operations: search_papers for cross-platform queries and download_paper for PDF retrieval from open access sources. You'll reach for this when building research workflows that need to pull academic papers directly into Claude conversations. The server handles API authentication for paid services like Web of Science and Elsevier, includes rate limiting and error handling, and returns standardized metadata across all platforms. Setup requires API keys for premium databases but works immediately with free sources like arXiv and Crossref.
claude mcp add --transport stdio dianel555-paper-search-mcp-nodejs uvx paper-search-mcp-nodejs