io.github.mlintangmz2765/scholar
Quality Score
85
/100
Hardened Scholar MCP for deep academic research (Scopus, OpenAlex, Unpaywall) with PDF vision.
§01 Install
Claude Desktop (uvx)
{
"mcpServers": {
"scholar": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"scholar-academic-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<your-scopus_api_key>",
"CONTACT_EMAIL": "<contact_email>",
"SCOPUS_INST_TOKEN": "<your-scopus_inst_token>"
}
}
}
}§02 Environment variables
SCOPUS_API_KEYrequiredsecret
Your Elsevier Scopus API Key
CONTACT_EMAILrequired
Email for OpenAlex polite pool and Unpaywall identification
SCOPUS_INST_TOKENsecret
Optional Elsevier Institutional Token
§03 MCP Quality Score · methodology
freshness
25
completeness
10
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
10
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