AIRA-SemanticScholar

Overview

AIRA-SemanticScholar is a comprehensive Model Context Protocol server that bridges AI models with academic literature through the Semantic Scholar API. It provides tools for intelligent paper discovery, author analysis, citation network exploration, and full-text access from various sources including arXiv and Wiley. The server supports both basic and advanced search operations, batch processing capabilities, and integrates with academic authentication systems for institutional access.

Try asking AI

After installing, here are 5 things you can ask your AI assistant:

• search_papers

  Search academic papers using basic keyword-based discovery or advanced filters

  Try:Find papers about machine learning published after 2020Try:Search for papers with more than 100 citations in computer science
• find_paper_by_title

  Find papers by closest title match with confidence scoring

  Try:Find the paper with title 'Attention Is All You Need'Try:Search for papers similar to 'BERT: Pre-training of Deep Bidirectional Transformers'
• get_paper_details

  Retrieve detailed information about a specific paper including citations and references

  Try:Get details for paper with DOI 10.1109/5.726791Try:Show me information about paper 10.18653/v1/N18-1031
• search_authors

  Search authors by name or affiliation

  Try:Find authors named Geoffrey HintonTry:Search authors from Stanford University working on NLP
• get_author_profile

  Retrieve detailed author profiles with metrics and publication lists

  Try:Get profile for author with ID 2233986Try:Show me the publication list for Andrew Ng
• get_citing_papers

  Find papers that cite a specific work

  Try:Show papers that cite 'Attention Is All You Need'Try:Find papers citing 10.1109/5.726791
• get_references

  Retrieve reference list for a specific paper

  Try:Show references for paper 10.18653/v1/N18-1031Try:Get the reference list for 'BERT: Pre-training of Deep Bidirectional Transformers'
• get_field_papers

  Browse top papers by academic field or publication venue

  Try:Show top papers in computer scienceTry:Get popular papers in machine learning conferences
• get_open_access_papers

  Filter research to find open access publications

  Try:Find open access papers about quantum computingTry:Show me open access publications in biology
• search_arxiv

  Search arXiv repository directly with customizable parameters

  Try:Find arXiv papers about transformer architecturesTry:Search arXiv for papers with ID 2301.12345
• download_arxiv_pdf

  Download and extract full-text from arXiv papers

  Try:Download and extract text from arXiv paper 2301.12345Try:Get full text from hep-ex/0307015
• resolve_doi

  Fetch content from any DOI URL with automatic redirect handling

  Try:Get content from DOI 10.1109/5.726791Try:Fetch metadata for 10.18653/v1/N18-1031

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Installation

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aira-semanticscholar": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aira-semanticscholar"]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aira-semanticscholar": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aira-semanticscholar"],
      "env": {
        "WILEY_TDM_CLIENT_TOKEN": "your-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

FAQ

What API rate limits does Semantic Scholar have?

Semantic Scholar API allows 100 requests per 5 minutes. You can request authentication for higher rate limits.

Do I need institutional access for full-text downloads?

Yes, you must have institutional access or subscription to download content, especially from publishers like Wiley.

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