openalex 4 tools

MCP server exposing 4 tools for openalex.

Endpoint

This URL is a JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint over HTTP. Issue POST requests with a JSON-RPC body. Browsers and search crawlers land here on GET.

POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openalex/mcp
Content-Type: application/json

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}

Tools

• search_works — Search scholarly articles by title, authors, or keywords. Returns title, authors, journal, publication year, citation count, and abstract.
• search_authors — Find researchers by name or institution affiliation. Returns author name, ORCID, institution, publication count, and total citations.
• search_institutions — Find academic institutions by name or location (e.g., country code 'US', 'GB'). Returns institution name, country, type, publication count, and research areas.
• get_concept — Look up research fields or topics by name. Returns concept description, publication count, related concepts, and parent concepts in the academic hierarchy.

Full documentation

Code samples (curl / TypeScript / one-click client install), schemas, and the live playground are on the pack page:
https://pipeworx.io/packs/openalex/

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