# io.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server

- Registry name: `io.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server` · version 0.10.0
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Research & knowledge, Search & data
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): logging, prompts, resources, tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=io.github.cyanheads%2Fopenalex-mcp-server
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/io.github.cyanheads--openalex-mcp-server.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

Access the OpenAlex academic research catalog — 270M+ publications.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `openalex\_resolve\_name`: Resolve a name or an identifier to an OpenAlex ID. ALWAYS use this before filtering by entity — names are ambiguous, IDs are not. A name returns up to 10 autocomplete matches with disambiguation hints. An identifier — OpenAlex ID, DOI, ORCID, ROR, PMID, or ISSN, bare or in URL form — resolves direct
- `openalex\_search\_entities`: Search, filter, sort, or retrieve by ID. Covers all OpenAlex entity types \(works, authors, sources, institutions, topics, keywords, publishers, funders\). Pass \`id\` to retrieve a single entity. Otherwise, use \`query\` and/or \`filters\` for discovery. Filters take a record object; an unambiguous native
- `openalex\_analyze\_trends`: Aggregate OpenAlex entities into groups and count them. Use for trend analysis \(group works by publication\_year\), distribution analysis \(group by oa\_status, type, country\), and comparative analysis \(group by institution or topic\). Combine with filters to scope the analysis. Returns up to 200 groups
- `openalex\_get\_citation\_graph`: Walk the citation graph one hop from a seed work. Direction picks the edge: incoming citations \(\`cites\`\), the seed's own references \(\`cited\_by\`\), or OpenAlex's algorithmically-related works \(\`related\_to\`\). Note: \`direction\` follows OpenAlex's filter convention, which inverts the common English readi
- `openalex\_describe\_fields`: List valid field names for an OpenAlex entity type and context \(filter, group\_by, or select\). Use proactively before constructing a filter or group\_by to avoid invalid-field 400 errors. Pass \`query\` to rank the list by name similarity — useful when you have a partial or guessed field name. Ranking n

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