# Academic Research Intelligence MCP [Health: Active]

**Category:** 🧠 Knowledge & Memory  
**Repository:** https://github.com/FoundryNet/academic-intel-mcp  
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**Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/academic-research-intelligence-mcp

## Description
Academic paper search, scientific literature, citation analysis, arXiv & semantic related-work.

## Tools
Capabilities this server exposes over MCP:

- **search_papers** — Paper search by query/year/field/venue/citations/open-access
- **paper_detail** — Full record — abstract, authors, citations, references, PDF
- **citation_graph** — Papers citing this / referenced by it (live OpenAlex)
- **author_profile** — h-index, papers, citations, primary field, recent activity
- **trending_research** — Trending topics + most-cited recent papers
- **similar_papers** — Semantic related-work finder via embeddings (pgvector) — premium
- **daily_brief** — Curated daily trending-research digest (premium)
- **brief_summary** — Top-5 signals — a sample of `daily_brief
- **mint_info** — FoundryNet Data Network provenance info

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Remote MCP endpoint (confidence: high). Install path detected from listing signals. Add as a URL/SSE server in your client:

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "academic-research-intelligence-mcp": {
    "url": "https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
  }
}
```

## Documentation & README

# Academic Research Intelligence MCP

**Academic research intelligence for AI agents** — paper search, scientific
literature, citation analysis, arXiv search, author metrics, trending research, and
a **semantic related-work finder** (pgvector). Built on free scholarly sources.

> Part of the **FoundryNet Data Network** — every result carries verifiable
> provenance. See also:
> **gov-contracts-mcp**, **brand-intel-mcp**, **patent-intel-mcp**,
> **financial-signals-mcp**, **weather-intel-mcp**, **cyber-intel-mcp**,
> **compliance-mcp**, **fact-check-mcp**, **oss-intel-mcp**, **social-intel-mcp**.

## Connect

- **MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP):** `https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp`
- **MCP registry:** `io.github.FoundryNet/academic-intel-mcp`
- **Agent card:** `https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/.well-known/agent-card.json`

### Claude Desktop / Cursor / Claude Code

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http academic-intel https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp
```

```json
{ "mcpServers": { "academic-intel": { "url": "https://academic-intel-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp" } } }
```

Also on Smithery: `io.github.FoundryNet/academic-intel-mcp`

## Tools

| Tool | Price | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| `search_papers` | $0.01 | Paper search by query/year/field/venue/citations/open-access |
| `paper_detail` | **free** | Full record — abstract, authors, citations, references, PDF |
| `citation_graph` | $0.01 | Papers citing this / referenced by it (live OpenAlex) |
| `author_profile` | $0.01 | h-index, papers, citations, primary field, recent activity |
| `trending_research` | $0.01 | Trending topics + most-cited recent papers |
| `similar_papers` | $0.05 | Semantic related-work finder via embeddings (pgvector) — premium |
| `daily_brief` | $10 | Curated daily trending-research digest (premium) |
| `brief_summary` | $0.50 | Top-5 signals — a sample of `daily_brief` |
| `mint_info` | **free** | FoundryNet Data Network provenance info |

**Free tier:** 25 paid-tool queries/day per agent. After that the tool returns an
HTTP-402 with payment instructions — complete payment, then re-call with the same
args plus `payment_tx=<reference>`. An `Authorization: Bearer fnet_…` key bypasses
the paywall.

## Sources

Daily (~4am PT): **OpenAlex** (primary, keyless, rich metadata + citations),
**arXiv** (CS/physics/math/bio preprints), **PubMed** (biomed). Abstracts are
embedded with **fastembed** (bge-small) for `similar_papers` (pgvector cosine).
`citation_graph` and `author_profile` resolve live from OpenAlex. **Semantic
Scholar** is an optional enhancement (TLDR/relevance via `S2_API_KEY`; keyless S2
rate-limits hard).

Built by [FoundryNet](https://foundrynet.io?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=academic-intel-mcp) · forge@foundrynet.io

## Live network activity

**Live feed:** [mint.foundrynet.io/feed](https://mint.foundrynet.io/feed)  
Real-time verified work across 17 servers and autonomous agents, with cryptographic attestation.