io.github.cyanheads/crossref-mcp-server
io.github.cyanheads/crossref-mcp-serverResolve DOIs, search ~155M scholarly works, and fetch references via the Crossref REST API.
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Resolves a DOI to its full Crossref metadata record: title, authors, affiliations, abstract (when deposited), journal or container, publication date, type, license, full-text links, and funder acknowl…
Returns the outgoing reference list for a DOI — the works cited by this paper. Each reference includes the deposited citation string and, where Crossref has resolved it, a DOI you can look up with cro…
Searches the Crossref works index (~155M records) by free text and/or structured filters. The generic query matches loosely across all fields; scope precisely with the field-specific parameters queryT…
Finds Crossref journal records by ISSN or title query. Provide issn for an exact single-journal lookup, or query for title-based search returning up to rows results. Title-query results page with offs…
Finds funders registered in the Crossref Funder Registry by name or funder DOI. Provide funder_doi for an exact single-funder lookup — the full DOI ("10.13039/100000001"), the bare registry ID ("10000…
Resolves a Crossref member ID to its publisher/organization record: primary name, alternate imprint names, owned DOI prefixes, registered DOI counts, a per-work-type breakdown, and per-category metada…
Resolves a DOI prefix — the registrant portion of a DOI, e.g. "10.1038" — to its owning Crossref member: the publisher name and numeric member ID. Answers "who publishes DOIs starting with 10.1038?" T…
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How to use
Add to your Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline MCP config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"io.github.cyanheads/crossref-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://crossref.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
"transport": "streamable-http"
}
}
}