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MCP live v0.1.8 MCP 2026-07-28 streamable-http

io.github.cyanheads/crossref-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/crossref-mcp-server

Resolve DOIs, search ~155M scholarly works, and fetch references via the Crossref REST API.

Uptime
100.0%
1 direct probes · 30d
Response
746ms
last probe
Tools
7
callable
Resources
0
readable
Prompts
0
available

Tools · 7

crossref_get_work

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…

crossref_get_references

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…

crossref_search_works

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…

crossref_search_journals

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…

crossref_search_funders

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…

crossref_get_member

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…

crossref_get_prefix

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…

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"
    }
  }
}