MCP server

Openalex

io.github.pipeworx-io/openalex

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

OpenAlex MCP — wraps the OpenAlex API (scholarly works, free, no auth)

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

48

Token cost

About 27,662 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http openalex https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openalex/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.openalex]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openalex/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"openalex":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openalex/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"openalex":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openalex/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"openalex":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openalex/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add openalex https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openalex/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"openalex","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openalex/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"openalex","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openalex/mcp"}

Tools

• get_concept ~153 tokens
  Look up research fields or topics by name. Returns concept description, publication count, related concepts, and parent concepts in the academic hierarchy.
• get_journal_publishing_model ~293 tokens
  Is a journal subscription, hybrid or fully open access? Look up a journal by ISSN (print or electronic, e.g. "0025-1461" or "1864-1547") and get its publisher, article-processing charge, whether the Directory of Open Access Journals lists it, and the open-access status mix of its recent articles (go
• get_scholarly_work ~237 tokens
  Fetch a single scholarly work from OpenAlex by its OpenAlex ID (e.g. "W2741809807") or DOI (e.g. "10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2"). Returns the full record + reconstructed abstract and the works it CITES (referenced_works) — for backward citation-graph navigation. Use after search_works, or whenever you
• search_authors ~183 tokens
  Find researchers by name or institution affiliation. Returns author name, ORCID, institution, publication count, and total citations.
• search_institutions ~191 tokens
  Find academic institutions by name or location (e.g., country code 'US', 'GB'). Returns institution name, country, type, publication count, and research areas.
• search_works ~302 tokens
  Search scholarly/academic research across ALL fields — medicine, biology, neuroscience, genetics, chemistry, physics, materials science, computer science, economics, and beyond. Find recent studies, papers, and findings on any topic, gene, disease, drug, material, method, or theory by title, author,

Browse

• GitHub tools
• OpenAlex tools
• GitHub and code hosting
• Research papers
• Health and medicine

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