❌ Physics/CS preprints Web of Science ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅ Required High-quality journal index PubMed ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ 🟡 Optional Biomedical literature Google Scholar ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ Comprehensive academic search bioRxiv ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ Biology preprints medRxiv ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ Medical preprints Semantic Scholar ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ 🟡 Optional AI semantic search IACR ePrint ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ Cryptography papers

✅ Supported | ❌ Not supported | 🟡 Optional

🚀 Quick Start

System Requirements

Node.js >= 18.0.0
npm or yarn

Installation

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/your-username/paper-search-mcp-nodejs.git
cd paper-search-mcp-nodejs

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Copy environment template
cp .env.example .env

Configuration

Get Web of Science API Key
- Visit Clarivate Developer Portal
- Register and apply for Web of Science API access
- Add API key to .env file
Get PubMed API Key (Optional)
- Without API key: Free usage, 3 requests/second limit
- With API key: 10 requests/second, more stable service
- Get key: See NCBI API Keys

Configure Environment Variables

# Edit .env file
WOS_API_KEY=your_actual_api_key_here
WOS_API_VERSION=v1

# PubMed API key (optional, recommended for better performance)
PUBMED_API_KEY=your_ncbi_api_key_here

# Semantic Scholar API key (optional, increases rate limits)
SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY=your_semantic_scholar_api_key

Build and Run

# Build TypeScript code
npm run build

# Start server
npm start

# Or run in development mode
npm run dev

Claude Desktop Integration

Add the following configuration to your Claude Desktop config file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper_search_nodejs": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/paper-search-mcp-nodejs/dist/server.js"],
      "env": {
        "WOS_API_KEY": "your_web_of_science_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

🛠️ MCP Tools

`search_papers`

Search academic papers across multiple platforms

// Search all platforms
search_papers({
  query: "machine learning",
  platform: "all",
  maxResults: 10,
  year: "2023",
  sortBy: "date"
})

// Search specific platform
search_papers({
  query: "quantum computing",
  platform: "webofscience",
  maxResults: 5
})

`search_arxiv`

Search arXiv preprints specifically

search_arxiv({
  query: "transfor

Categories

Current Category: biorxiv

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