Crossref Academic Papers#

Crossref indexes over 150 million scholarly works. Search papers by keyword, retrieve full metadata for a specific DOI, or look up journal information by ISSN. Essential for literature reviews, citation analysis, and academic research tools.

Tools#

• search_works — Keyword search across papers, books, and proceedings. Returns title, authors, DOI, publication date, citation count, and journal info.
• get_work — Detailed metadata for a specific DOI (e.g., "10.1038/nature12373"). Includes abstract, references, funders, and license info.
• get_journal — Journal metadata by ISSN (e.g., "1476-4687" for Nature). Returns publisher, subject areas, and coverage dates.

When to reach for this#

• A researcher asks "find me papers on climate change and machine learning"
• Need to verify a citation or look up the full reference for a DOI
• Building a bibliography tool that auto-fills metadata from DOIs
• Analyzing citation counts or publication trends in a field

Example: searching for CRISPR papers#

bash

curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crossref/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_works","arguments":{"query":"CRISPR gene editing therapy","limit":5}}}'

Connect your client#

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-crossref": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crossref/mcp"]
    }
  }
}