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Citation Network MCP MCP Server

io.github.michalhron/citation-network-mcp

What is the Citation Network MCP MCP server?

Citation-network analysis on Scopus or OpenAlex: coupling, co-citation, lineages, bibliometrics.

How to install Citation Network MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.
Environment / auth
  • SCOPUS_API_KEY
    required
    secret

    Elsevier API key from dev.elsevier.com (required to start the server).

  • SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN
    secret

    Institutional token for subscriber access off campus.

  • OPENALEX_API_KEY
    secret

    Free OpenAlex key; raises the daily OpenAlex budget tenfold.

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "citation-network-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "citation-network-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SCOPUS_API_KEY>",
        "SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN": "<YOUR_SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN>",
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENALEX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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