Pipeworx crossref

Search academic papers by keyword, look up metadata by DOI, and fetch journal info via Crossref

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"]
    }
  }
}