Semantic Scholar

Search academic papers, citations, authors, and recommendations

Available Tools (12)

• papers-search-basic: Search for academic papers with a simple query. — $0.01/call
• paper-search-advanced: Search for academic papers with advanced filtering options — $0.01/call
• search-paper-title: Find a paper by closest title match — $0.01/call
• get-paper-abstract: Get detailed information about a specific paper including its abstract — $0.01/call
• papers-citations: Get papers that cite a specific paper — $0.01/call
• papers-references: Get papers cited by a specific paper — $0.01/call
• authors-search: Search for authors by name or affiliation — $0.01/call
• authors-papers: Get papers written by a specific author — $0.01/call
• papers-batch: Look up multiple papers by their IDs — $0.01/call
• search-arxiv: Search for papers on arXiv using their API — $0.01/call
• download-full-paper-arxiv: Download full-text PDF of an arXiv paper and extract text content (memory only) — $0.01/call
• analysis-citation-network: Analyze the citation network for a specific paper — $0.01/call

Quick Start

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic-scholar": {
      "url": "https://semantic-scholar.mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key=YOUR_XPAY_KEY"
    }
  }
}

Pricing

$0.01 per tool call. Pay per use from your XPay wallet. No subscriptions.

Get an API key at xpay.tools.

Tools: 12 Category: Academic & Research

When to Use

Use Semantic Scholar tools when you need to search academic papers, citations, authors, and recommendations. All tools are available through xpay✦'s single MCP connection.

MCP Connection

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xpay": {
      "url": "https://mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key=YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}

For Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http xpay "https://mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Available Tools

• Papers Search Basic — Search for academic papers with a simple query. — $0.01/call — SKILL.md
• Paper Search Advanced — Search for academic papers with advanced filtering options — $0.01/call — SKILL.md
• Search Paper Title — Find a paper by closest title match — $0.01/call — SKILL.md
• Get Paper Abstract — Get detailed information about a specific paper including its abstract — $0.01/call — SKILL.md
• Papers Citations — Get papers that cite a specific paper — $0.01/call — SKILL.md
• Papers References — Get papers cited by a specific paper — $0.01/call — SKILL.md
• Authors Search — Search for authors by name or affiliation — $0.01/call — SKILL.md
• Authors Papers — Get papers written by a specific author — $0.01/call — SKILL.md
• Papers Batch — Look up multiple papers by their IDs — $0.01/call — SKILL.md
• Search Arxiv — Search for papers on arXiv using their API — $0.01/call — SKILL.md
• Download Full Paper Arxiv — Download full-text PDF of an arXiv paper and extract text content (memory only) — $0.01/call — SKILL.md
• Analysis Citation Network — Analyze the citation network for a specific paper — $0.01/call — SKILL.md

How to Execute

1. xpay_discover — Search for tools: xpay_discover("semantic-scholar")
2. xpay_details — Get input schema: xpay_details("semantic-scholar/TOOL_NAME")
3. xpay_run — Execute: xpay_run("semantic-scholar/TOOL_NAME", { ...inputs })
4. xpay_balance — Check credits

Links

• Provider page: https://xpay.tools/semantic-scholar/
• All providers: https://xpay.tools/explore
• Docs: https://docs.xpay.sh