Scopus

Scopus MCP Connector for Claude

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Access the world's largest abstract and citation database. Search for research papers, authors, and institutional profiles directly.

10 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Connect your Scopus API credentials to any AI agent and unlock the power of Elsevier's massive research database through natural conversation.

What you can do

  • Advanced Search — Query Scopus abstracts and metadata using Boolean syntax and field codes like TITLE-ABS-KEY() or PUBYEAR
  • Author & Institution Profiles — Retrieve detailed profiles, including H-index, affiliation history, and publication lists
  • Citation Metrics — Get comprehensive citation overviews, counts, and summaries by year for any document via DOI or Scopus ID
  • Journal Insights — Access metadata for serials including CiteScore, SJR, and SNIP metrics to evaluate publication impact
  • PlumX Metrics — Inspect social media mentions, usage, and altmetrics to understand the broader reach of scientific work

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. Enter your Scopus API Key (and optional Institutional Token)
  3. Start conducting literature reviews and bibliometric analysis from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client

Who is this for?

  • Researchers & Academics — quickly find relevant literature and track citation trends without manual database exports
  • Data Scientists — integrate high-quality metadata and metrics into research workflows and knowledge graphs
  • University Administrators — audit institutional output and author profiles with ease
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10 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_abstract

Get detailed metadata for a specific document

get_affiliation

Get detailed profile for an institution

get_author

Get detailed profile for a specific author

get_citation_count

Get abstract citation count

get_citation_overview

Get citation counts and summaries by year

get_plumx_metrics

Get Altmetrics for Scopus documents

get_serial_title

Get metadata about journals (metrics like CiteScore, SJR, SNIP)

search_affiliation

Search Scopus institutional profiles

search_author

Search Scopus author profiles

search_scopus

Search Scopus abstracts and metadata

See how to talk to your AI agent using Scopus.

Search Scopus for papers about 'Large Language Models' published in 2024.

I found several high-impact papers. The top results include 'A Survey of Large Language Models' and 'Efficient Training of LLMs'. Would you like me to fetch the abstract for any of these?

Get the citation overview for DOI 10.1016/j.future.2023.01.001.

This document has been cited 45 times since its publication. In 2023 it received 12 citations, and so far in 2024, it has 33. It shows a strong upward trend in the field of cloud computing.

Find the profile and H-index for author ID 7004212771.

Author ID 7004212771 corresponds to Dr. Jane Smith. She has an H-index of 52, with 142 total documents and over 8,500 citations. Her primary affiliation is Stanford University.

Yes! Use the `search_author` tool to find profiles by name or affiliation, or use `get_author` if you already have a specific Scopus Author ID to retrieve their full metrics and H-index.

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