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Scopus Plus MCP Server

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Scopus Plus MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 350 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 10 Oct 2026.

Scopus and more: search, full text, citation networks, journal quality, bibliometrics.

Installs per day peak 1 522 · avg 87 · -85% w/w
a month agotoday
350
Installs / week
pypi · scopus-plus-mcp
0
Stars
0 open issues
10 Oct 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 3 h ago · rules ccca72095570

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

        result = subprocess.run(

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This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add scopus-plus-mcp -- uvx scopus-plus-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scopus-plus-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "scopus-plus-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.scopus-plus-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["scopus-plus-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scopus-plus-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "scopus-plus-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scopus-plus-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "scopus-plus-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: SCOPUS_API_KEY (Elsevier API key from dev.elsevier.com (required to start the server).), SCOPUS_INSTTOKEN (Institutional token for subscriber access off campus.), OPENALEX_API_KEY (Free OpenAlex key; raises the daily OpenAlex budget tenfold.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Scopus Plus MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Scopus Plus MCP?
Scopus Plus MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package scopus-plus-mcp was installed 350 times last week.
How do I connect Scopus Plus MCP?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls scopus-plus-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Scopus Plus MCP?
The pypi package scopus-plus-mcp was installed 350 times in the last week. Week over week that is -85%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Scopus Plus MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.