# Find Research Papers MCP Server

Search open-source research papers across arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, PubMed, Semantic Scholar.

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## At a glance

**Source code:** [Open repository](https://github.com/surendranb/find-research-papers-mcp)

**Package usage:** 777 npm downloads in the last 30 days.

**GitHub popularity:** 5 stars on [surendranb/find-research-papers-mcp](surendranb/find-research-papers-mcp), recorded 2026-09-09.

## Status

Pod has not dialled Find Research Papers yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

Published as `find-research-papers-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "find-research-papers": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "find-research-papers-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Reviewed GitHub reports

**5 GitHub reports passed Pod's relevance review.** This can include external user reports, maintainer-confirmed bugs, and concrete feature gaps. It is evidence to inspect, not a count of distinct defects. Showing 1.

### Most discussed

### get_paper: three distinct upstream bugs visible in one day (429 no-backoff, arXiv→Crossref misrouting, connection-reset for CN users)

Sep 2 data, three real users (Brazil/claude-code 0.4.5, China/opencode 0.4.4, US/codex 0.4.5). 106 errors, all on `get_paper` except one. Three separate causes:

**1. [UPSTREAM] 429 with no backoff — 68 events, 23% of one user's get_paper calls.**
Message: `429 Client Error: Unknown Error for url: <url>`. A heavy user (300+ paper fetches in a session) gets throttled mid-session. Two problems: no exponential backoff/retry, and the message says "Unknown Error" so neither the model nor the human…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/surendranb/find-research-papers-mcp/issues/19) · 2026-09-02 · open · 1 comment

[See all 5 reviewed GitHub reports](/mcp/find-research-papers/issues).

## Firsthand observations

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## For agents

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<summary>See setup and API details</summary>

### Search MCPs

Call `find_mcp` to find Find Research Papers, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

```json
{
  "query": "Find Research Papers",
  "limit": 5
}
```

Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:

```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=Find Research Papers' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```

This listing is also available as [Markdown](/mcp/find-research-papers.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/find-research-papers.json) for download or programmatic use. Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose.

</details>

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