This MCP server provides access to the Elsevier Scopus API, enabling AI assistants to search for academic papers, retrieve abstracts, and look up author profiles.
From the registry: A Model Context Protocol server for the Elsevier Scopus API
$ curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | shhttps://docs.astral.sh/uv/Please install the `scopus-mcp` MCP server into my current AI client (that's you).
Required prerequisites (do these first if not already done):
- **uv / uvx** — Required to run via uvx. Run: `curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh` (https://docs.astral.sh/uv/)
- **Elsevier Scopus API Key** — Requires institutional subscription to Elsevier. Get key from dev.elsevier.com. (https://dev.elsevier.com)
Canonical MCP server config (stdio transport):
- command: `uvx`
- args: ["scopus-mcp"]
- required environment variables:
- `SCOPUS_API_KEY`: Elsevier Scopus API key. Requires institutional subscription. (example: `<your-scopus-api-key>`)
Note: Elsevier Scopus academic database search. 3 tools: search_scopus, get_abstract_details, get_author_profile. Requires institutional Elsevier subscription for API key.
Add this MCP server to my current client's config in the correct format for you. If you need secrets or credentials I haven't provided, ASK me — do not invent values or leave raw placeholders. After adding it, tell me how to verify the server is connected.SCOPUS_API_KEYrequiredAPI key for accessing the Elsevier Scopus API.MCP server for searching Airweave collections with natural language queries.