- name
- pipeworx-crossref
- description
- Search academic papers by keyword, look up metadata by DOI, and fetch journal info via Crossref
- version
- 1.0.0
- metadata
- openclaw
- requires
- bins
- emoji
- 🔬
- homepage
- https://pipeworx.io/packs/crossref
Crossref Academic Papers
Crossref indexes over 150 million scholarly works. Search papers by keyword, retrieve full metadata for a specific DOI, or look up journal information by ISSN. Essential for literature reviews, citation analysis, and academic research tools.
Tools
search_works— Keyword search across papers, books, and proceedings. Returns title, authors, DOI, publication date, citation count, and journal info.get_work— Detailed metadata for a specific DOI (e.g.,"10.1038/nature12373"). Includes abstract, references, funders, and license info.get_journal— Journal metadata by ISSN (e.g.,"1476-4687"for Nature). Returns publisher, subject areas, and coverage dates.
When to reach for this
- A researcher asks "find me papers on climate change and machine learning"
- Need to verify a citation or look up the full reference for a DOI
- Building a bibliography tool that auto-fills metadata from DOIs
- Analyzing citation counts or publication trends in a field
Example: searching for CRISPR papers
curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crossref/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_works","arguments":{"query":"CRISPR gene editing therapy","limit":5}}}'Connect your client
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx-crossref": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crossref/mcp"]
}
}
}