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Google Scholar Tools

Google Scholar academic search, citation tracking, and research discovery

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Overview

Google Scholar Tools gives AI agents access to academic and scientific literature through a managed google scholar api — the world's largest academic search engine covering research papers, theses, books, conference proceedings, preprints, and court opinions, delivering the citation network depth of a serpapi google scholar integration without requiring a third-party intermediary account.

It acts as a standardized bridge between large language models and scholarly knowledge. Instead of relying solely on training data for academic content, models can retrieve current research, citation networks, and author publication records through a controlled MCP interface — functioning as a comprehensive google scholar search api for AI-powered research workflows.

By integrating Google Scholar Tools, developers enable AI agents to:

• Find scholarly articles by keyword using search_papers — returning titles, authors, publication venue, year, citation count, and abstract snippets • Retrieve the full publication list for any researcher with search_by_author — enabling author profiling and academic influence analysis • Discover papers that cite a given work using get_citations — essential for understanding research impact and finding related literature through the google scholar api citation graph • Narrow searches to specific publication date ranges with filter_by_year — keeping research current or focusing on foundational seminal works

Indispensable for research assistant agents, literature review tools, academic writing assistants, evidence-grounding pipelines, and any AI system that needs to engage with peer-reviewed scientific knowledge through a reliable google scholar search api.

Highlights

Protocol
MCP v1.0
Security
OAuth 2.0
Access
Real-time
Tools
4 Tools

Standardized bridge for real-time model context.

Installation

Connect this server to your local or remote agent environment.

mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp360": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://connect.mcp360.ai/v1/google-scholar/mcp?token=YOUR_API_KEY"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual key from the dashboard.

Available Tools

Technical specifications for the 4 available protocol tools.

4 tools

filter_by_year tool

Input Specification
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query",
    "year"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "year": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Specific publication year"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Research query"
    },
    "include_patents": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false,
      "description": "Include patents in results"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
Output Response
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query",
    "year",
    "organic_results"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "year": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "total_results": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "organic_results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "link": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "authors": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "id": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "link": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "name": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "snippet": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "data_cid": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "position": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "resource": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "link": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "format": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          },
          "publication": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "inline_links": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "cited_by": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "link": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "total": {
                    "type": "number"
                  },
                  "cites_id": {
                    "type": "string"
                  }
                }
              },
              "versions": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "link": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "total": {
                    "type": "number"
                  },
                  "cluster_id": {
                    "type": "string"
                  }
                }
              },
              "cached_page_link": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "related_articles_link": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Direct API Access

Production-ready REST endpoints for custom integrations.

POSTServer Metadata
/api/v1/google-scholar
curl "https://connect.mcp360.ai/api/v1/google-scholar" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
POSTExecute Tool
/api/v1/google-scholar/{tool_name}
curl -X POST "https://connect.mcp360.ai/api/v1/google-scholar/filter_by_year" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "query": "string",
  "year": 1
}'
Authentication

To authenticate, include your API key in the Authorization header using the Bearer scheme. Alternatively, you can use the X-API-KEY header.

Infrastructure

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Unified API Key

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Instant Testing

Test and debug any MCP server instantly in our integrated environment.

Centralized Billing

One monthly subscription for all your AI tool integrations and credits.

Scenarios

Standard Use Cases

Connect to the google scholar api to retrieve academic papers, citations, author profiles, and h-index data for research tools
Use serpapi google scholar integration to extract structured citation counts, publication years, and abstract snippets for literature reviews
Build google scholar search api pipelines that automate systematic review research by querying thousands of papers by topic or author
Power academic analytics dashboards that track citation growth, co-authorship networks, and publication trends using Scholar data
Integrate Google Scholar data into AI research assistants that surface relevant papers, summarize abstracts, and recommend related works

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Google Scholar Tools?

Google Scholar Tools is an MCP server that provides structured access to google scholar tools capabilities through a standardized protocol, enabling AI models to retrieve and process real-time data.

Which AI models are supported?

Any model that supports MCP protocol including Claude (via Claude Desktop), GPT-4, Gemini, and open-source LLMs through compatible frameworks.

How do I authenticate?

The server supports OAuth 2.0 authentication with API keys. You'll receive credentials upon registration which can be configured in your MCP client.

Is there rate limiting?

Yes, rate limits apply based on your subscription tier. Free tier includes generous limits for development, with higher limits available in paid plans.

Can I use this in production?

Absolutely. Google Scholar Tools is designed for production use with enterprise-grade reliability, security, and performance.

Deploy AI agent with Google Scholar Tools today.

Start building production-ready AI agent integrations in minutes with standardized protocol access.

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