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Scopus

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Scopus search, author and affiliation profiles, citation data, and PlumX metrics via Elsevier APIs.

Code source Documentation

Installation

Ajoutez ceci à la configuration MCP de votre client (Claude Desktop : claude_desktop_config.json ; Cursor : .cursor/mcp.json ; VS Code et les autres utilisent la même forme « mcpServers »).

NPM package scopus-mcp
Claude Code 
claude mcp add scopus -e 'ELSEVIER_API_KEY=<your elsevier_api_key>' -e 'ELSEVIER_INST_TOKEN=<your elsevier_inst_token>' -- npx -y scopus-mcp@0.5.1
Configuration JSON (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "scopus": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "scopus-mcp@0.5.1"
            ],
            "env": {
                "ELSEVIER_API_KEY": "<your elsevier_api_key>",
                "ELSEVIER_INST_TOKEN": "<your elsevier_inst_token>"
            }
        }
    }
}

Variables d'environnement

  • ELSEVIER_API_KEY obligatoire secret Elsevier API key from https://dev.elsevier.com. Required for every tool except subject_classifications; data access depends on your subscription and institutional access.
  • ELSEVIER_INST_TOKEN secret Institutional token supplied by Elsevier, if available for your institution. Used alongside the API key for institutional access.

Documentation

Tirée du README du projet sur GitHub, actualisée chaque semaine. Les liens ouvrent GitHub.

Sommaire
  1. scopus-mcp
  2. Quick start
  3. Configuration
  4. Tools
  5. Responses and errors
  6. API documentation
  7. Development
  8. License

scopus-mcp

An MCP server for the Elsevier Scopus API. Runs over stdio with npx and keeps the API's parameter names and JSON responses.

Quick start

Requires Node.js 22.22.0 or newer, npm, and an MCP client with stdio support. Get an API key from the Elsevier Developer Portal and add this server to your client's configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scopus": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "scopus-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "ELSEVIER_API_KEY": "your-elsevier-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Reload the client to connect. To pin a release, use scopus-mcp@<version> in args.

Configuration

Environment variableDescription
ELSEVIER_API_KEYRequired for all tools except subject_classifications.
ELSEVIER_INST_TOKENInstitutional token, if provided by your institution.

Set credentials in the client's env object. The server does not load .env files. Access to data and views depends on your Elsevier subscription and institutional access.

The server reports its version in MCP serverInfo and the startup log on stderr.

Tools

ToolDescription
scopus_searchFind publications.
author_searchFind authors and co-authors.
affiliation_searchFind institutions.
author_retrievalGet author profiles by ID, EID, or ORCID.
affiliation_retrievalGet an institution profile by ID or EID.
citation_overviewGet yearly citation counts and summaries.
plumx_metricsGet publication metrics by identifier.
subject_classificationsLook up subject codes; no API key needed.

Each call makes one API request. For additional pages, use the tool's pagination parameters. Requests support cancellation and a 30-second timeout; retries and redirects are not automatic.

Responses and errors

Results follow each tool's outputSchema. The original API JSON is returned in both structuredContent and a text content block, without reshaping fields or converting values.

Available quota headers are returned as strings in _meta["scopus-mcp/headers"]: X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset, and Retry-After.

API failures return isError: true and a JSON text error with code, message, and, when available, an HTTP status. Credentials are redacted. Invalid arguments are rejected before an API request.

ErrorWhat to check
MISSING_API_KEYSet ELSEVIER_API_KEY in the server's environment.
HTTP 401 or 403Check your key, subscription, institutional network, and token.
HTTP 429Check quota headers and Retry-After before retrying.
TIMEOUT or NETWORK_ERRORCheck connectivity to api.elsevier.com.
INVALID_RESPONSEElsevier returned invalid JSON or an unexpected response shape.

API documentation

Development

See Contributing for local setup and changes, and Releases for publishing.

License

MIT © 2026 Andrii Baran. Independent project, not affiliated with Elsevier.

Questions fréquentes

Qu'est-ce que Scopus ?

Scopus search, author and affiliation profiles, citation data, and PlumX metrics via Elsevier APIs.

Comment installer Scopus ?

Il s'exécute sur votre machine. Dans Claude Code : claude mcp add scopus -e 'ELSEVIER_API_KEY=<your elsevier_api_key>' -e 'ELSEVIER_INST_TOKEN=<your elsevier_inst_token>' -- npx -y scopus-mcp@0.5.1. Pour les autres clients, collez la configuration JSON de cette page dans leurs réglages MCP.

Faut-il une clé API pour Scopus ?

Oui. Il attend ELSEVIER_API_KEY, ELSEVIER_INST_TOKEN, à renseigner dans sa configuration.

Scopus est-il open source ?

Oui. Son code est sur GitHub sous licence MIT.

Qui maintient Scopus ?

Il est publié par Anddrrew. AI.tn le référence sans le maintenir ni le recommander.

Issu du registre MCP officiel. Être listé n'est pas une recommandation : vérifiez le code et les permissions d'un serveur avant de lui donner accès à vos données.