MCP server for searching Scopus — 90M+ scholarly records across all disciplines
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add scopus --env SCOPUS_API_KEY='<SCOPUS_API_KEY>' -- uvx scopus-mcp-server~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.scopus]
command = "uvx"
args = ["scopus-mcp-server"]
env = { SCOPUS_API_KEY = "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add scopus --env SCOPUS_API_KEY='<SCOPUS_API_KEY>' -- uvx scopus-mcp-server~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"scopus": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"scopus-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"scopus": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"scopus-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"scopus": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"scopus-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"scopus": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"scopus-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"scopus": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"scopus-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SCOPUS_API_KEY": "<SCOPUS_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
SCOPUS_API_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.