Learning Resources

pubscope.org

Provides detailed information and comparisons of academic journals, including indexing, quartile, trust score, and citation verification.

1 endpoint4 known toolsFirst detected July 27, 2026Last detected August 29, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://pubscope.org/api/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: pubscope
Version: 1.1.0

Capabilities

tools

Server instructions

PubScope provides verified intelligence on 46,000+ academic journals. Use search_journals to find journals by name/ISSN/publisher, get_journal for one profile, compare_journals for a side-by-side, and check_citations to verify a reference list. All data comes from open academic databases and every signal links back to its source. WHAT YOU GET: journal identity, publisher, indexing status (Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ), SJR quartile and scope are always returned. Trust Score, Journal Impact Factor, APC amount, acceptance rate and measured submission-to-publication time are returned only to an identified caller, and arrive as null otherwise. READING NULLS: do not infer this from the null itself. A gated response carries a "withheld" list naming the fields that HELD a value and were blanked. A field in that list needs a key: say so. A null field NOT in that list is null for everyone, key or not, and you must say PubScope holds no value for it — never suggest a key would reveal it. Most nulls are this second kind: acceptance rate exists for under 2% of journals, APC for 13%, impact factor and measured publication time for about 15%, because most large publishers deposit no submission dates. When "gated" is absent the caller is already identified and every null is genuine. Never guess.

Known tools 4

search_journals

Search 46,000+ academic journals by title, ISSN, or publisher.

Inferred read-only

get_journal

Full profile of one journal by ISSN: indexing, quartile, open-access status, scope and integrity signals (e.

Inferred read-only

compare_journals

Side-by-side comparison of 2-4 journals by ISSN: quartile and indexing for any caller, trust score and APC for an identified one.

Inferred read-only

check_citations

Verify a pasted reference list (plain text, BibTeX or RIS) against Crossref, OpenAlex, DataCite, Semantic Scholar, arXiv, PubMed and DBLP, plus Retraction Watch.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.pubscope]
url = "https://pubscope.org/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubscope": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://pubscope.org/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: pubscope
Remote MCP URL: https://pubscope.org/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubscope": {
      "url": "https://pubscope.org/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "pubscope": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://pubscope.org/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "pubscope",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://pubscope.org/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

Trust Data Available

BuiltWith Trust API v2 evidence for pubscope.org was fetched 2026-09-01T20:06:56.489Z.

Trust status Neutral

pubscope.org is assessed as Neutral: No suspicious signals found, but no strong positive signal either

Indexed

Evidence is source-attributed and does not guarantee that a third-party server is safe. Risk labels are conservative metadata heuristics.