INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

search_journals

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

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://pubscope.org/api/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for search_journals and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

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.

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