paper-lookup - Academic Paper Database Search Tool
Search 10 academic paper databases for research papers, preprints, and scholarly articles via REST APIs
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Updated: 2026-06-15Capabilities
Typical Inputs
Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- search papers
- look up DOI
- look up PMID
- retrieve abstracts
- access full text
- find open access
- search preprints
- get citation graphs
- search authors
- convert identifiers
- find journal metadata
- access PDFs
Inputs
- PubMed
- PMC
- bioRxiv
- medRxiv
- arXiv
- OpenAlex
- Crossref
- Semantic Scholar
- CORE
- Unpaywall
- DOI
- PMID
- PMCID
- arXiv ID
- search query
Outputs
- paper metadata
- search results
- abstracts
- full text
- open access links
- citation graphs
- author publications
- JSON responses
- XML responses
Requirements
- internet connection
- HTTP request capability
- NCBI_API_KEY (optional)
- CORE_API_KEY (for full text)
- S2_API_KEY (optional)
- OPENALEX_API_KEY (optional)