pubmed-mcp-server

How to connect

• pubmed_search_articles

  Search PubMed with full query syntax, filters, and date ranges. Returns PMIDs and optional brief summaries. Supports field-specific filters (author, journal, MeSH terms), common filters (language, species, free full text), and pagination via offset for paging through large result sets.

• pubmed_fetch_articles

  Fetch full article metadata by PubMed IDs. Returns detailed article information including abstract, authors, journal, MeSH terms.

• pubmed_fetch_fulltext

  Fetch full-text articles from PubMed Central with structured sections and references. When PMC misses, transparently falls back to Europe PMC `fullTextXML` (structured JATS for records with a PMC counterpart), then to Unpaywall — publisher-hosted or institutional open-access copies as HTML-as-Markdown or PDF-as-text. Provide exactly one of `pmcids` (PMC IDs directly), `pmids` (PubMed IDs, auto-resolved), or `dois` (DOIs, auto-resolved to PMC via the ID Converter; preprints and EPMC-only OA fall

• pubmed_format_citations

  Get formatted citations for PubMed articles in one or more formats (apa, mla, bibtex, ris, vancouver). Pass a single format as a string or multiple as an array.

• pubmed_find_related

  Find articles related to a source article — similar content (similar), articles citing this one (cited_by), or articles this one cites (references). Uses NCBI ELink as the primary source; falls back to Europe PMC then OpenAlex when NCBI is unavailable.

• pubmed_spell_check

  Spell-check a query and get NCBI's suggested correction. Useful for refining search queries.

• pubmed_lookup_mesh

  Search and explore the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) controlled vocabulary. Returns descriptor records with tree numbers, scope notes, and entry terms, plus pagination via offset for paging past the maxResults cap.

• pubmed_lookup_citation

  Look up PubMed IDs from partial bibliographic citations. Useful when you have a reference (journal, year, volume, page, author) and need the PMID — deterministic citation matching, more reliable than free-text search for structured references. Each citation must include at least journal or year (ECitMatch primary-keys on journal+volume+page; author-only or volume-only inputs guarantee no match); more fields = better match accuracy.

• pubmed_convert_ids

  Convert between article identifiers (DOI, PMID, PMCID). Accepts up to 50 IDs of a single type per request. Only resolves articles indexed in PubMed Central — for articles not in PMC, use pubmed_search_articles instead.

• pubmed_europepmc_search

  Search Europe PMC, a broad open-access biomedical corpus. Surfaces preprints (`source: PPR`), patents (`source: PAT`), Agricola (`source: AGR`), plus everything in PubMed (`MED`) and PMC. Use when additional coverage is needed — preprints and EPMC-only OA records are the typical recovery. Paginate via `cursorMark`. Defaults to `MED`, `PMC`, and `PPR`; pass `sources` to include `PAT` / `AGR`.

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