Altmetric MCP server
MCP server for Altmetric APIs - track research attention across news, policy, social media, and more
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Altmetric tools
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Public scan report
scanner v0.1.5 · 2026-09-19 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
no findings
- Code scan17 source files scanned25/25
- Live reliabilityremote reachable in 643ms (auth required)20/20
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (endpoint requires auth); not countedn/a
- Auth qualityOAuth resource metadata advertised on 40115/15
- Maintenancelast push 6 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identitynamespace and repository owner differ; GitHub account older than a year6/10
Overall 95/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON
Install directly
claude mcp add --transport http altmetric-mcp https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcp
Altmetric: common questions
- Is Altmetric MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (95/100). Read the Altmetric safety report
- How do I install Altmetric?
- It runs remotely at mcp.altmetric.com. Add it to Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
- Does Altmetric need an API key?
- No key to paste: it signs you in with OAuth when your client connects.
- Is Altmetric maintained?
- The last commit was 6 days ago (2026-09-13). The latest release is v1.2.2.
- Is Altmetric up?
- 100% of our last 1 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.