`get_paper_citations`

Pack: semanticscholar · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/get_paper_citations for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Semantic Scholar cited-by lookup: list the papers that CITE a given paper (the works citing it), with their titles, authors, year, and citation counts. Use for “cited-by papers”, “who cites this paper”, “papers that cite X”, forward citation tracing, and finding follow-up work. Keyless.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`paper_id`	string	yes	Paper identifier. A Semantic Scholar ID, or prefixed: “DOI:10…”, “arXiv:2106.15928”, “CorpusId:…”.
`limit`	number	no	Max citing papers to return (default 10, max 25).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "paper_id": "CorpusId:215416146",
  "limit": 15
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/semanticscholar/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_paper_citations","arguments":{"paper_id":"CorpusId:215416146","limit":15}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_paper_citations', {
  "paper_id": "CorpusId:215416146",
  "limit": 15
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the semanticscholar pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semanticscholar": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/semanticscholar/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_paper_citations