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altmetric-mcp MCP Server

Name: altmetric-mcp MCP Server
Author: altmetric

MCP server for Altmetric APIs - track research attention across news, policy, social media, and more

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RegistryRemotealtmetric

31Limited

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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "altmetric-altmetric-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "altmetric-mcp@0.8.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALTMETRIC_DETAILS_API_KEY": "YOUR_ALTMETRIC_DETAILS_API_KEY",
        "ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_KEY": "YOUR_ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_KEY",
        "ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_SECRET": "YOUR_ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment

Name	Required	Notes
ALTMETRIC_DETAILS_API_KEY	No	API key for Altmetric Details Page API. At least one credential set required: either this key OR both Explorer API credentials Secret.
ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_KEY	No	API key for Altmetric Explorer API (requires ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_SECRET). At least one credential set required Secret.
ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_SECRET	No	API secret for Altmetric Explorer API HMAC authentication (requires ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_KEY) Secret.

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