# altmetric-mcp

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

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Trust:** 60/100 (B), scored on the package rubric
- **Verification:** community-indexed — nobody has claimed this listing
- **Version:** 1.2.2
- **Author:** Altmetric
- **License:** MIT
- **npm:** altmetric-mcp
- **Endpoints:** streamable-http https://mcp.altmetric.com/mcp
- **Source:** https://github.com/altmetric/altmetric-mcp
- **Endpoint health:** reachable (last checked 2026-09-19T00:17:40.023Z, 4 samples) — uptime is not a security property and is not part of the trust score
- **Compatible clients:** claude-code, cursor, copilot, chatgpt, gemini (basis: transport)

## Trust

60/100 (B), scored on the package rubric
- Publisher verified: no
- Install scripts: nothing suspicious found
- Prompt-injection scan: not run
- Obfuscation scan: not run
- Evidence age: 84 days

## Security scan

- **Status:** clean
- **Scanned:** 2026-06-27T19:46:03.792Z
- **Version scanned:** 0.8.1
- **CVEs:** none found by OSV at scan time

## Tools

11 declared. Statically extracted from the shipped source — a floor on the surface, not a census.
- `get_citation_counts`
- `get_citation_details`
- `search_citations`
- `get_batch_attention_data`
- `translate_identifiers`
- `explore_research_outputs`
- `explore_attention_summary`
- `explore_mentions`
- `explore_demographics`
- `explore_mention_sources`
- `explore_journals`

## Install

**Verdict: review** — Installable, but 1 thing to check first: No publisher has proved control of this listing; it is indexed, not vouched for.
**Cautions** (coverage gaps and advisories — never blocking)
- No publisher has proved control of this listing; it is indexed, not vouched for.
**Config** (claude-code):
```json
"{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"altmetric\": {\n      \"command\": \"npx\",\n      \"args\": [\n        \"-y\",\n        \"altmetric-mcp\"\n      ],\n      \"env\": {\n        \"ALTMETRIC_DETAILS_API_KEY\": \"<YOUR_ALTMETRIC_DETAILS_API_KEY>\",\n        \"ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_KEY\": \"<YOUR_ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_KEY>\",\n        \"ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_SECRET\": \"<YOUR_ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_SECRET>\"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}"
```
**Credentials it will ask for** (names only — Forge never holds a value):
- `ALTMETRIC_DETAILS_API_KEY` — Altmetric Details API Key (optional)
- `ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_KEY` — Altmetric Explorer API Key (optional)
- `ALTMETRIC_EXPLORER_API_SECRET` — Altmetric Explorer API Secret (optional)
Placeholders only. Forge never holds, brokers, or transmits a credential value — replace each <YOUR_NAME> in your own config file. Do not send a value back to Forge; no Forge endpoint accepts one.
- This entry needs 3 credentials (0 required). The generated config carries placeholders, so it will fail in the editor rather than at runtime if they are left unset.

## Blast radius

Moderate blast radius — runs locally and hosted; holds an api key.
- Floor 29, ceiling 29 (tier: moderate)
- This is impact, not likelihood. A high radius is not a defect: a filesystem server is supposed to write files. It is never part of the trust score.

## Machine-readable views of this entry

- Signed JSON: https://forgeregistry.com/api/v1/packages/altmetric-mcp
- Install plan: https://forgeregistry.com/api/v1/packages/altmetric-mcp/install-plan
- Alternatives: https://forgeregistry.com/api/v1/alternatives/altmetric-mcp
- HTML page: https://forgeregistry.com/registry/altmetric-mcp
- MCP: POST https://forgeregistry.com/api/mcp → `forge_get_package` / `forge_install_plan`

## About this document

Generated by Forge (https://forgeregistry.com) — a compact rendering of the same record served, signed, at the JSON URL above. Trust and scan facts are the registry's own measurements; anything Forge did not measure is named as unmeasured rather than omitted.