OpenAIRE and the AI Gateway
The Partner
The OpenAIRE Graph is one of the largest and most comprehensive Scholarly Knowledge Graphs at the global level, interconnecting metadata about research products (publications, datasets, software, other products), grants, funders,, organizations, researchers, and repositories from thousands of data sources worldwide. With its 350 million entities interconnected by 7 billion semantic relationships, it provides one of the largest and most comprehensive open data Scholarly Knowledge Graphs in the world today.
The Problem: Web Search vs. Verified Science
Standard AI agents rely on general web searches. Results are often “shallow,” missing citation impact, peer-reviewed metrics, and deep technical connections. For researchers, “hallucinations” or missing a key paper is not an option.
The Alien Solution: The First MCP for Open Science Scholarly Communities
Alien Intelligence delivers a full Model Context Protocol (MCP) implementation for OpenAIRE. Unlike a simple API, the MCP allows AI agents (like Claude Code) to “plug” directly into the OpenAIRE Research Graph.
- Direct Knowledge Access: The AI doesn’t “guess”; it queries the OpenAIRE platform in real-time.
- Deep Research Capabilities: Our MCP supports complex literature reviews, impact analysis (citation counts), and mapping of research chronologies (e.g., Autonomous Vehicles research at Google/Waymo).
- Native Authentication: Fully secure implementation that supports standard user authentication, ensuring data sovereignty.
Roadmap
- March 2026 Public Launch: From beta to full public availability.
- Multi-platform Integration: Available as a dedicated “Open Science Plugin” for Claude Code, Cowork, and Mistral AI.
Advanced Tooling: Python-enhanced scripts for qualitative and quantitative performance analysis of research results.
The results with the OpenAIRE MCP are significantly better structured and provide deeper citation impact analysis than standard web searches. It’s the difference between a general summary and a professional literature review.
The Impact
- A sustainable open science: AI users’ usage directly contributes to the long-term financial viability of OpenAIRE’s open access infrastructure.
- New tools for the open science community: Researchers gain access to AI-powered literature review and citation analysis at unprecedented scale.
- A professional AI gateway for B2B partners: Publishers, institutions, and platforms can integrate OpenAIRE data through an authenticated, enterprise-grade API.