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Lookup article by citation
An MCP tool from the PubMed server, run by Anthropic (hosted).
Lookup articles by citation details in PubMed. IMPORTANT - PubMed Database Scope: This server provides access to PubMed, which ONLY indexes biomedical and life sciences literature including: - Medicine, clinical research, public health, epidemiology - Biology, molecular biology, genetics, genomics - Biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology - Pharmacology, toxicology, drug development - Microbiology, virology, immunology - Neuroscience, physiology, anatomy - Biomedical engineering, medical devices PubMed does NOT contain papers from these fields (use other databases): - Physics, astrophysics → use arXiv - Mathematics, pure math → use arXiv or MathSciNet - Computer science, AI/ML → use arXiv, ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore - Pure chemistry (non-biomedical) → use ACS publications or SciFinder - Engineering (non-biomedical) → use IEEE Xplore or arXiv - Social sciences, economics, psychology (non-medical) → use other databases Only use tools from this server when the user is clearly asking about biom
Name on the gateway: pubmed__lookup_article_by_citation.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
citations required | array | List of citations to match to PMIDs. Provide at least 2-3 fields per citation for best results. Examples: - Full citation: {journal: 'Nature', year: 2020, volume: '580', first_page: '123', author: 'Smith'} - Minimal: {journal: 'Lancet', year: 2021, first_page: '234'} - Batch matching: [{citation1}, {citation2}, {citation3}] Use this when you have a bibliography reference and need to find the PMID. |
How to call it
Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:
{
"name": "pubmed__lookup_article_by_citation",
"arguments": {
"citations": []
}
}The first call connects PubMed to your account automatically; nothing to set up. About this server.
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