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get-work-by-doi

station__openalex-org__get-work-by-doi external (needs EXECUTION_BACKEND_URL) openalex-org pv-adjacent Constructa Configa

Retrieve full OpenAlex metadata for a single work by DOI. Returns cited_by_count, fwci (normalized citation impact), references (works this cites), related_works, abstract inverted index, topic classification, SDG mapping, and grant funding. Primary use: deep-dive evidence scoring for a specific paper flagged in causality review — gives you both its citation weight and its reference list in one call.

Taxonomy

Linnaean classification joined from the algovigilance taxonomy index via the parent config's rank.

Rank	Value
domain	`Substrata`
kingdom	`Constructa`
phylum	`Configa`
class	`station-config`
order	`openalex`
family	`mcp-tool-config`

Characteristics:

substrate: config
domain: pv
lifecycle: continuous
authority: read
compounding: producer
io: agent-request → tool-response

Input schema

doi stringrequired — DOI of the work (e.g., '10.1056/NEJMoa0802987'). No 'https://doi.org/' prefix.

Example call

POST /api/mcp
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "station__openalex-org__get-work-by-doi",
    "arguments": {
      "doi": ""
    }
  }
}

How to invoke from a client

From any MCP-aware client, add https://algovigilance.com/api/mcp as an MCP server, then call this tool by name. From a raw HTTP client, send the JSON-RPC body above to /api/mcp.

Agent-friendly formats

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