get_citations
Pack: pubmed · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pubmed/mcp
Find papers that CITE a given article — forward citation search. Pass one PMID; returns citing papers (most recent first) with full citation metadata. Use for “who cited this”, “has this finding been replicated or challenged”, or tracking a paper’s downstream impact. NOTE: coverage is the PubMed Central citation graph (open-access + participating publishers), so the count is a FLOOR, not the paper’s total citation count (for that, a tool like Semantic Scholar / OpenAlex covers more). Distinct from get_related_articles (similar papers, not citing papers).
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
pmid | string | yes | A single PubMed ID to find citing papers for (e.g., “24025838”) |
limit | number | no | Number of citing papers to return (1-50, default 10) |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pubmed/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_citations","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pubmed": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pubmed/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.