pubmed_get_citations

Pack: pubmed · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/pubmed_get_citations for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

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 pubmed_get_related_articles (similar papers, not citing papers).

Parameters

Example call

Arguments

{
  "pmid": "24025838",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

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":"pubmed_get_citations","arguments":{"pmid":"24025838","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('pubmed_get_citations', {
  "pmid": "24025838",
  "limit": 5
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pubmed": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pubmed/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.