Retractions & Research Integrity

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Check whether a paper (by DOI) has been retracted and search the retracted literature, via Crossref / Retraction Watch (~73k works). Keyless.

2 tools
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free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

check_retraction

Check whether a paper (by DOI) has been retracted, according to Crossref/Retraction Watch (keyless). Returns retracted:true/false with the evidence (title marker + retraction-notice link). NOTE: 'not

No parameters required.

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search_retractions

Search the retracted literature (Crossref update-type:retraction, ~73k works) by keyword, optionally filtered by subject and publication year range. Returns retracted works with DOI, title, journal an

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/retractions/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/retractions/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"check_retraction","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("check_retraction", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("check whether a paper (by doi) has been retracted and search the retracted literature, via crossref / retraction watch (~73k works)");