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Updated October 2026

The 10 best PubMed MCP servers

The best PubMed MCP servers in October 2026 are pubmed-mcp-server, Pubmed MCP Server2, MCP Pubmed. pubmed-mcp-server is the most widely used; PubMed Search is the most actively updated; pubmed-mcp-server is a good pick if you need a hosted server that also works in ChatGPT.

Most used
pubmed-mcp-server
cyanheads
Most active
PubMed Search
u9401066
Works in ChatGPT
pubmed-mcp-server
cyanheads
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★ 163Local and remoteUpdated 8 days ago

Search PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms.

2
★ 0LocalUpdated 10 days ago

Local stdio MCP server for PubMed with 10 tools: search, fetch, fetch_batch, get_full_text, count, find_similar_articles, export_to_ris, get_citation_counts, convert_ids, batch_process

3

MCP Pubmed

pipeworx-io
★ 1LocalUpdated 12 days ago

PubMed MCP — wraps the NCBI E-utilities API (biomedical literature, free, no auth)

4
★ 28LocalUpdated yesterday

Multi-source biomedical literature search: PubMed, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, full text, citations

5

Pubmed

pipeworx-io
★ 1RemoteUpdated 12 days ago

PubMed MCP — wraps the NCBI E-utilities API (biomedical literature, free, no auth)

See every one in PubMed.

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Which PubMed MCP servers work in ChatGPT?

ChatGPT needs a remote server with a URL. pubmed-mcp-server, Pubmed, PubMed id shape, value discarded, lineex-pubmed-mcp-smithery, PubMed / MEDLINE Literature Search, PubMed Biomedical Papers — new research articles ($0.01/query) offer one.