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The 15 best science & health MCP servers

The 15 science & health MCP servers worth your time, out of 303 we track - actively maintained, with real adoption, ranked on monthly installs, GitHub stars, and commit recency. Checked nightly.

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01 Arxiv MCP Server (blazickjp) ★ 3,071 · commit 2026-08-24 An MCP server for searching arXiv, downloading papers, reading bounded full text, retrieving original LaTeX by section, following citation graphs, and maintaining research alerts. 84,878 installs/mo · 21 tools documented · 8 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ uvx arxiv-mcp-server 02 Paper Banana ★ 2,279 · commit 2026-08-17 Automated Academic Illustration for AI Scientists An agentic framework for generating publication-quality academic diagrams and statistical plots from text descriptions. 15,480 installs/mo · 3 releases/90d · needs 12 env vars $ uvx paperbanana 03 Pubmed MCP Server ★ 137 · commit 2026-08-21 @cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server Search PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms via MCP. 13,163 installs/mo · 11 tools documented · 10+ releases/90d · needs 3 env vars $ npx -y @cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server 04 Codescene MCP Server ★ 61 · commit 2026-08-18 The CodeScene MCP Server exposes CodeScene's Code Health analysis as local AI-friendly tools. 13,317 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y @codescene/codehealth-mcp 05 Clinicaltrialsgov MCP Server ★ 90 · commit 2026-08-21 clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server Search ClinicalTrials.gov trials, retrieve study details and results, and match patients to eligible trials via MCP. 8,124 installs/mo · 3 tools documented · 10+ releases/90d · needs 2 env vars $ npx -y clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server 06 Pyscn ★ 1,035 · commit 2026-08-25 Python code analysis for AI agents: complexity, dead code, clones, coupling, and a health score. 1,132 installs/mo · 10+ releases/90d · needs 1 env var $ uvx pyscn-mcp 07 Google Health MCP ★ 45 · commit 2026-08-15 Read user-authorized Google Health API v4 data Fitbit, Pixel Watch and partners locally via OAuth. 3,539 installs/mo · 6 tools documented · 10+ releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y google-health-mcp-unofficial 08 Garminmcp ★ 10 · commit 2026-08-18 Give your AI agent your Garmin Body Battery, training readiness, sleep, HRV and activities. 2,764 installs/mo · 8 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ npx -y garmin-mcp-unofficial 09 Pubchem MCP Server ★ 9 · commit 2026-08-21 @cyanheads/pubchem-mcp-server Search the PubChem chemical database for compounds, properties, safety data, bioactivity, cross-references, and entity summaries via MCP. 2,085 installs/mo · 10 tools documented · 10+ releases/90d · needs 1 env var $ npx -y @cyanheads/pubchem-mcp-server 10 FHIR MCP Server ★ 132 · commit 2026-07-14 MCP server providing seamless access to FHIR APIs for AI tools and healthcare applications. 1,344 installs/mo · 6 tools documented · needs 7 env vars $ uvx fhir-mcp-server 11 Medical Terminologies MCP ★ 10 · commit 2026-08-24 A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing unified access to major global medical terminologies. 1,522 installs/mo · 38 tools documented · 10+ releases/90d · needs 5 env vars $ npx -y medical-terminologies-mcp 12 Scholar Sidekick ★ 8 · commit 2026-08-23 Catch AI-fabricated citations (real DOI + fake title). 1,588 installs/mo · 7 tools documented · 8 releases/90d · needs 1 env var $ npx -y scholar-sidekick-mcp 13 Eurostat MCP Server ★ 5 · commit 2026-08-21 @cyanheads/eurostat-mcp-server Search and query the Eurostat catalogue - EU economy, demography, trade, health, and NUTS regional data via MCP. 1,776 installs/mo · 8 tools documented · 10+ releases/90d · needs 2 env vars $ npx -y @cyanheads/eurostat-mcp-server 14 Cdc Health MCP Server ★ 5 · commit 2026-08-22 @cyanheads/cdc-health-mcp-server Search and query CDC public health data - mortality, vaccinations, surveillance, behavioral risk (Socrata SODA API) via MCP. 1,583 installs/mo · 4 tools documented · 10+ releases/90d · needs 2 env vars $ npx -y @cyanheads/cdc-health-mcp-server 15 MaBoSS Boolean Network Simulator ★ 18 · commit 2026-08-19 The MaBoSS server exposes stochastic Boolean-model construction, configuration, simulation, analysis, and export through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). 690 installs/mo · 2 releases/90d · no env vars documented $ uvx mcp-biomodelling-servers

How to choose between them

Arxiv MCP Server (blazickjp) tops the list - the most installs (84,878 last month) and actively maintained. 7 of these 15 offer a remote endpoint (no local process to run); the rest are local stdio servers. 5 document no required env vars - paste the config and go; the others need env vars set first (each page lists exactly which). Where we've compared two of these head-to-head, the comparison is linked on each one's page.

Quick answers

Which science & health MCP server is most installed?

Arxiv MCP Server (blazickjp), with 84,878 installs in the last month (as of August 2026).

How many science & health MCP servers exist?

We track 303 science & health MCP servers in the official registry. The 15 above are the actively-maintained ones with real adoption - ranked by monthly installs, GitHub stars, and commit recency.

All 60 science & health MCP servers

Ranked 16 onward, same order as above. Status checked last night.

How this list is ranked

Ranked from live registry + GitHub data: monthly installs (npm/PyPI), GitHub stars, and commit recency - recomputed nightly. No pay-to-rank, ever. The 15 above lead the full list of 60, all of which you can see on this page. The other 243 we track have stopped being maintained, or nobody is using them yet. Full recipe: how we verify.