What is the best MCP servers and plugin for scientific research?

By tashan's measured score: Agent Loops, Clinicaltrialsgov, Sciagent Skills, Sciverse, Openephemeris. the score combines upkeep and freshness, gated by real adoption — every input is public and linked to its source.

How is the ranking calculated?

From public signal only: npm download volume and publish cadence, GitHub push/release recency, contributor count, registry status, and how often a capability appears in real public agent configs. Nobody can pay to change a score, rank, or listing.

The Index · Scientific research

Scientific research

Q: Who does scientific research as part of their job?

This is a process step performed by Clinical and Counseling Psychologists, Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health, Forensic Science Technicians, Geneticists, Hydrologists, Molecular and Cellular Biologists, Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists, Social Science Research Assistants and others, per the O*NET 30.3 occupational database.

'Research' in the lab sense — hypothesis, method, result. tashan measures 16 capabilities for this work. Ranked on upkeep, freshness and real adoption, every input public. How we measure ›

#	Capability	tashan	Evidence	Health
1	Agent Loops primary plugin deep	46	143 ★	active
2	Clinicaltrialsgov primary npm solid	67	802/wk	active
3	Sciagent Skills primary plugin solid	65	284 ★	active
4	Sciverse primary plugin solid	61	78 ★	active
5	Openephemeris primary npm solid	56	197/wk	active
6	Boltz primary plugin solid	53	4 ★	active
7	Gyoshu primary plugin solid	49	240 ★	stable
8	Flexcompute primary plugin solid	47	5 ★	active
9	Research Co Pilot primary plugin solid	42	5 ★	active
10	Nnsight primary plugin solid	42	9 ★	active
11	Research Paper Writing primary plugin solid	41	3 ★	active
12	Math Olympiad primary plugin	46	2 marketplaces	—
13	Research Toolkit · gioviat primary plugin	34	2 ★	active
14	Alphagenome supporting plugin	61	159 ★	active
15	Scios Skill supporting npm	55	243/wk	active
16	Uniprot supporting npm	52	99/wk	active

Who does this work

O*NET records this as a core process step for 9 occupations, including Clinical and Counseling Psychologists, Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health, Forensic Science Technicians, Geneticists, Hydrologists, Molecular and Cellular Biologists, Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists, Social Science Research Assistants, Survey Researchers.

Recorded there as: "Record research or operational data" / "Prepare scientific or technical reports or presentations". We publish it under the name practitioners use.

Recently changed in Scientific research

13 changes recorded here in the last 45 days, newest and most serious first.

2026-08-05 Agent Loops — the tashan score for agent-loops fell to 52.0, from 58.0
2026-08-05 Sciverse — the tashan score for sciverse rose to 68.0, from 61.0
2026-08-05 Research Toolkit · gioviat — the tashan score for research-toolkit fell to 38.0, from 43.0
2026-08-13 Openephemeris — @openephemeris/mcp-server published 4.11.1, was 4.8.1

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