fix: SSRN search via OpenAlex + IEEE platform + Windows test fixes

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Summary

• SSRN via OpenAlex: Normalize SSRN paper_id to ssrn:<abstract_id> format, add cursor-based pagination for >100 results, route SSRN searches through OpenAlex filter for better coverage
• IEEE Xplore: Full platform implementation with pagination, multi-format date parsing, and mock tests
• Bug fix: published_date.isoformat() crash when date is not a datetime object
• Windows test fixes: Resolve NamedTemporaryFile lock, os.rmdir on non-empty directory, pytest collection of test_platform helper function, and skip-on-network-failure for biorxiv/medrxiv PDF downloads

Test plan

• 118 tests passed, 14 skipped, 0 failed (full suite)
• 4 new OpenAlex SSRN regression tests (paper_id normalization, cursor pagination, null cursor stop, locator skip)
• 7 new IEEE mock tests (pagination, date parsing, error handling, URL construction)
• All Windows-specific test failures resolved

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Pull request overview

This PR improves platform coverage and test reliability by routing SSRN searches through OpenAlex (with SSRN id normalization + cursor pagination), implementing an IEEE Xplore connector, and addressing several Windows-related test issues.

Changes:

• Add OpenAlex-backed SSRN search (ssrn:<abstract_id> normalization + cursor pagination) with server/CLI fallback to direct SSRN when OpenAlex yields no results.
• Implement IEEE Xplore metadata search (retry/backoff, pagination, date parsing) plus mock-based tests.
• Fix serialization crash when published_date/updated_date aren’t datetime instances; update multiple tests for Windows temp file/dir behavior and flaky PDF downloads.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
paper_search_mcp/academic_platforms/openalex.py	Adds SSRN-specific OpenAlex search with locator-based id normalization and cursor pagination.
paper_search_mcp/server.py	Routes SSRN tool/search path through OpenAlex by default with fallback.
paper_search_mcp/cli.py	Prefers OpenAlex for SSRN searches; adds optional paid connectors to CLI source list.
paper_search_mcp/academic_platforms/ieee.py	Implements IEEE Xplore metadata search (retry/backoff, pagination, parsing).
paper_search_mcp/paper.py	Prevents .isoformat() crash when dates are non-datetime.
tests/test_openalex.py	Adds SSRN-via-OpenAlex regression tests (id normalization, cursor pagination, skip invalid locators).
tests/test_ieee.py	Adds mock tests for IEEE search, pagination, date parsing, and configuration behavior.
tests/test_biorxiv.py	Switches to temp dirs and skips on PDF download failures (anti-bot).
tests/test_medrxiv.py	Switches to temp dirs and skips on PDF download failures (anti-bot).
tests/test_config_env.py	Fixes Windows NamedTemporaryFile behavior for .env loading test.
tests/functional_test.py	Renames helper to avoid pytest collection conflicts.

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tests/functional_test.py:18

• functional_test.py runs a large amount of networked “functional test” code at import time (top-level print(...) + check_platform(...) calls). Since pytest collects *_test.py modules by importing them, this will trigger real API calls during normal unit test runs. Wrap the executable section in an if __name__ == "__main__": guard (or rename/move the script out of pytest’s collection patterns) so collection doesn’t execute it.

def check_platform(name, fn, optional: bool = False):
    try:
        papers = fn()
        if papers and len(papers) > 0:
            p = papers[0]
            print(f"  [OK] {name}: {len(papers)} results, first: '{p.title[:60]}'")

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