PubMed

PMC OAI-PMH API

The PMC OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) API enables systematic harvesting of metadata for all PMC archive items and full text for licensed content. Follows the OAI-PMH 2.0 standard for interoperability with metadata aggregators and digital libraries.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/oai/

Other Resources

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Plans
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pubmed/refs/heads/main/plans/entrez-eutils.yml
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FinOps
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pubmed/refs/heads/main/finops/entrez-eutils.yml

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: PMC OAI-PMH API
description: The PMC OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) API enables systematic
  harvesting of metadata for all PMC archive items and full text for licensed content. Follows the OAI-PMH
  2.0 standard for interoperability with metadata aggregators and digital libraries.
image: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/coreutils/img/ncbilogo.png
humanURL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/developers/
baseURL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/api/oai/v1/mh/
tags:
- OAI-PMH
- metadata
- harvesting
- PMC
- interoperability
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/oai/
- type: Plans
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pubmed/refs/heads/main/plans/entrez-eutils.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pubmed/refs/heads/main/finops/entrez-eutils.yml
contact:
- FN: NCBI Help Desk
  email: [email protected]
  url: https://support.nlm.nih.gov/
meta:
- key: cost
  value: Free
- key: standard
  value: OAI-PMH 2.0