PubMed

PubMed Central OA API

The PMC Open Access API provides citation data, license information, and download links for Open Access articles in PubMed Central. Supports filtering by date and license type, returning FTP and HTTPS links to full-text XML and PDF files.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/oa-service/
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pubmed/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/entrez-eutils.yml

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: PubMed Central OA API
description: The PMC Open Access API provides citation data, license information, and download links for
  Open Access articles in PubMed Central. Supports filtering by date and license type, returning FTP and
  HTTPS links to full-text XML and PDF files.
image: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/coreutils/img/ncbilogo.png
humanURL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/developers/
baseURL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/utils/oa/oa.fcgi
tags:
- open access
- full text
- PMC
- XML
- PDF
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/oa-service/
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pubmed/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/entrez-eutils.yml
- 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: access
  value: Open Access articles only