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Europe PMC

Ch 066.9of 33 Academic Research Databases
  1. 1Runs onAPI, Web
  2. 2CostsFree plan
  3. 3Full-text accessYes
  4. 4Advanced searchYes
  5. 5Subject coveragemedical
  6. 6Content typesresearch articles, preprints, micropublications, books, reviews, protocols, abstracts
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Overview

Europe PMC is ranked #6 of 33 in academic research databases on Specifiction. It runs on API, Web. There is a free plan.

Europe PMC plans and pricing

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Europe PMC Free Available to anyone, anywhere for free Access to life sciences literature and related tools europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026

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Subject coverage
medicaleuropepmc.org
Content types
research articles, preprints, micropublications, books, reviews, protocols, abstractseuropepmc.org

Facts

Purpose
Europe PMC provides access to life sciences literature from trusted sources.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026
Search and reading
The site says users can search and read publications, preprints and other documents enriched with links to supporting data, reviews, protocols and other resources.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026
Search features
Search can cover abstracts and full text and can be customized for cited articles, open peer reviews, clinical trials, preprints and article sections.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026
Research data
Europe PMC links publications to data in more than 40 biological databases.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026
Author profiles
Author profiles based on ORCID records show scholarly work, open access status and citation rates over time.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026
Annotations
Europe PMC uses text mining and machine learning to annotate literature with biological terms and concepts.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026
APIs
Articles, Grants and Annotations APIs provide programmatic access to publications, grant information and text-mined annotations.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026
Bulk downloads
Bulk downloads include open access articles and metadata for full text articles; automated bulk downloading of other content is not permitted.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026
Integrations
Europe PMC integrates content from sources including PubMed, PubMed Central, Agricola and life science preprint servers, and links to legal free copies via Unpaywall when available.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026
Manuscript submissions
Authors supported by Europe PMC funders can submit manuscripts through Europe PMC plus for inclusion in Europe PMC and PubMed Central.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026
Security and preservation
Europe PMC states that it conforms with EMBL-EBI’s long-term data preservation policies.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026
Support
The Europe PMC helpdesk supports manuscript submissions, grant reporting and other Europe PMC Plus services.staging.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026
Audience
The site says millions of researchers, curators and librarians use Europe PMC for literature research.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026
Organization
Europe PMC is developed by EMBL-EBI with support from the Europe PMC Funders' Group and in collaboration with the National Library of Medicine.europepmc.org · 5 Oct 2026

Company

Headquarters
Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdomeuropepmc.org · 28 Sept 2026

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