Europe PMC API

Europe PMC is a free database of full text life sciences literature and related resources. This API provides access to over 40 million publications including journal articles, books, and patents from various data sources.

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Base URL: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/europepmc/webservices/rest/
Auth: none
Endpoints: 20
Reachable: yes
CORS: unknown
Last checked: 2026-03-14 16:08:09.621867

Links

API Base: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/europepmc/webservices/rest/
Documentation:
SDKs:

100.0%

Uptime (7d)

255ms

Avg latency (7d)

33

Probes (7d)

Latency (7d)

Success Rate (7d)

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET /article/{source}/{id} Get article by source and ID none — —
GET /evaluations/{source}/{id} Get evaluations none — —
GET /fields Get search fields none 200 142ms
GET /labs Get Labs links none — —
GET /metrics Get service metrics none — —
GET /search Search publications none 200 184ms
GET /{id} Get article by ID none — —
GET /{id}/bookXML Get book XML none — —
GET /{id}/citations Get article citations none 404 152ms
GET /{id}/fullTextList Get full text availability none — —
GET /{id}/fullTextXML Get full text XML none — —
GET /{id}/references Get article references none — —
GET /{id}/supplementaryFiles Get supplementary files none — —
GET /{source}/{id} Get publication by ID none — —
GET /{source}/{id}/citations Get citations for a publication none 200 457ms
GET /{source}/{id}/databaseLinks Get database cross-references none 200 153ms
GET /{source}/{id}/datalinks Get consolidated data links none — —
GET /{source}/{id}/labsLinks Get external links none — —
GET /{source}/{id}/references Get references for a publication none 404 138ms
GET /{source}/{id}/textMinedTerms Get text-mined terms none 404 151ms