Europe PMC
Europe PMC is a free resource for searching and reading life sciences literature, available on the web and through an API.
What Europe PMC is
Europe PMC is a free resource for searching and reading life sciences literature, available on the web and through an API. Its content includes research articles, preprints, micropublications, books, reviews, protocols and abstracts. Searches can cover abstracts and full text, with options to focus on cited articles, open peer reviews, clinical trials, preprints or article sections. Publications link to supporting resources and data in more than 40 biological databases. ORCID-based author profiles show scholarly work, open access status and citation rates over time. Text mining and machine learning add biological terms and concepts to literature. The Articles, Grants and Annotations APIs provide programmatic access to publications, grant information and text-mined annotations. Europe PMC incorporates content from sources including PubMed, PubMed Central, Agricola and life science preprint servers, and links to legal free copies via Unpaywall when available. Bulk downloads include open access articles and metadata for full-text articles; automated bulk downloading of other content is not permitted. Authors supported by Europe PMC funders can submit manuscripts through Europe PMC plus for inclusion in Europe PMC and PubMed Central.
Good
- Free access to life sciences literature.
- Search covers abstracts and full text.
- Links publications to data in 40-plus biological databases.
- APIs cover articles, grants and annotations.
- ORCID-based author profiles show citation rates over time.
Watch out
- Automated bulk downloads of other content are not permitted.
- Manuscript submission through Europe PMC plus is for authors supported by its funders.
Who it suits
Europe PMC suits researchers, curators and librarians looking for life sciences literature and related research resources. Its search options, author profiles and APIs also serve readers who want to work with publications programmatically.
Verdict
Europe PMC combines literature search with related data links, annotations, author profiles and APIs at no cost. Note that bulk downloads are restricted to open access articles and metadata for full-text articles.
Plans and prices
From Europe PMC's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Europe PMC | Free | Access to life sciences literature and related tools · Available to anyone, anywhere for free |
The facts
Each one read from Europe PMC's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Annotations
- Europe PMC uses text mining and machine learning to annotate literature with biological terms and concepts.checked 5 Oct 2026
- APIs
- Articles, Grants and Annotations APIs provide programmatic access to publications, grant information and text-mined annotations.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The site says millions of researchers, curators and librarians use Europe PMC for literature research.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Author profiles
- Author profiles based on ORCID records show scholarly work, open access status and citation rates over time.checked 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.checked 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.checked 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.checked 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.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Europe PMC provides access to life sciences literature from trusted sources.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Research data
- Europe PMC links publications to data in more than 40 biological databases.checked 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.checked 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.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Security and preservation
- Europe PMC states that it conforms with EMBL-EBI’s long-term data preservation policies.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Europe PMC helpdesk supports manuscript submissions, grant reporting and other Europe PMC Plus services.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
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