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"PubMed" (Service Connection)

"PubMed" (Service Connection)

Connect to the PubMed API using the Wolfram Language to retrieve citations and abstracts for biomedical literature.

Connecting & Authenticating

ServiceConnect ["PubMed"] creates a connection to the PubMed API. If a previously saved connection can be found, it will be used; otherwise, a new authentication request will be launched.

Requests

ServiceExecute ["PubMed" ,"request",params] sends a request to the PubMed API, using parameters params. The following gives possible requests.

Search Publications and Other Works

"PublicationSearch" a Dataset with information about publications matching search criteria

Parameters:
  • "ID" None ID or list of IDs
    "Query" None query terms
    "Author" None author's name
    "Title" None title keywords
    "Publisher" None publisher name
    "CreationDate" None date the citation was first created
    "CompletionDate" None date the National Library of Medicine finished processing the citation
    "ModificationDate" None date of the most recent revision
    "EntrezDate" None date the citation was added to PubMed
    "PublicationDate" None date or date interval that the article was published
    "ISBN" None ISBN for books or book chapters
    "Language" None
  • language in which the article was published
  • "PublicationType" None
  • type of material the article represents (e.g. "Review", "Clinical Trial", "Retracted Publication", "Letter")
  • MaxItems 20
  • maximum results to return
  • "Elements" "Data" data elements to return
    "StartIndex" 0
  • index of first search result to return
  • "SortBy" None field to sort by ("MostRecent", "Relevance", "PublicationDate", "Author", "Journal", "Title")

    List Publication Types

    "PublicationTypes" a List of publication types

    Publication Abstract

    "PublicationAbstract" abstract for the specified PubMed ID

    Parameters:
  • "ID" (required) ID or list of IDs
  • Parameter details

    Possible values for "Elements" include:
  • "Data" return a dataset with a limited set of fields
    "FullData" return a dataset with all available fields
  • Examples

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    Basic Examples  (2)

    Create a new connection to PubMed:

    Search publications by author and title:

    Sort results by publication date:

    Retrieve information for a specific publication:

    Scope  (3)

    Paginate over long lists of results:

    Filter publications by type:

    Use dates to filter search results:

    Retrieve an abstract for a given publication:

    See Also

    ServiceExecute   ServiceConnect

    Service Connections: OpenLibrary   ArXiv

    History

    Introduced in 2016 (10.4) | Updated in 2025 (14.3)

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