| Search syntax | Result |
|---|---|
| J.Inorg. Biochem. 101:74-79(2007) | Quick search in common notation style, with journal + volume + pageInfo + pub year |
| microtubule glycosylated | Finds citations containing microtubule AND glycosylated (default behaviour) |
| microtubule OR glycosylated | Finds citations containing microtubule OR glycosylated. Note that "OR" is case sensitive. |
| (fish OR bird) AND disease | Finds citations containing either fish OR bird AND on top of that disease. |
| microtub* disease | Finds citations containing disease AND terms that start with microtub. Wildcard usage is limited and not allowed when resulting in too many clauses. |
| microtubule cardiac -toxicity | Finds citations containing microtubule AND cardiac but NOT toxicity |
| With quotes: "green grass" | "green grass" (with quotes) results in a search for green grass as a sequence of two words. Bear in mind that when you use stop words (such as 'a','and','in','if', etc.) within a quoted phrase search this may give less accurate results due to the nature of the indexing mechanism. |
| Without quotes or single quotes: green grass or 'green grass' | Using no quotes or single quotes is always less strict, and will give back all citations where the words green and grass occur, not necessarily sequentially. |
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Search syntax reference
This site offers an advanced search function as well the quick search function direct from the search box. Below is a table that describes basic syntax form and examples of how these can be used.
1. Direct search
2. Field search
Note: Advanced search uses field searches under the hood.
2.1 Core bibliographic
| Syntax word | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| EXT_ID: | Search for a publication by external ID: i.e. the ID assigned to a publication at repository level. Together with the publication's source, they form a unique id of the publication. Click here for more details. | EXT_ID:10826746 |
| PMCID: | Search for a publication by its PubMed Central ID, where applicable (i.e. available as full text) | PMCID:PMC1287968 |
| TITLE: | Search for a term or terms in publication titles | TITLE:aspirin, TITLE:"protein knowledgebase" |
| ABSTRACT: | Search for a term or terms in publication abstracts | ABSTRACT:malaria, ABSTRACT:"chicken pox" |
| TITLE_ABS: | Search for a term or terms in publication titles and abstracts | TITLE_ABS:blood, TITLE_ABS:"african swine fever" |
| PUB_YEAR: | Search by year of publication in YYYY format; note syntax for range searching. | PUB_YEAR:2000, PUB_YEAR:[2000 TO 2001] |
| E_PDATE: | Electronic publication date, when an article was first published online. | E_PDATE:2013-12-15, E_PDATE:20070930, E_PDATE:[2000-12-18 TO 2014-12-30], E_PDATE:[20040101 TO 20140101] |
| FIRST_PDATE: | The date of first publication, whichever is first, electronic or print publication. Where a date is not fully available e.g. year only, an algorithm is applied to determine the value. | FIRST_PDATE:1995-02-01, FIRST_PDATE:20000101, FIRST_PDATE:[2000-10-14 TO 2010-11-15], FIRST_PDATE:[20040101 TO 20140101] |
| P_PDATE: | Print publication date of journal issue, when an article appeared in print format. | P_PDATE:1982-10-01, P_PDATE:20140101, P_PDATE:[2000-12-18 TO 2014-12-30], P_PDATE:[20031114 TO 20141115] |
| FIRST_IDATE: | The date the publication was first indexed in Europe PMC. | FIRST_IDATE:2019-02-01, FIRST_IDATE:20190101, FIRST_IDATE:[2018-10-14 TO 2018-11-15], FIRST_IDATE:[20190101 TO 20190101] |
| EMBARGO_DATE: | The date from which Europe PMC is permitted to provide access to the full text article. This date is held for articles received from March 2015. | EMBARGO_DATE:[2015-03-01 TO 2015-03-31], EMBARGO_DATE:2015-03-01 |
| EMBARGOED_MAN: | Limit search results according to accessibility of the full text article regarding the EMBARGO_DATE. Assuming you request EMBARGOED_MAN:Y at the date 20160101 than this will be translated into EMBARGO_DATE:[20160101 TO *] and EMBARGOED_MAN:N to EMBARGO_DATE:[* TO 20160101]. | EMBARGOED_MAN:Y, EMBARGOED_MAN:N |
| AUTH: | Search for a surname and (optionally) initial(s) in publication author lists | AUTH:einstein, AUTH:"einstein G" |
| INVESTIGATOR: | Search for a publication by specifying an investigator | INVESTIGATOR:"Orlandini F" |
| AUTHORID_TYPE: | List publications that are associated with an ORCID | AUTHORID_TYPE:ORCID |
| AUTHORID: | List publications that are associated with a specified ORCID | AUTHORID:"0000-0002-1767-9318" |
| AFF: | Search for a term or terms in the author affiliation field | AFF:ebi, AFF:"university of cambridge" |
| JOURNAL: | Journal title – searchable either in full or abbreviated form | JOURNAL:"biology letters", JOURNAL:"biol lett" |
| ISSN: | Search for a journal by its ISSN; see the NCBI’s list of journals and ISSNs in PubMed | ISSN:0028-0836 |
| VOLUME: | Search for journal volumes, most useful in combination with fields: JOURNAL/PUB_YEAR/VOLUME/ISSUE | JOURNAL:"biology letters" VOLUME:10 |
| ISSUE: | Search for journal issues, most useful in combination with fields: JOURNAL/PUB_YEAR/VOLUME/ISSUE | JOURNAL:"biology letters" VOLUME:10 ISSUE:2 |
| LICENSE: |
Search for content according to the assigned Creative
Commons license (where provided). The values assigned by
publishers have been grouped as follows:
CC BY: "cc", "cc by",
"cc-by"
CC BY-SA: "cc", "cc by sa",
"cc-by sa", "cc by-sa", "cc-by-sa"
CC BY-ND: "cc", "cc by nd",
"cc-by nd", "cc by-nd", "cc-by-nd"
CC BY-NC: "cc", "cc by nc",
"cc-by nc", "cc by-nc", "cc-by-nc"
CC BY-NC-ND: "cc", "cc by
nc nd", "cc-by nc nd", "cc by-nc nd", "cc by nc-nd",
"cc-by-nc nd", "cc by-nc-nd", "cc-by nc-nd", "cc-by-nc-nd"
CC BY-NC-SA: "cc", "cc by
nc sa", "cc-by nc sa", "cc by-nc sa", "cc by nc-sa",
"cc-by-nc sa", "cc by-nc-sa", "cc-by nc-sa", "cc-by-nc-sa"
| LICENSE:"cc by sa" OR LICENSE:"cc-by sa" OR LICENSE:"cc
by-sa" OR LICENSE:"cc-by-sa" returns the same count as: LICENSE:"CC BY-SA" All articles that have a Creative Commons license assigned can be found as follows: LICENSE:cc |
| EPMC_AUTH_MAN: | Identify manuscripts that have been submitted via the Europe PMC plus (formerly UKPMC+) Manuscript Submission System | EPMC_AUTH_MAN:y |
| NIH_AUTH_MAN: | Identify manuscripts that have been submitted the NIH Manuscript Submission System | NIH_AUTH_MAN:y |
| AUTH_MAN: | Search for an article that has been submitted via a Manuscript Submission System | AUTH_MAN:y |
| AUTH_MAN_ID: | Find an article by specifying an manuscript submission ID | AUTH_MAN_ID:EMS59581 |
2.2 Article metadata
| Syntax word | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| DISEASE: | Search for mined diseases | DISEASE:dysthymias |
| GENE_PROTEIN: | Search for records that have GENE_PROTEINS mined | GENE_PROTEIN:gng11 |
| GOTERM: | Search for records that have GOTERM mined | GOTERM:apoptosis |
| LANG: | Limit your search to publications written in language X; see the Advanced Search page for a full list of languages | LANG:fre, LANG:eng |
| GRANT_AGENCY: | Limit your search by the funding agency which supported the research; see the Advanced Search page for a full list of grant agencies | GRANT_AGENCY:"wellcome trust", GRANT_AGENCY:"medical research council" |
| GRANT_ID: | Limit your search by ID of the grant which funded the research | GRANT_ID:100229, GRANT_ID:71672 |
| KW: | Limit your search by keyword, including MeSH and other publisher-supplied terms | KW:galactosylceramides, KW:"recombinant proteins" |
| CHEM: | Limit your search by MeSH substance | CHEM:propantheline, CHEM:"protein kinases" |
| HAS_ABSTRACT: | Limit search results according to presence or absence of abstract | HAS_ABSTRACT:y, HAS_ABSTRACT:n |
| ORGANISM: | Search for mined organisms | ORGANISM:terebratulide |
| PUB_TYPE: | Limit your search by publication type; see the Advanced Search page for a full list of publication types | PUB_TYPE:review, PUB_TYPE:"retraction of publication" |
2.3 Full text availability
| Syntax word | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| BODY: | Search for terms within the body of a fulltext article | BODY:PCR |
| DOI: | Search for publication by Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | DOI:10.1007/bf00197367 |
| HAS_DOI: | Limit search results to those publications which do or do not have a DOI | HAS_DOI:y, HAS_DOI:n |
| IN_PMC: | Limit search results according to availability (or not) of fulltext article in PubMed Central | IN_PMC:y |
| HAS_FT: | Limit search results according to availability (or not) of fulltext article or book in Europe PMC | HAS_FT:y |
| HAS_FREE_FULLTEXT: | Limit search results according to availability (or not) of a link to a known, free-to-read version of the full text article | HAS_FREE_FULLTEXT:y |
| IN_EPMC: | Limit search results according to availability (or not) of fulltext article in Europe PMC | IN_EPMC:y |
| HAS_PDF: | Limit search results according to availability (or not) of a PDF version of the fulltext article | HAS_PDF:y |
2.4 Collection metadata
| Syntax word | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| SRC: | Search for articles from a particular repository; the available data sources are listed are listed in the 'code' column of the table under the question: What am I searching on Europe PMC? | SRC:ctx, SRC:hir, SRC:ppr |
| HAS_XREFS: | Limit search results to articles with cross-references to other databases; the available databases are listed in the Web Services Reference Guide | HAS_XREFS:y |
| HAS_PREPRINT: | Limit search results to peer reviewed articles which were preceded by a preprint version of the article | HAS_PREPRINT:y |
| HAS_PUBLISHED_VERSION: | Limit search results to preprints which were later peer reviewed, edited, typeset and published as articles | HAS_PUBLISHED_VERSION:y |
| HAS_VERSION_EVALUATIONS: | Limit search results to articles where one or more versions of the article has a review or evaluation | HAS_VERSION_EVALUATIONS:y |
| HAS_TM: | Limit search results to text-mined fulltext articles only (or not) | HAS_TM:y |
| HAS_REFLIST: | Limit search results to only those publications with a reference list (or not) | HAS_REFLIST:y |
| CREATION_DATE: | Search for publications by date of entry into the Europe PMC database, in YYYY-MM-DD format; note syntax for searching date range | CREATION_DATE:2010-11-11, CREATION_DATE:[2010-11-11 TO 2010-12-11] |
| UPDATE_DATE: | Search for publications by date of update in the Europe PMC database; note syntax for searching date range | UPDATE_DATE:2011-11-11, UPDATE_DATE:[2011-11-11 TO 2011-12-11] |
| OPEN_ACCESS: | Limit search results to articles that are Open Access | OPEN_ACCESS:y |
| HAS_LABSLINKS: | Lists articles that have links provided by 3rd parties (using the Europe PMC external links service) | HAS_LABSLINKS:y |
| HAS_SUPPL: | List articles that have supplemental data associated with them e.g. spreadsheets, video files, etc. | HAS_SUPPL:y |
| LABS_PUBS: | List articles that have external links by provider ID | LABS_PUBS:1001 |
2.5 Books
| Syntax word | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ISBN: | Search for book by ISBN where indexed | ISBN:9780815340720 |
| ED: | Search for book by editor | ED:jensen HAS_BOOK:y |
| PUBLISHER: | Search for book by publisher | PUBLISHER:"OUP Oxford" HAS_BOOK:y |
| HAS_BOOK: | List the full text books on the Europe PMC Bookshelf | HAS_BOOK:y |
| BOOK_ID: | Find a full text book on the Europe PMC Bookshelf by specifying its 'NBK' number | BOOK_ID:NBK27326 |
2.6 Database cross references
| Syntax word | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ARXPR_PUBS: | Show publications with links to given ArrayExpress ID | ARXPR_PUBS:E-GEOD-22481 |
| UNIPROT_PUBS: | Show publications with links to given UniProt ID | UNIPROT_PUBS:q1rfz4 |
| EMBL_PUBS: | Show publications with links to given EMBL ID | EMBL_PUBS:KJ634683 |
| PDB_PUBS: | Show publications with links to given PDBe ID | PDB_PUBS:2w3z |
| INTACT_PUBS: | Show publications with links to given IntAct ID | INTACT_PUBS:* |
| INTERPRO_PUBS: | Show publications with links to given InterPro ID | INTERPRO_PUBS:ipr013998 |
| CHEBITERM: | Search for mined chemical names | CHEBITERM:dihydrocapsaicin |
| CHEBI_PUBS: | Show publications with links to given ChEBI ID | CHEBI_PUBS:chebi:62806 |
| HAS_ARXPR: | Limit search results to publications which are (or are not) cited by the ArrayExpress catalog and link to the relevant ArrayExpress record | HAS_ARXPR:y |
| HAS_UNIPROT: | Limit search results to publications which are (or are not) cited by the UniProt catalog and link to the relevant UniProt record | HAS_UNIPROT:y |
| HAS_EMBL: | Limit search results to publications which are (or are not) cited by the EMBL database and link to the relevant EMBL record | HAS_EMBL:y |
| HAS_PDB: | Limit search results to publications which are (or are not) cited by the PDBe database and link to the relevant PDBE record | HAS_PDB:y |
| HAS_INTACT: | Limit search results to publications which are (or are not) cited by the IntAct database and link to the relevant IntAct record | HAS_INTACT:y |
| HAS_INTERPRO: | Limit search results to publications which are (or are not) cited by the InterPro database and link to the relevant InterPro record | HAS_INTERPRO:y |
| HAS_CHEBI: | Limit search results to publications which are (or are not) cited by the ChEBI dictionary and link to the relevant ChEBI record | HAS_CHEBI:y |
| HAS_CHEMBL: | Limit search results to publications which are (or are not) cited by ChEMBL and link to the relevant ChEMBL record | HAS_CHEMBL:y |
| HAS_OMIM: | Limit search results to publications which are (or are not) cited by OMIM and link to the relevant OMIM record | HAS_OMIM:y |
| CITES: | Search for publications that cite a given article; article to be specified in the format, ID_src | CITES:8521067_med, CITES:IND43783977_agr |
| CITED: | Search for publications that have been cited N times | CITED:100 |
| REFFED_BY: | Search for publications that cite the specified article; format, ID_source (the available data sources are listed in the Web Services Reference Guide) | REFFED_BY:9497246_med |
2.7 Database Citations
| Syntax word | Description | Example> |
|---|---|---|
| ACCESSION_ID: | Find articles containing the specified accession number | ACCESSION_ID:A12360 |
| ACCESSION_TYPE: | Find articles that cite ArrayExpress records | ACCESSION_TYPE:arrayexpress |
| Find articles that cite BioProject records in the European Nucleotide Archive | ACCESSION_TYPE:bioproject | |
| Find articles that cite BioSamples records | ACCESSION_TYPE:biosample | |
| Find articles that cite data Document Object Identifiers | ACCESSION_TYPE:doi | |
| Find articles that cite European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA) records | ACCESSION_TYPE:ega | |
| Find articles that cite EM resources in the Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) | ACCESSION_TYPE:emdb | |
| Find articles that cite Ensembl records | ACCESSION_TYPE:ensembl | |
| Find articles that cite EudraCT records from the EU Clinical Trials Register | ACCESSION_TYPE:eudract | |
| Find articles that cite European Nucleotide Archive records | ACCESSION_TYPE:gen | |
| Find articles that cite Gene Ontology records | ACCESSION_TYPE:go | |
| Find articles that cite InterPro records | ACCESSION_TYPE:interpro | |
| Find articles that cite NCT clinical studies records from the US NIH ClinicalTrials.gov registry | ACCESSION_TYPE:nct | |
| Find articles that cite OMIM records | ACCESSION_TYPE:omim | |
| Find articles that cite Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDB) records | ACCESSION_TYPE:pdb | |
| Find articles that cite protein families (Pfam) records | ACCESSION_TYPE:pfam | |
| Find articles that cite ProteomeXchange records | ACCESSION_TYPE:pxd | |
| Find articles that cite Reference Sequence Database (RefSeq) records | ACCESSION_TYPE:refseq | |
| Find articles that cite records in the dbSNP Short Genetic Variations database (RefSNP) | ACCESSION_TYPE:refsnp | |
| Find articles that cite the resource of protein sequence and functional information (UniProt) | ACCESSION_TYPE:uniprot | |
| Find articles that cite Treefam (database of animal gene trees) records | ACCESSION_TYPE:treefam |
2.8 Section-level search
| Syntax word | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ABBR: | Find articles with word "mRNA" in the Abbreviations section | ABBR:mRNA |
| ACK_FUND: | Find articles with word "ERC" in the Acknowledgements & Funding section | ACK_FUND:ERC |
| APPENDIX: | Find articles with word "ethics" in the Appendix section | APPENDIX:ethics |
| AUTH_CON: | Find articles with phrase "Smith" in the Author Contribution section | AUTH_CON:"Smith" |
| CASE: | Find articles with word "leukemia" in the Case Study section | CASE:leukemia |
| COMP_INT: | Find articles with phrase "no conflict" in the Competing Interest section | COMP_INT:"no conflict" |
| CONCL: | Find articles with word "osteoporosis" in the Conclusion section | CONCL:osteoporosis |
| DISCUSS: | Find articles with word "cardiovascular" in the Discussion section | DISCUSS:cardiovascular |
| FIG: | Find articles with phrase "in vitro" in the Figures section | FIG:"in vitro" |
| INTRO: | Find articles with phrase "protein interactions" in the Introduction & Background section | INTRO:"protein interactions" |
| KEYWORD: | Find articles with word "isoform" in the Keywords section | KEYWORD:isoform |
| METHODS: | Find articles with phrase "yeast two-hybrid" in the Materials & Methods section | METHODS:"yeast two-hybrid" |
| OTHER: | Find articles with phrase "transgenic mice" in the Others section | OTHER:"transgenic mice" |
| REF: | Find articles with word "COX2" in the References section | REF:COX2 |
| RESULTS: | Find articles with phrase "in vivo" in the Results section | RESULTS:"in vivo" |
| SUPPL: | Find articles with word "supplementary" in the Supplementary Information section, indicating where supplementary data might be available | SUPPL:supplementary |
| TABLE: | Find articles with word "comparison" in the Tables section | TABLE:comparison |
3. Search combinations
| Combination | Description |
|---|---|
| TITLE:pancreatitis IN_EPMC:y | Finds citations in Europe PMC with word pancreatitis in title |
| AUTH:frossard TITLE:acute pancreatitis | Finds citations from author Frossard with acute pancreatitis in the title |
| TITLE:panc* AUTH:frossard | Finds citations from author Frossard where a word in the title starts with 'panc' i.e pancreatic, pancreas, PANCEA (A question mark represents a wildcard for one position, the star any number of positions) |
| JOURNAL:lancet AUTH:frossard | Finds citations in journal The Lancet from author Frossard |
| ISSN:0140-6736 AUTH:frossard "acute pancreatitis" | Finds citations from journal The Lancet (ISSN 0140-6736) with author Frossard and phrase "acute pancreatitis" |
| AUTH:frossard AUTH:steer HAS_ABSTRACT:y | Finds abstracts by authors Steer and Frossard |
| GRANT_ID:058922 IN_EPMC:y | Finds citations in Europe PMC with grant 058922 attached |
| GRANT_ID:"058992" AUTH:noor | Finds citations containing author Noor with grant 058992 attached |
| GRANT_ID:05* AUTH:amin | Finds citations containing author Amin and a grant starting 05 (A question mark represents a wildcard for one position, the star any number of positions) |
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