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Europe PMC provides comprehensive access to life sciences literature from trusted sources. It's available to anyone, anywhere for free. https://europepmc.org/
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Did you know literature databases index preprints?

In Europe PMC you can discover preprints from 34 different preprint servers alongside peer reviewed research!

Since 2018, Europe PMC has made 1 million preprints searchable.

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #Preprint
Europe PMC includes preprints from 34 preprint servers. Including: Access Microbiology, AfricArXiv, agriRxiv, AIJR Preprints , ARPHA, Preprints , arXiv, Authorea Preprints, Beilstein Archives, BioHackrXiv, bioRxiv, ChemRxiv , EcoEvoRxiv, Emerald Open Research, F1000 Research, Gates Open Research, Health Open Research, HRB Open Research, MedEdPublish, medRxiv, MetaArXiv, NIHR Open Research, Open Research Africa, Open Research Europe, PaleorXiv, PeerJ Preprints , Preprints.org, PsyArXiv, Qeios, Research Square, SciELO Preprints, ScienceOpen Preprints, SSRN, VeriXiv, and Wellcome Open Research.
October 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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📅 Reminder!

@ukri.org’s webinar on Improving the Open Access Research Information Landscape is tomorrow!

🗣️ Hear from speakers from @oaspa.bsky.social @ebi.embl.org and @theul.bsky.social

👉 Register now: buff.ly/16V4LIv
#OpenAccess #OpenResearch #ResearchInfrastructure
UKRI webinar: Improving the Open Access Research Information Landscape Date: 03 September 2025 Time: 11:00 - 12:00 BST location: Online
September 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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There’s still time to join us and expert evidence synthesiser Kate Nyhan to see how Europe PMC’s Advanced search helps you find exactly what you need. Now more intuitive than ever!

🗓️ Today | 🕒 15:00 BST
🔗 bit.ly/HackingLiter...
#SystematicReview #EvidenceSynthesis #MedLib #AcademicChatter #PhDsky
Webinar at EMBL-EBI: Hacking Literature Searches: Build smarter search strategies with Europe PMC Advanced search. 19th August 2025 15:00 - 16:00 BST
August 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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😤 Tired of messy metadata & patchy standards?

Join @ukri.org's webinar: Improving the Open Access Research Information Landscape with:
• Catriona MacCallum @oaspa.bsky.social
• Melissa Harrison @ebi.embl.org
• Agustina Martinez-Garcia @theul.bsky.social

Register 👉 buff.ly/16V4LIv
#OpenAccess
UKRI Webinar: improving the Open Access Research Information Landscape 03 September 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 BST, Online
August 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Search strings slowing you down? 🐢
Europe PMC’s new Advanced search works for you, making complex searches easier and faster than ever.

Join our webinar to see it in action👇
🗓️ Aug 15 | 🕒 15:00 BST
🔗 bit.ly/HackingLiter...
#SystematicReview #EvidenceSynthesis #MedLib #AcademicChatter #PhDsky
Webinar at EMBL-EBI: Hacking Literature Searches: Build smarter search strategies with Europe PMC Advanced search. 19th August 2025 15:00 - 16:00 BST
August 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Don’t miss this!
Expert guest Kate Nyhan, US-UK public health librarian, joins #EuropePMC to show how she uses our new Advanced search to synthesis evidence for systematic reviews fast and accurately!

🗓️ Aug 15 | 🕒 15:00 BST
🔗 bit.ly/HackingLiter...
#SystematicReview #EvidenceSynthesis #MedLib
Webinar at EMBL-EBI: Hacking Literature Searches: Build smarter search strategies with Europe PMC Advanced search. 19th August 2025 15:00 - 16:00 BST
August 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Struggling to find methods, data, or results in the literature?

Join our free webinar to see how the redesigned Europe PMC Advanced search helps you find exactly what you need fast!

🗓️ Aug 15 | 🕒 15:00 BST
🔗 bit.ly/HackingLiter...
#AcademicChatter #PhDsky #AcademicSky #AcademicWriting 🧪
Webinar at EMBL-EBI: Hacking Literature Searches: Build smarter search strategies with Europe PMC Advanced search. 19th August 2025 15:00 - 16:00 BST
July 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Systematic reviewer? Battling syntax quirks and database rules? 🤯

Join us and expert evidence synthesiser, Kate Nyhan, to see how Europe PMC’s new Advanced Search helps you work faster!

🗓️ Aug 15 | 🕒 15:00 BST
Register: bit.ly/HackingLiter...

#SystematicReview #EvidenceSynthesis #MedLib
Webinar at EMBL-EBI Hacking Literature Searches: Build smarter search strategies with Europe PMC Advanced search. 19 August 2025 15:00 - 16:00 BST
July 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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How does licensing affect innovation?

Melissa Harrison from @ebi.embl.org breaks it down with #EuropePMC stats:

• 10.8M full text = read only
• 7M full text = downloadable by XML
• 5.5M full text = open for reuse, including text-mining!

#ChooseOpenWebinar for live updates 💡
#MedLib #PhDsky
Licensing of articles in Europe PMC: 5.5 M CCO/CC-BY-SA/CC-BY Licenses for which free text available for derivative of commercial use. 7M open access full text which are free full text available as XML bulk download under a Creative Commons license, or similar. 10.8M free full text where the free full text in Europe PMC is read and display only. And 46.2M records where full text may be available elsewhere via Unpaywall integration.
July 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Katherine Hughes on EMBL’s Open Science Policy:

EMBL's policy can serve as a model policy and an example of #OpenScience in practice

#ChooseOpenWebinar for live updates 💡
#MedLib #PhDsky
@embl.org @acraftylibrarian.bsky.social
EMBL's current Open Science Policy. 1. Deposit a preprint 2. Publish Open access with a CC BY license 3. Link publications to ORCIS during submission 4. Deposit in EPMC. 5. Standard EMBL affiliation acknowledgement.
July 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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🎓 Not all open licences are created equal!

Taylor Campbell from @creativecommons.bsky.social broke down key licence types👇

🔓 Most freedom: CC BY
⛔️ Least: CC BY-NC-ND

Your licence = your reuse rights. Choose wisely to boost impact & reach!

#ChooseOpenWebinar for live updates 💡
#MedLib #PhDsky
Image taken from Creative Commons slide dec in What happens when you choose closed? webinar 09July 2025. Creative Commons Licence Term Options Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to you, the creator. ShareAlike (SA): Adaptations must be shared under the same terms. NonCommercial (NC): Only noncommercial use of your work is permitted, not primarily intended for monetary compensation. NoDerivatives (ND): No derivatives or adaptations of your work are permitted. CCBY has the most freedoms followed by CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-ND, and CC-BY-NC-ND as the least freedom
July 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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🚨 Last chance to sign up! 🚨

Why choose CC BY? Don't miss tomorrow’s webinar on open licenses for research and AI.

🗓️ 9 Jul
⏰ 08:00 PT / 15:00 UTC / 16:00 BST
🔗 embl-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#CCBY #OpenScience #AcademicSky
July 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Can AI train on my openly licensed research? Do I retain copyright if I choose a CC BY license? Why can’t I reuse a figure from my own paper?

Get the answers in a webinar with Creative Commons, #EuropePMC & EMBL

🗓️ 9 Jul
⏰ 15:00 UTC
🔗 embl-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#OpenScience #AcademicSky 🧪
Promotional slide for a webinar titled "What happens when you choose closed? What Creative Commons licenses mean for research and AI." The slide features photos and names of five speakers: Melissa Harrison (Europe PMC / EMBL-EBI), Katherine Hughes (EMBL), Taylor Campbell (Creative Commons), Monica Granados (Creative Commons), and Kat Walsh (Creative Commons). Logos for Europe PMC, Creative Commons, and EMBL are shown at the bottom. The background is green with white text.
June 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Behind the Screens: Meet the EuropePMC Team!
Meet Summer, the accessibility advocate!
She runs on Trello, her paper diary, and a mission to make research open and impactful.

Got a favourite productivity tool you swear by? Share it below! 👇
Behind the Screens: Meet the Europe PMC Team! image showcasing Summer Rosonovski, our Community Outreach Officer, including her photo and the following text: Summer is passionate about open research, because science has the greatest impact when it can be read, reused, and built on by all. She swears she couldn’t survive without her Trello board and trusty paper diary!
June 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Behind the Screens: Meet the #EuropePMC Team!

Have you met Amina? She’s all about using cutting-edge natural language tools to make your literature searches easier. Her secret for mindfulness and creativity? Martial arts and growing herbs!
Got any herb-growing tips? Drop your best hacks below!
Behind the Screens: Meet the Europe PMC Team! image showcasing Amina Rufai, our Machine Learning Data Scientist including her photo and the following text: Amina loves applying NLP to build tools that help you search the literature. She swears by time-blocking and morning deep focus sessions to crush her to-do list. Off the clock, she stays grounded with martial arts and even grows her own herbs!
May 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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It’s #EPMCTopTips Tuesday! 🧪

Building a bibliography giving you a headache? 🤯 Europe PMC’s got your back!

Check out:
📚 References - what the paper builds on
🔁 Citations - who’s building on the paper
🔍Similar article - related reads to go deeper

#PhDSky #AcademicSky #OpenScience
Screenshot of a Europe PMC article page titled "Protein measurement with the Folin phenol reagent." The left-hand navigation menu highlights three options in an orange box: “References,” “Citations & impact,” and “Similar Articles.” These sections help users explore related content and build bibliographies.
May 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Behind the Screens: Meet the #EuropePMC Team!

Say hi to Uma, champion of responsible content sharing and queen of the kitchen 👩‍🍳
She makes sure the scientific content you see is shared effectively, securely, and with care.
Her work keeps things running and her cooking keeps her smiling! 🍲💻
Behind the Screens: Meet the Europe PMC Team! image showcasing Uma Chandrasekaran, our Project Manager (Content), including her photo and the following text: Uma is driven by knowing her work has real world impact, it gives her a strong sense of purpose. She helps ensure that scientific content is shared effectively, responsibly, and securely. Oh, and she's a pretty good cook! Her kitchen is her happy place.
May 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Behind the Screens: Meet the Europe PMC Team!

Say hi to Islam, coder, open science champion, and football enthusiast ⚽💻

He open sourced our text-mining pipeline, yes, with full setup docs, he’s good like that! 🙌

One of our brilliant developers supporting life sciences one line of code at a time
Behind the Screens: Meet the Europe PMC Team! image showcasing Islam Hassan, our Back End Developer, including his photo and the following text: Islam is proud to have open sourced our text-mining pipeline with full setup documentation. He’s inspired to work at Europe PMC as it enables life sciences research at a global scale and empowers open science and data sharing. Oh and he’s a big football fan!
May 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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🔍 #EPMCTopTips Tuesdays! 🧪

Need to grab search result citations? We’ve got you!

✅ Select export citations on the search page
✅ Select the number of results
✅ Choose your format (BibTeX, RIS, CSV)
✅ Select download

Boom citations sorted, it really is that easy!
#PhDSky #AcademicSky #OpenAccess
A screenshot of the Europe PMC website showing the "Export citations" feature. On the search page select the “Export citations” link which is highlighted in an orange box. This leads to a pop-up window, which is titled "Export citations" presents two steps. Step 1 allows the user to select citations for export, with options to export from thesearch results, where you fill in a field to determine how many of the first results are exported (up to 50,000 allowed). Step 2 asks the user to select a format, with options including BibTeX (Mendeley and papers accept this), RIS (Endnote, Mendeley, and Refworks accept this), Text (citation), XML (abstracts), XML (open access full text), Excel comma separated (CSV), and ID list. Step 3. Select the download button displayed at the bottom of the pop-up window. A greyed-out "Download" button is visible.
May 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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It’s time for “Behind the Screens: Meet the Europe PMC Team!” 🎉

Say hi to Zunaira, our Senior Full Stack Developer! 👋
She’s all about building tools to make your search faster and easier! Oh and she’s a list fanatic, can’t get through the day without them!

Who's next? Stay tuned! #MeetTheTeam
Behind the Screens: Meet the Europe PMC Team! image showcasing Zunaira Shafique, our Senior Full Stack Developer including her photo and the following text: Zunaira loves building tools that make it easier for researchers to access scientific knowledge. She feels good knowing her code supports science. Her go to productivity hack is breaking work into small, manageable chunks and LISTS!
May 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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🔍 #EPMCTopTips Tuesdays! 🧪
Sick of retyping the same search every time?
Save your searches in #EuropePMC! 🎉

✅ Keep your favourite searches handy
✅ Stay on top of the latest papers
✅ Save time for the fun stuff (like actually reading them)

Sign in, save it, sorted. 💪
#PhDSky #AcademicSky
Screenshot showing the ‘save and create alert” button on the right hand side of the Europe PMC search bar on the main search page, with the ‘save and create alert’ window, where you input search terms in the screenshot the example is “cancer dysregulation” and this displays the current number of results which for this phrase is 127,597. The user can name the alert, choose to receive email updates. If they select yes for email updates they can set frequency (daily, weekly, or monthly) and day of the week to receive the update, and select whether to receive the partial abstract as well as the title, author, and journal.
May 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Behind the Screens: Meet the Europe PMC Team!
We’re kicking off our brand new series with our brilliant team leader, Melissa! 🎉

She’s got big heart, big ideas, and a soft spot for LEGO 🧱

Stick around… there’s a whole team to meet! #MeetTheTeam
Behind the Screens: Meet the Europe PMC Team! image showcasing Melissa Harrison team leader including her photo and the following text: Melissa is inspired by the people she works with to contribute to the democratisation of science. Her favourite part of her job is working with talented people from a range of heritages. To unwind, she sometimes builds lego!
April 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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🔍 #EPMCTopTips Tuesdays!

Tired of hopping between #preprint servers?
Search over 30 preprint servers all in one place with #EuropePMC!

We’ve got preprints from bioRxiv, medRxiv, Research square and more searchable in one go!
Check out the full list 👉 europepmc.org/Preprints#pr...
#PhDSky #MedSky
Image of logos of preprints servers indexed in Europe PMC. Logos are of the following preprint servers: Access Microbiology, AfricArXiv, agriRxiv, AIJR Preprints, ARPHA Preprints, arXiv, Authorea Preprints, Beilstein Archives, BioHackrXiv, bioRxiv, ChemRxiv, EcoEvoRxiv, Emerald Open Research, F1000 Research, Gates Open Research, Health Open Research, HRB Open Research, MedEdPublish, medRxiv, MetaArXiv, NIHR Open Research, Open Research Africa, Open Research Europe, PaleorXiv, PeerJ Preprints, Preprints.org, PsyArXiv, Qeios, Research Square, SciELO Preprints, ScienceOpen Preprints, SSRN, VeriXiv, and Wellcome Open Research.
April 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Wait...You think we’re a publisher?👀

Europe PMC is an aggregator, NOT a publisher!
Publishers bring articles into the world, and we index publications and #preprints in one place for free!

Sorry we can't accept your manuscript, but we can help you discover literature!
#AcademicSky #PhDSky
Image showing two diagrams the top shows the Europe PMC logo then a red X through an equals sign leading to the word publisher to depict that Europe is not a publisher. The second diagram shows the Europe PMC logo then a green tick through an equals sign leading to the word aggregator to depict that Europe PMC is an aggregator.
April 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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It’s #EPMCTopTips Tuesdays! 🧪
Drowning in search results on #EuropePMC?

Filters to the rescue:
🔓 Free full text access - freely available articles right now
📚 Type - pick a specific article type
📅 Date - narrow it down by year or range

#AcademicSky #OpenAccess #PhDSky #AcademicChatter
Screenshot of the Europe PMC search filters. Options include: 1. Free full text access with two options a. Full text in Europe PMC (10,630,315) b. Link to free full text (10,912,093). 2. Type with four options: a. Research articles (36,707,282) b. Review articles (3,835,432) c. Preprints (927,867) d. Books & documents (37,418). 3. Date published where there is an interactive date range slider from 1768 to 2027. Also preset options for: The last year (2,290,281), The last 3 years (5,769,023), The last 5 years (9,182,862).
April 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM