NCBI PubMed Article

Schema for a PubMed biomedical literature article record from NCBI E-Utilities

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Properties

Name Type Description
pmid string PubMed unique identifier
title string Article title
abstract string Article abstract text
authors array List of article authors
journal object Journal publication information
publicationDate object Publication date information
doi string Digital Object Identifier
pmcId string PubMed Central ID (if available as full-text)
meshTerms array Medical Subject Headings assigned to the article
keywords array Author-supplied keywords
publicationTypes array Publication type designations (e.g. Journal Article, Review, Clinical Trial)
citationCount integer Number of times the article has been cited in PMC
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JSON Schema

ncbi-pubmed-article-schema.json Raw ↑
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        "issn": {"type": "string"},
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        "issue": {"type": "string"},
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      "description": "PubMed Central ID (if available as full-text)"
    },
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