Having clear and accessible metadata is essential for enhancing data interpretation and ensuring its reusability. In the case of Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS), having a standardized and easy-to-understand format for documenting study metadata is crucial. In the GWAS Catalog, metadata associated with full genome-wide summary statistics files is accessible via multiple routes - searchable in the main Catalog via the website and REST API, and additionally via a text file in YAML format, contained in the same directory as the data file.

We are pleased to announce our latest data release includes a new version of the Catalog studies downloads containing additional fields describing the discovery stage (genome-wide) cohorts used in each study (see below for more details), and clearer information on the availability of full genomewide summary statistics.

We are excited to announce the full production release of the new GWAS Catalog web search interface.

We are excited to announce the release of a new version of the GWAS Catalog web search interface, which is available for testing on our labs site.

The new summary statistics format is coming - what you need to know​

From 12th April we are switching to our NEW summary statistics format, GWAS-SSF, an overview of which is described in our manuscript and github repository. There will be a short period of submission system downtime while we switch over to the new pipelines.