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- Using public data in your research
- Data sharing and submission
- Collection challenge
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- References
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Finding the data behind research articles
Europe PMC is an open biomedical literature database including PubMed indexed articles, preprints, micropublications and more.
If there is a publication you are interested in, it’s possible you can also find the data the researchers generated and based their analyses on. Europe PMC can be used to find relevant articles in your research field and locate the linked data containing facts and evidence to support your hypothesis. Watch this webinar recording with Dayane Araujo to learn more:
Once you’ve found the data you are interested in, it may be enough to access it through the resource’s website or download the data in a file. However, you may also have the option to access the data programmatically. Proceed to the next page to learn more.