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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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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Jan 28

Hello, Bluesky!👋 We are excited to connect with you!🌟
Europe PMC is an open database of global life science research - discover articles, preprints, theses, grants, and more. We talk about scholarly communication, open science, bioinformatics, and meta research. Follow us and join the conversation!

Trusted research on Europe PMC: Access a free collection of biomedical research: 45M articles and preprints with 10M as full text.

Research links on Europe PMC: Explore connected research with links to open data, peer reviews, protocols and more.

Developer tools on Europe PMC: Innovate with resources for developers, from open APIs to training datasets and ML models.

Europe PMC is a trusted platform: Supported by 35 funders, developed by EMBL-EBI and partner with PubMed Central.

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Katie Hughes @acraftylibrarian.bsky.social · 23d

#OSFair25

Katie Hughes @acraftylibrarian.bsky.social · 23d

We need to pay attention to infrastructure maintenance, we need to focus on the infrastructure that makes open access possible - Felix Reda, Github

Makes me think of @europepmc.org

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Sep 9

Check out this Preprint Policy Framework by @asapbio.bsky.social and @creativecommons.bsky.social

#MedLib #OpenAccess #Preprint

Creative Commons @creativecommons.bsky.social · Sep 8

The elements in the framework are all aimed at increasing the openness and reusability of research (for example, we recommend using a CC BY license).

Review it here: asapbio.org/preprint-pol...

Advancing Openly Licensed Preprints: Aligning Across A Standard Preprints Policy Framework – ASAPbio

Keep up to date on open scholarly communication! Check out what’s new on the blog.

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Sep 2

📅 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

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Aug 21

Missed our webinar? 🎥
Catch the recording and see expert evidence synthesiser Kate Nyhan demo Europe PMC’s redesigned Advanced search. Now more intuitive than ever!

🔗 Watch here: buff.ly/8ibZ0Ul

Perfect for:
🔹 #SystematicReview
🔹 #EvidenceSynthesis
🔹 Librarians & researchers

#MedLib #PhDsky

Hacking Literature Searches: Build smarter search strategies with Europe PMC Advanced search

Building complex, reproducible search strategies across platforms can be time consuming and inconsistent, even for experienced searchers. Even expert searchers often face challenges like creating…

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Aug 19

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

Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Aug 14

😤 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

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Aug 13

Do you share data or manuscripts and want to boost impact & fuel global discovery? 🌍

Creative Commons licenses help you:
✔️ Retain rights
✔️ Enable reuse & translation
✔️ Reach across borders & disciplines

🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IBT...
@creativecommons.bsky.social
#OpenAccess #PhDSky

Open Licensing for Research with Creative Commons

If you’re a researcher, scientist, or knowledge producer, you are a creator. Every dataset, manuscript, and research output you produce can fuel discovery, deepen collaboration, and help solve global…

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Aug 12

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

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ASAPbio @asapbio.bsky.social · Jul 16

[email protected] and @creativecommons.bsky.social are pleased to announce the launch of the Preprint Policy Framework that aims to align funder and organizational policies, promoting open, reusable, timely, and rigorous research communication.
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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Aug 6

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

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Jul 31

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 🧪

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Jul 29

Have you seen? 👀
The Data Citation Corpus now includes 5.2 million new data citations from Europe PMC!

The Data Citations Corpus is a central aggregate of citations to research data across outputs, advancing our understanding of the use and impact of open data.
#OpenAccess #OpenData #OpenScience 🧪

Make Data Count @makedatacount.bsky.social · Jul 29

⭐ Our latest release for the Data Citation Corpus is just out, including new data citations from @europepmc.org, and additions to the affiliation #metadata for some of the citation records.

👉 Find out more on the blog: makedatacount.org/read-our-blo...

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Jul 29

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

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Jul 24

Why should AI tools be trained on research papers?

Watch a clip from our recent webinar "What happens when you choose closed?" to learn more: youtu.be/cISxc6OCWCE

🧪 #OpenAccess #PhDSky #AcademicChatter

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Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe) @pdbeurope.bsky.social · Jul 22

Did you know? The Citations tab shows:
📄 Papers and Reviews citing the structure publication
🔎 Papers and Reviews mentioning the PDB ID
🧬 Figures from open access publications
via our integration with @europepmc.org‬

#PDBeBeta #Bioinformatics #Bioinformatics #Biochemistry

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Jul 22

Here are some license search options you can use in #EuropePMC 👇
(LICENSE:"CC-BY")
(LICENSE:"CC-BY-NC")
(LICENSE:"CC-BY-ND")
(LICENSE:"CC-BY-SA")
(LICENSE:"CC-BY-NC-ND")
(LICENSE:"CC-BY-NC-SA")
(LICENSE:"CC0")

#OpenAccess #Medlib #PhDSky

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Jul 22

🔎 It’s #EPMCTopTips Tuesday!

Want to find articles you can reuse or text mine?
Use the LICENSE: search field to filter by license type in #EuropePMC!

Example:
(LICENSE:"CC-BY") → finds articles with a Creative Commons Attribution license, perfect for reuse! 🔓

#OpenAccess #Medlib #PhDSky

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Jul 22

Considering a CC BY-NC-ND license to prevent AI training?

Due to exceptions AI tools can access copyrighted works. Your license choice only affects commercial and derivative use: translations, educational adaptations, etc.

Watch a clip from our recent webinar to learn more: youtu.be/9TvQ8NtsV0c

Don't use a CC-BY-NC-ND license to stop AI training

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Jul 16

Databases, like PRIDE, Pfam, & Open Targets rely on CCBY articles to train AI models that can help:
- enrich proteomics data
- predict protein function
- identify drug targets
Here is how CCBY license helps:
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@opentargets.org @pride-ebi.bsky.social @pfamdb.bsky.social

Why life science databases rely on CC-BY to innovate

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Europe PMC @europepmc.org · Jul 15

Missed our webinar on the use of CC-BY for research and AI? We covered:
- What are Creative Commons licenses
- Why some funders mandate CC-BY
- How @ebi.embl.org databases innovate with CC-BY
- How CC-BY impacts AI training

Catch up here: youtu.be/vr6vFqo8xKg
@creativecommons.bsky.social

What happens when you choose closed. What Creative Commons licenses mean for research and AI.

YouTube video by EuropePMC

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