Medical Conference Proceedings Scraper

Search peer-reviewed medical conference papers indexed in Europe PMC. Returns title, authors, conference name, abstract, DOI and publication date. Covers 2,500+ medical conferences indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE. No API key required.

Features

• Europe PMC PUB_TYPE:"conference proceedings" filter
• Optional date filter (from YYYY-MM-DD)
• Cursor-based pagination — up to 10,000 papers per run
• Extracts conference/publisher name where available
• Full abstract text
• Same reliable API infrastructure as the Cochrane and BMJ scrapers

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
searchTerm	string	✅	—	Topic, e.g. diabetes or immunotherapy cancer
dateFrom	string		—	Only include papers from this year onward (YYYY-MM-DD)
maxResults	integer		50	Max papers (1–10,000)

Output

{
  "title": "Effects of alcohol use on the gut, inflammation, and organ injury",
  "authors": "Maccioni F, Tarullo A, Bonsignori M, ...",
  "conference": "Annual Meeting of the Italian Society of Medical Radiology",
  "doi": "10.1007/s11547-026-01234-5",
  "publicationDate": "2026-01-15",
  "pubTypes": ["conference proceedings"],
  "abstract": "Background: Heavy alcohol use is associated with significant morbidity...",
  "pmid": "38123456",
  "url": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-026-01234-5"
}

Use Cases

1. Conference Intelligence for Pharma

A pharmaceutical medical affairs team scrapes conference proceedings for GLP-1 receptor agonist from the last 3 years — tracking which data was first presented at which conferences before full publication, for competitive intelligence.

2. Poster Abstract Mining

A CRO (Contract Research Organization) building a clinical evidence database scrapes conference abstracts on CRISPR gene therapy — using the early-stage data as signals for pipeline monitoring before full papers appear.

3. Academic Career Planning

A medical researcher planning to submit to conferences scrapes robotic surgery conference papers from the last 2 years to identify which venues publish in their specialty area and what topics are trending.

Data Source

Europe PMC REST API — covers PubMed, PubMed Central, and additional sources. Conference proceedings indexed in MEDLINE.

Pricing

Pay-per-result. 200 conference papers ≈ $1.00.