PubMed Article Search (Titles, Authors, Journals, DOIs)

Search PubMed with full query syntax and get clean article metadata: PMID, title, authors, journal, publication date, DOI, publication types and links. Official NCBI E-utilities.

Data source: NCBI PubMed E-utilities. Official public data, no API key, no login and no scraping of protected pages. Results are returned as clean, flat JSON that is ready for spreadsheets, databases, BI tools and AI agents.

What can you use it for?

• Literature monitoring for a drug, disease or author
• Build citation datasets for AI / RAG
• Medical affairs and pharmacovigilance research
• KOL (key opinion leader) identification
• Use it as a tool from AI agents through the Apify MCP server, or schedule it and send new results to Slack, Google Sheets or a webhook

Input

Field	Name	Description
query	Search query	PubMed query, e.g. 'semaglutide AND pancreatitis' or 'Smith J[Author]'
sinceDate	Published since	YYYY/MM/DD (optional)
sort	Sort	Sort order
maxResults	Max results	Maximum articles

Example input

{
  "query": "GLP-1 receptor agonist cardiovascular",
  "maxResults": 5
}

Output

Each result is one dataset item with these fields: pmid, title, authors, firstAuthor, lastAuthor, journal, pubDate, volume, issue, pages, doi, pmcid, publicationTypes, language, url, doiUrl.

Example output (real result, long fields shortened)

{
  "pmid": "42849689",
  "title": "GLP-1 receptor biology and the therapeutic role of incretin-based agonists in metabolic diseases.",
  "authors": [
    "Koceva E",
    "Moll GN"
  ],
  "firstAuthor": "Koceva E",
  "lastAuthor": "Moll GN",
  "journal": "European journal of pharmacology",
  "pubDate": "2026 Dec 10",
  "volume": "1037",
  "issue": null,
  "pages": "179406",
  "doi": "10.1016/j.ejphar.2026.179406",
  "pmcid": null,
  "publicationTypes": [
    "Journal Article",
    "Review"
  ],
  "language": [
    "eng"
  ],
  "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42849689/",
  "doiUrl": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2026.179406"
}

Download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or read them through the Apify API.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. You pay $0.002 per article returned, plus standard Apify platform usage, which is small because the Actor only calls lightweight APIs. You are never charged for results that are not returned. To cap spending, set a maximum cost per run in the run options.

Tips

• Start with a small max-results value to check your filters, then scale up.
• Schedule the Actor (for example daily) with a "since" date filter where available to get change alerts.
• The data comes straight from the official source, so its freshness and completeness depend on that publisher.

Disclaimer

This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by the data publisher. Verify critical decisions against the official source.