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EPMC Get References

Get the reference list (bibliography) of a specific paper from Europe PMC. Given a PubMed ID (PMID), returns all articles cited BY that paper (its reference list). This is the reverse of citations: instead of finding who cites a paper, find what papers it cites. Essential for understanding a paper's intellectual foundations, finding seminal works, and tracing research lineage. Use PMID from EuropePMC search results.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 109msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 109ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "page": {
      "default": 1,
      "description": "Page number for paginated results (1-based). Default: 1.",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "pageSize": {
      "default": 25,
      "description": "Number of references to return per page (1-1000). Default: 25.",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "pmid": {
      "description": "PubMed ID of the article whose references you want. Examples: '25378148', '33234567', '29474920'. Find PMIDs using Europe PMC search.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "pmid"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default EPMC Get References call

public-safeinput

{
  "page": 1,
  "pageSize": 1,
  "pmid": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_EPMC_get_references
Tool name: EPMC_get_references
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

EPMC Get References

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 109msCortexa

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{ "properties": { "page": { "default": 1, "description": "Page number for paginated results (1-based). Default: 1.", "type": "integer" }, "pageSize": { "default": 25, "description": "Number of references to return per page (1-1000). Default: 25.", "type": "integer" }, "pmid": { "description": "PubMed ID of the article whose references you want. Examples: '25378148', '33234567', '29474920'. Find PMIDs using Europe PMC search.", "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "pmid" ], "type": "object" }