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MedRxiv Get Preprint

Get full metadata for a specific medRxiv preprint by its DOI. Returns comprehensive metadata including title, authors, abstract, publication date, version, category, and URLs. Response time: <1 second. Use when you have a medRxiv DOI (format: 10.1101/YYYY.MM.DD.XXXXXXX). To SEARCH for medRxiv preprints by keywords, use EuropePMC_search_articles with 'SRC:PPR' filter (fast, relevance-ranked), or web_search with 'site:medrxiv.org'. medRxiv API does not support text search.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 92msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 92ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "doi": {
      "description": "medRxiv DOI. Can be full DOI (e.g., '10.1101/2021.04.29.21256344') or just the numeric part after '10.1101/' (e.g., '2021.04.29.21256344'). Find DOIs using EuropePMC_search_articles, web_search, or from paper citations.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "server": {
      "default": "medrxiv",
      "description": "Server to query - always 'medrxiv' for this tool.",
      "enum": [
        "medrxiv"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "doi"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default MedRxiv Get Preprint call

public-safeinput

{
  "doi": "10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2"
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_MedRxiv_get_preprint
Tool name: MedRxiv_get_preprint
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

MedRxiv Get Preprint

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 92msCortexa

Schema

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

{ "properties": { "doi": { "description": "medRxiv DOI. Can be full DOI (e.g., '10.1101/2021.04.29.21256344') or just the numeric part after '10.1101/' (e.g., '2021.04.29.21256344'). Find DOIs using EuropePMC_search_articles, web_search, or from paper citations.", "type": "string" }, "server": { "default": "medrxiv", "description": "Server to query - always 'medrxiv' for this tool.", "enum": [ "medrxiv" ], "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "doi" ], "type": "object" }