# PMC ID Converter API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ncbi/pmc-id-converter-api/  
**Provider:** National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — https://apis.io/providers/ncbi/  
**Base URL:** https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/idconv/api/v1/articles/  
**Documentation:** https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/id-converter-api/

PMC ID Converter API is one of 14 APIs that [National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)](https://apis.io/providers/ncbi/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include PubMed Central, Identifiers, DOI, PMID, and PMCID. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and rate-limit docs.

The PMC ID Converter API translates between PubMed Central identifiers (PMCID), PubMed identifiers (PMID), Manuscript IDs, and Digital Object Identifiers (DOI). Batch conversion is supported, making it straightforward to harmonize identifiers across literature databases.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/id-converter-api/
- **RateLimits** — https://kinlane.github.io/ncbi/rate-limits/pmc-id-converter.yml
- **Plans** — https://kinlane.github.io/ncbi/plans/pmc-id-converter.yml

## Other National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) APIs (12)

- [NCBI Entrez E-utilities API](https://apis.io/apis/ncbi/ncbi-entrez-e-utilities-api/)
- [NCBI BLAST URL API](https://apis.io/apis/ncbi/ncbi-blast-url-api/)
- [PubChem PUG REST API](https://apis.io/apis/ncbi/pubchem-pug-rest-api/)
- [PMC Open Access API (OA Service)](https://apis.io/apis/ncbi/pmc-open-access-api-oa-service/)
- [PMC OAI-PMH Service](https://apis.io/apis/ncbi/pmc-oai-pmh-service/)
- [National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) BioSample API](https://apis.io/apis/ncbi/ncbi-biosample-api/)
- [National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Gene API](https://apis.io/apis/ncbi/ncbi-gene-api/)
- [National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Genome API](https://apis.io/apis/ncbi/ncbi-genome-api/)
- [National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Organelle API](https://apis.io/apis/ncbi/ncbi-organelle-api/)
- [National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Prokaryote API](https://apis.io/apis/ncbi/ncbi-prokaryote-api/)
- [National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Taxonomy API](https://apis.io/apis/ncbi/ncbi-taxonomy-api/)
- [National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Version API](https://apis.io/apis/ncbi/ncbi-version-api/)

## Tags

PubMed Central, Identifiers, DOI, PMID, PMCID

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