# Researcher Metadata Database (RMD) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/pennsylvania-state-university/rmd/  
**Provider:** Pennsylvania State University — https://apis.io/providers/pennsylvania-state-university/  
**Documentation:** https://metadata.libraries.psu.edu/api_docs

Researcher Metadata Database (RMD) API is one of 7 APIs that [Pennsylvania State University](https://apis.io/providers/pennsylvania-state-university/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Research, Metadata, Publications, Library, and OpenAPI. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Penn State University Libraries' faculty and research metadata service, maintained with OSVPR and West Arete. Publishes cleaned researcher metadata (publications, presentations, performances, advising, news, and biographical content) through a RESTful API described with the OpenAPI standard. A license key is required to query the data; interactive API docs are served at /api_docs.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://metadata.libraries.psu.edu/api_docs
- **Signup** — https://metadata.libraries.psu.edu/
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/psu-libraries/researcher-metadata
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pennsylvania-state-university/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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- [Pennsylvania State University Events API](https://apis.io/apis/pennsylvania-state-university/pennsylvania-state-university-events-api/)
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## Tags

Research, Metadata, Publications, Library, OpenAPI

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