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bioRxiv

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory preprint server for biology providing a REST API for searching and accessing preprint metadata, full text, and category-filtered biological research. The API enables programmatic access to preprint and published article metadata from bioRxiv and medRxiv repositories.

bioRxiv publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Details API, Funder API, Pub API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Biology, Preprints, Research, Open Access, and Life Sciences.

The bioRxiv catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

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35.5/100 thin ▼ -5.5 Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFree
7 APIs
BiologyPreprintsResearchOpen AccessLife SciencesScientific Publications

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 35.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 16.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

bioRxiv Details API

The Details API from bioRxiv — 2 operation(s) for details.

bioRxiv Funder API

The Funder API from bioRxiv — 1 operation(s) for funder.

bioRxiv Pub API

The Pub API from bioRxiv — 1 operation(s) for pub.

bioRxiv Publisher API

The Publisher API from bioRxiv — 1 operation(s) for publisher.

bioRxiv Pubs API

The Pubs API from bioRxiv — 2 operation(s) for pubs.

bioRxiv Sum API

The Sum API from bioRxiv — 1 operation(s) for sum.

bioRxiv Usage API

The Usage API from bioRxiv — 1 operation(s) for usage.

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Plans

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

context Context

24 classes · 26 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

bioRxiv API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

PreprintMetadata

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PublishedPreprintMetadata

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

StatisticsSchemas

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Content Details Response

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Content Summary Statistics Response

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Published Preprint Response

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Usage Statistics Response

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Biorxiv Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Biorxiv Agentic Access

9 operations

9 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: bioRxiv
description: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory preprint server for biology providing a REST API for searching and accessing preprint
  metadata, full text, and category-filtered biological research. The API enables programmatic access to preprint and published
  article metadata from bioRxiv and medRxiv repositories.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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version: '0.19'
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
tags:
- Biology
- Preprints
- Research
- Open Access
- Life Sciences
- Scientific Publications
apis:
- aid: biorxiv:biorxiv-details-api
  name: bioRxiv Details API
  description: The Details API from bioRxiv — 2 operation(s) for details.
  humanURL: https://www.biorxiv.org/
  baseURL: https://api.biorxiv.org
  tags:
  - Details
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/biorxiv-details-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.biorxiv.org/
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  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: FinOps
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- aid: biorxiv:biorxiv-funder-api
  name: bioRxiv Funder API
  description: The Funder API from bioRxiv — 1 operation(s) for funder.
  humanURL: https://www.biorxiv.org/
  baseURL: https://api.biorxiv.org
  tags:
  - Funder
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/biorxiv-funder-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.biorxiv.org/
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  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/biorxiv/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: biorxiv:biorxiv-pub-api
  name: bioRxiv Pub API
  description: The Pub API from bioRxiv — 1 operation(s) for pub.
  humanURL: https://www.biorxiv.org/
  baseURL: https://api.biorxiv.org
  tags:
  - Pub
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/biorxiv-pub-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.biorxiv.org/
  - type: Plans
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  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/biorxiv/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: biorxiv:biorxiv-publisher-api
  name: bioRxiv Publisher API
  description: The Publisher API from bioRxiv — 1 operation(s) for publisher.
  humanURL: https://www.biorxiv.org/
  baseURL: https://api.biorxiv.org
  tags:
  - Publisher
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/biorxiv-publisher-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.biorxiv.org/
  - type: Plans
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  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/biorxiv/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: biorxiv:biorxiv-pubs-api
  name: bioRxiv Pubs API
  description: The Pubs API from bioRxiv — 2 operation(s) for pubs.
  humanURL: https://www.biorxiv.org/
  baseURL: https://api.biorxiv.org
  tags:
  - Pubs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/biorxiv-pubs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.biorxiv.org/
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/biorxiv/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/biorxiv/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/biorxiv/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: biorxiv:biorxiv-sum-api
  name: bioRxiv Sum API
  description: The Sum API from bioRxiv — 1 operation(s) for sum.
  humanURL: https://www.biorxiv.org/
  baseURL: https://api.biorxiv.org
  tags:
  - Sum
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/biorxiv-sum-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.biorxiv.org/
  - type: Plans
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  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/biorxiv/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/biorxiv/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- aid: biorxiv:biorxiv-usage-api
  name: bioRxiv Usage API
  description: The Usage API from bioRxiv — 1 operation(s) for usage.
  humanURL: https://www.biorxiv.org/
  baseURL: https://api.biorxiv.org
  tags:
  - Usage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/biorxiv-usage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.biorxiv.org/
  - type: Plans
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  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/biorxiv/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/biorxiv-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/biorxiv-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.biorxiv.org/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/about-biorxiv
- type: About
  url: https://www.biorxiv.org/about-biorxiv
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com