# bioRxiv

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/biorxiv/  
**Website:** https://www.biorxiv.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

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.

## Kin Score — 31.7 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 31.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 60.9 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 18.8 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 31.6 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (7)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Biorxiv Agentic Access** — 9 operations

## Security (1)

- **Biorxiv Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Plans (1)

- **Plans**

## Tags

Biology, Preprints, Research, Open Access, Life Sciences, Scientific Publications

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/biorxiv/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.