How to Search & Best Practices

How to search with PubMed.ai？

PubMed.ai is designed to help you efficiently find research papers, summaries, and insights from a wide range of biomedical literature. Unlike a chatbot, PubMed.ai operates as a sophisticated search engine, built to process and deliver the most relevant content to help answer your research questions.

To make the most of your PubMed.ai research experience, here are some essential tips to follow:

• Focus on Research Topics

PubMed.ai excels at retrieving information from peer-reviewed articles, medical studies, case reports, and other scholarly sources. Therefore, your query should center around topics typically found in academic research, such as biomedical subjects, clinical questions, or evidence-based studies.

• Frame Your Query Using Proper Noun Phrases

For the best results, structure your query using specific terms, particularly proper nouns such as the names of diseases, drugs, or medical conditions. For example, instead of asking, "What are the effects of exercise on health?", refine it to something like, "Effects of physical exercise on cardiovascular health in patients with hypertension."

• PubMed.ai supports specific filters for literature types, years, and fields

PubMed.ai allows you to refine your search by specifying certain types of literature (e.g., articles, reviews, or case studies), publication years, or specific biomedical disciplines. This feature ensures that your results are tailored to the exact type of research you need.

In this guide, we'll walk you through several examples of how to structure your research queries and explore some useful strategies. Click on the links below to see examples of optimized queries and learn more about how you can maximize your use of PubMed.ai.

Keyword searching

Two concepts connected by "and"

Use an "open-ended" phrase

Ask “how to” do something

Pro Search: Add specific filters for literature types, years, and fields

Focus on the appropriate subject matter

Focus on the Right Subject Matter

PubMed.ai searches exclusively through peer-reviewed biomedical and life sciences research from the PubMed knowledge base, making it your go-to source for accurate, evidence-based scientific information.

Here are just some of the research areas PubMed.ai covers:

Medicine, ​​Public Health, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary Science,Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, ​Radiology, Surgery, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Oncology, Immunology, Endocrinology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, ​Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geriatrics, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Clinical Trials, ​Evidence-Based Medicine, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Virology, Parasitology, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Neuroscience, Health​ Services Research, ​Biomedical Engineering, Translational Research, ​Precision Medicine, Nutrition Science, ​Environmental​ Health, Occupational Health, Health Policy, Global Health, Rehabilitation Sciences, Kinesiology, Behavioral Science, Medical Education, Health Communication.

These are just a few examples of queries that are well-supported by a rich body of scientific literature：