# PubTator 3.0: an AI-powered Literature Resource for Unlocking Biomedical Knowledge

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.11048 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2401.11048/

## Key facts

- Cited by 30 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 4 of its 38 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 19 Jan 2024.

## Builds on (most cited first, 4 of 4)

- [BioRED: A Rich Biomedical Relation Extraction Dataset](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2204.04263/) (2022)
- [PubMed and Beyond: Biomedical Literature Search in the Age of Artificial Intelligence](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2307.09683/) (2023)
- [tmVar 3.0: an improved variant concept recognition and normalization tool](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2204.03637/) (2022)
- [BioREx: Improving Biomedical Relation Extraction by Leveraging Heterogeneous Datasets](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2306.11189/) (2023)

## Built on by (most cited first, 30 of 30)

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## Abstract (arXiv)

PubTator 3.0 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/pubtator3/) is a biomedical literature resource using state-of-the-art AI techniques to offer semantic and relation searches for key concepts like proteins, genetic variants, diseases, and chemicals. It currently provides over one billion entity and relation annotations across approximately 36 million PubMed abstracts and 6 million full-text articles from the PMC open access subset, updated weekly. PubTator 3.0's online interface and API utilize these precomputed entity relations and synonyms to provide advanced search capabilities and enable large-scale analyses, streamlining many complex information needs. We showcase the retrieval quality of PubTator 3.0 using a series of entity pair queries, demonstrating that PubTator 3.0 retrieves a greater number of articles than either PubMed or Google Scholar, with higher precision in the top 20 results. We further show that integrating ChatGPT (GPT-4) with PubTator APIs dramatically improves the factuality and verifiability of its responses. In summary, PubTator 3.0 offers a comprehensive set of features and tools that allow researchers to navigate the ever-expanding wealth of biomedical literature, expediting research and unlocking valuable insights for scientific discovery.