search_biorxiv

Find biology and life sciences preprints on bioRxiv by querying specific topics, filtering by category, date range, or sorting by relevance, date, or citations.

Instructions

Search bioRxiv for biology and life sciences preprints

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`category`	No	bioRxiv category filter
`dateFrom`	No	Start date for filtering (YYYY-MM-DD format)
`dateTo`	No	End date for filtering (YYYY-MM-DD format)
`maxResults`	No	Maximum number of papers to return (1-100)
`query`	Yes	Search query for bioRxiv papers (e.g., "CRISPR", "COVID-19", "neuroscience", "cancer research")
`sort`	No	Sort order: relevance, date, citations	relevance

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "properties": {
    "category": {
      "description": "bioRxiv category filter",
      "enum": [
        "animal-behavior-and-cognition",
        "biochemistry",
        "bioengineering",
        "bioinformatics",
        "biophysics",
        "cancer-biology",
        "cell-biology",
        "clinical-trials",
        "developmental-biology",
        "ecology",
        "epidemiology",
        "evolutionary-biology",
        "genetics",
        "genomics",
        "immunology",
        "microbiology",
        "molecular-biology",
        "neuroscience",
        "paleontology",
        "pathology",
        "pharmacology-and-toxicology",
        "physiology",
        "plant-biology",
        "scientific-communication-and-education",
        "synthetic-biology",
        "systems-biology",
        "zoology"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "dateFrom": {
      "description": "Start date for filtering (YYYY-MM-DD format)",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "dateTo": {
      "description": "End date for filtering (YYYY-MM-DD format)",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "maxResults": {
      "default": 20,
      "description": "Maximum number of papers to return (1-100)",
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "number"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Search query for bioRxiv papers (e.g., \"CRISPR\", \"COVID-19\", \"neuroscience\", \"cancer research\")",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "sort": {
      "default": "relevance",
      "description": "Sort order: relevance, date, citations",
      "enum": [
        "relevance",
        "date",
        "citations"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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