iCite Database Snapshot 2026-03: Bibliometrics for PubMed Publications

A 29.8 GB snapshot from March 2026 of the iCite web service, providing bibliometric analysis and metadata for publications indexed in PubMed. The data includes metrics of scientific influence, translational potential, and citation links from the NIH Open Citation Collection. It is authored by iCite and licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking scientific influence of papers based on the Relative Citation Ratio (RCR) metric.
• Analyzing the translational focus (Human, Animal, Molecular/Cellular) of biomedical publications.
• Studying citation networks and link-level data from the NIH Open Citation Collection.
• Identifying primary research articles using the 'is_research_article' flag.

Strengths

• Large-scale dataset at 29.8 GB, likely covering a substantial portion of PubMed-indexed literature.
• Provides field- and time-adjusted metrics like the Relative Citation Ratio (RCR), benchmarked against NIH-funded papers.
• Includes detailed metadata such as PMID, DOI, authors, journal, and publication year for each article.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling tasks.
• Column-level documentation beyond the listed fields is absent; full data schema must be inspected after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the snapshot date of March 2026.

Provenance

Source

iCite web service, based on publications indexed in PubMed.

Collection Method

Snapshot of the iCite database, likely compiled from automated bibliometric analysis and the NIH Open Citation Collection.

Time Range

Covers publications indexed in PubMed up to the snapshot date; specific year range is not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 19:40:47.

Geography

Global, as PubMed indexes international biomedical literature.