rentrez
An R package to interact with NCBI's Entrez system, enabling programmatic search and retrieval of biological data.
What is rentrez?
rentrez is an R package that provides a programmatic interface to NCBI's Entrez system, allowing users to search, retrieve, and analyze data from over 50 biological databases directly within R. It solves the problem of manually accessing biological data through web interfaces by enabling automated, reproducible workflows for bioinformatics research.
Bioinformaticians, computational biologists, and researchers who need to programmatically access NCBI databases like PubMed, GenBank, and Protein for data analysis and reproducible research workflows in R.
Developers choose rentrez because it offers a comprehensive, R-native wrapper for NCBI's E-utilities API, simplifying complex queries and data retrieval tasks while supporting reproducible research through scriptable access to vast biological datasets.
Overview
talk with NCBI entrez using R
Use Cases
Best For
- Programmatically searching PubMed and retrieving metadata for literature reviews
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