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Posted by liaison on September 28th, 2026
Posted in: Blog
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is excited to announce the launch of Linked Discoveries, a new experimental pilot resource developed to help researchers, clinicians, information specialists, and the public discover meaningful connections between related scientific publications.
Every day, researchers face an ever-growing volume of biomedical literature. Finding the right papers isn’t just about matching keywords — it’s about understanding how ideas connect, how findings build on one another, and how research evolves as new evidence emerges. Linked Discoveries is designed to support that kind of exploration: helping users navigate the literature, synthesize what’s known, and evaluate the strength of the evidence behind a finding. In this way, Linked Discoveries supports replication and reproducibility of biomedical research, which is foundational to the conduct of gold standard science.
Starting from a PubMed® citation, Linked Discoveries maps up to 200 of the closest related articles so you can quickly explore relationships and shared topics between articles, including conditions, genes, and chemicals of interest. It also surfaces context like NIH funding, citation relationships, retractions, and reviews.
Linked Discoveries is a new prototype resource under active refinement, with ongoing exploration of new features and capabilities planned for future releases. For example, we are working to connect with the NCATS Biomedical Data Translator and are exploring opportunities to connect findings across the broader NIH research ecosystem. We invite you to try Linked Discoveries, explore a topic of interest to you, and share your thoughts using the Feedback button on any Linked Discovery page. Your feedback will help us shape where this pilot goes next!
Learn more at https://linkeddiscoveries.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Contact the NLM Help Desk with any questions you may have.
