The BioStudies database holds descriptions of biological studies, links to data from these studies in other databases at EMBL-EBI or outside, as well as data that do not fit in the structured archives at EMBL-EBI. The database can accept a wide range of types of studies described via a simple format. It also enables manuscript authors to submit supplementary information and link to it from the publication.

Prefix

biostudies

Keywords

biomedical science life science portal study design

Links

Homepage

Publications

2026 BioStudies Database: A Platform for Life Sciences Study Data Dissemination

2018 The BioStudies database-one stop shop for all data supporting a life sciences study

2015 The BioStudies database

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local unique identifiers in BioStudies database should match this regular expression:
^S-[A-Z]{4}[\-\_A-Z\d]+$

Example Local Unique Identifier

S-EPMC6266652   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from BioStudies database should match this regular expression:
^biostudies:S-[A-Z]{4}[\-\_A-Z\d]+$

Example CURIE

biostudies:S-EPMC6266652

Contact

Ugis Sarkans   0000-0001-9227-8488

Identifier Space Owner

European Bioinformatics Institute

A summary of the relations in the Semantic Farm schema can be found here.

In Collection (2)

Resources mentioned in "Sharing biological data: why, when, and how" Synapse.org external links

Mappings from records in Semantic Farm to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 5 mappings to external registries with 4 unique external prefixes.

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier S-EPMC6266652 is used to demonstrate the providers available for BioStudies database. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.