Repository details

NCBI BioSystems Database

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Name of repository
NCBI BioSystems Database
Additional name(s)
  • NCBI BioSystems
Repository URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosystems/
Subject(s)
Description
<<<!!!<<< The NCBI BioSystems Database will be retired in March 2022. >>>!!!>>> This retirement includes the representation of BioSystems records in the NCBI Entrez system and viewers of BioSystems content. NCBI now provides metabolic pathway and other biosystems data through the regularly updated PubChem Pathways resource (https://pubchemdocs.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pathways) that offers a fresh, extended, and more modern interface.
Contact(s)
  • administrative: biosystems.help@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository size
983.968 records
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
  • institutional
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/biosystems/docs/biosystems_about.html
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Dates

Offline
2022-03

Institutions (4)

Institution name
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Additional name(s)
  • NCBI
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
National Institutes of Health
Additional name(s)
  • NIH
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Additional name(s)
  • HHS
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
United States National Library of Medicine
Additional name(s)
  • NLM
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy name
NIH Public Access Policy
Policy name
NCBI Website and Data Usage Policies and Disclaimers

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
embargoed

Data licenses (2)

Data license
Public Domain
Data license
other

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/biosystems/docs/biosystems_publications.html
Enhanced publication
yes

Application programming interfaces (1)

Type
FTP
Url
ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/biosystems/

Remarks

Remarks
Description: "The repository facilitates computation of a wide range of biosystem data. It also connects biosystem data with associated literature throughout the Entrez system. " The NCBI BioSystems Database currently contains records from several source databases: KEGG, BioCyc (including its Tier 1 EcoCyc and MetaCyc databases, and its Tier 2 databases), Reactome, the National Cancer Institute's Pathway Interaction Database, WikiPathways, and Gene Ontology (GO).
Entry date
2014-05-14
Last update
2024-12-10
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re3data.org: NCBI BioSystems Database; editing status 2024-12-10; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R31K80 last accessed: 2026-07-07