Who selects journals for MEDLINE?

The majority of journals are selected for MEDLINE based on the recommendation of the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC), an NIH-chartered advisory committee of external experts.

How are journals selected for MEDLINE?

As part of the evaluation process, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) considers a journal's scope as well as the scientific and editorial quality of the publication. Journals selected for indexing in MEDLINE must also meet certain technical quality and indexing requirements.

Who selects journals for PubMed?

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) decides whether the scientific and editorial character and quality of a journal merit its inclusion in PMC.

Why are some journals not indexed in MEDLINE?

After evaluation, journals are graded on a 0- to 5-point scale and about 25% of those reviewed will be accepted for indexing in MEDLINE. Only those receiving scores of 3.75 or higher are selected. If acceptance is denied, one may appeal the decision or decide to reapply 2 years later.

What is difference between PubMed and MEDLINE?

MEDLINE is available to search through a variety of interfaces, with PubMed being the only option maintained by the National Library of Medicine. So, when you search PubMed, you are also searching MEDLINE, but you can search MEDLINE without necessarily being in the PubMed database.

PubMed, MEDLINE, and PubMed Central (PMC): What's the Connection?

Are Embase and MEDLINE the same?

Embase is a completely separate database to PubMed and MEDLINE, but it does contain all of the articles that can be found in MEDLINE. It also contains over 7 million records that cannot be accessed via MEDLINE/PubMed.

Should I use PubMed or MEDLINE?

Tip: PubMed is a great interface for carrying out a basic scoping search, or if you wish to identify a limited number of key references. MEDLINE via Ovid is recommended if you wish to carry out a comprehensive, structured or systematic search.

Who selects journals for PubMed Medline?

MEDLINE includes citations from more than 5,200 scholarly journals published around the world. Publishers submit journals to an NIH-chartered advisory committee, the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC), which reviews and recommends journals for MEDLINE.

Why use MEDLINE over PubMed?

Pubmed is an interface used to search Medline, as well as additional biomedical content. Ovid Medline is an interface for searching only Medline content. Pubmed is more user-friendly and allows you to search through more content than Ovid Medline. However, Ovid Medline allows you to perform a more focused search.

Are all MEDLINE articles in PubMed?

Although PubMed is essentially a way of accessing the MEDLINE database, it actually contains some additional content, including references to some books and chapters, in-process and ahead of print citations, and some articles which lie slightly outside of the subject scope of MEDLINE, such as those on astrophysics.

How does a journal get into PubMed?

PubMed comprises the more than 26 million citations for biomedical literature at the United States National Library of Medicine up to the present. To be indexed in PubMed, a journal should be selected as a MEDLINE journal or be deposited to PMC, which requires full text JATS XML production.

How do you check if a journal is indexed in MEDLINE?

What is the difference between MEDLINE and Ebsco?

When it's a company. For instance, are you using EbscoHost or Ovid to search Medline? Medline is the database, while EbscoHost and Ovid are companies that host this database (and many others) in their unique environment.

Why is my publication not in PubMed?

For an article to be found in PubMed, the journal that has published the article should be indexed in Medline. If the journal is not indexed in Medline, the published article will not be found on PubMed. Based on the journal indexing of Edorium journals, none of the journals are indexed in Medline.

Is MEDLINE an Ebsco?

The MEDLINE database, produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, is widely recognized as the premier source for citations, indexing, and abstracts of biomedical literature.

Is Embase better than MEDLINE?

Embase includes all of MEDLINE's citations plus many more. However, if you have already searched MEDLINE, it is easy to see only the citations that are exclusive to Embase.

How do I know if my journal is indexed in MEDLINE PubMed?

The current indexing status of a specific journal can be checked by viewing the NLM Catalog record for a journal. If a journal is currently indexed in MEDLINE, it will be indicated in the catalog record under 'Current Indexing Status' (Figure 1; short blue arrow).

Why is MEDLINE better than other databases?

MEDLINE is authoritative because it permits you to see who exactly conducted the research, who wrote the results, and even where the research was conducted. The journals included in MEDLINE must target health professionals and researchers as their audience and publish original research.

How many journals are in MEDLINE?

Source: Currently, citations from more than 5,200 worldwide journals in about 40 languages.

Is PubMed a predatory journal?

PubMed, MEDLINE and PubMed Central are all funded by the National Library of Medicine but are different databases. PubMed has been reported to include some articles published in predatory journals.

What does not currently indexed for MEDLINE mean?

Noteworthy, predatory journals are retrievable in the catalog of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), are labeled by a unique NLM identification number and referenced as “Not currently indexed for MEDLINE. Only citations for author manuscripts are included.”

Does Embase include MEDLINE?

You can use Embase.com to search 8,500 journals from over 95 countries: this includes MEDLINE content. There are approximately 3000 indexed journals unique to Embase. It also contains about 2.3 million conference abstracts indexed from more than 7,000 conferences dating from 2009.

Is Embase better than PubMed?

PubMed has some newer information that Embase does not have (yet). PubMed is freely available to the world. Embase is a propriety database from Elsevier that UCSF Library has access to. Embase has a more intuitive interface making it easy to search.

Is Embase the same as PubMed?

Objective: Medline/PubMed is often first choice for health science researchers when doing literature searches. However, Medline/PubMed does not cover the health science research literature equally well across specialties. Embase is often considered an important supplement to Medline/PubMed in health sciences.