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PubMed Citation Status

PubMed® Citation Status Tags Summary Table

Citation Status Tag ValueCondition(s)MeSH-indexed?Biblio-
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[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
 
  • Citations supplied electronically when first received.
No No publisher [sb] NOT pubstatusnihms NOT pubstatuspmcsd NOT pmcbook
 
  • Citations from issues of journals published before journal selected for MEDLINE® indexing (records received prior to late 2003).
 
  • Citations from non-MEDLINE journals (records received prior to June 2005).
[PubMed - in process]
 
  • Citations in review for inclusion in MEDLINE
No No in process [sb]
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
 
  • Fully indexed citations.
Yes Yes medline [sb]
[PubMed - OLDMEDLINE]
 
  • Citations originally printed in hardcopy indexes published from 1947 through 1965 that have not yet had all of their original subject terms mapped to current MeSH.
Partial Yes oldmedline [sb]
[PubMed]
 
  • Out-of-scope articles from selectively indexed MEDLINE journals
No Yes pubmednotmedline [sb] OR pmcbook OR (publisher [sb] AND (pubstatusnihms OR pubstatuspmcsd))
 
  • Since late 2003, citations from issues of journals published prior to selection for MEDLINE indexing
 
  • Since June 2005, citations from non-MEDLINE journals.
 
  • Citations for articles with full-text in PubMed Central® (PMC) that would not normally be in PubMed.
 
  • Citations for selected books and book chapters in the NCBI Books database.