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PubMed Citation Status

PubMed Citation Status Tags Summary Table
Citation Status Tag Value Condition(s) MeSH-indexed? Biblio-
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[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
  • Citations supplied electronically when first received.
 No No publisher [sb]
  • 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 1949 through 1965 that have not yet had all of their original subject terms mapped to current MeSH.
 Partial In progress oldmedline [sb]
[PubMed]
  • Out-of-scope articles from selectively indexed MEDLINE journals
 No Yes pubmednotmedline [sb] OR (pubstatusnihms OR pubstatuspmcsd AND publisher [sb])
  • 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 cited in PubMed.

Last reviewed: 08 August 2008
Last updated: 08 August 2008
First published: 11 May 2004
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