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About the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC)

The Literature Selection Technical Review Committee was terminated in 2025.

Please see the associated Technical Bulletin article: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so25/so25_medline_selection.html

LSTRC was a federal advisory committee that was established in 1987 to review journals that had applied to MEDLINE and provide NLM with recommendations regarding journal quality and inclusion in the database. The LSTRC was terminated in 2025.

LSTRC Meeting Minutes

Last Reviewed: September 8, 2025