I wonder if anyone could tell me about the criteria of indexation of journals in Medline/Pubmed? Since the website shows several ways of getting indexed, e.g. submitting an application to Medline, submitting open access journals to pubmed central etc, what is the easiest way to get indexed? Why is it that so many applications of journals for indexation are rejected each year? And lastly, how is it that the Medline/Pubmed website states that a journal needs to submit its content for assessment during the application process of indexation while Biomedcentral journals are indexed even before they are launched? I hope someone can elaborate on these issues.
All top level indexing systems are very competetive and very selective. Getting indexed in SCOPUS, Web of Science and Medline takes time and energy.
Getting your journal into PubMed Central is another story, this is not an alternative. This is to provide open access to articles which traditionally are not open-access.
Thank you for the clarification, Dr. Andreeva. Can you please elaborate the process of getting into PubMed Central? Is that also as competitive as getting into the indexing services?
I have not tried that yet. I only read the instruction and saw that my journal will be ready for this procedure somewhat later.
I do not see your sphere of interest. But welcome to our journal anyway: http://andreevin.narod.ru/journal
Thank you for providing the link to your journal. It looks quite interesting. I wonder what you mean by saying that your journal will be ready somewhat later. What requirement is it that has not been fulfilled yet?
Unfortunaltely I do not know exactly where your interest comes from. If you are in charge of a new journal you will soon discover that different indexing bodies have different level requirement. Some you can meet at once and just submit and wait. Other requirements are those that you can aim to meet in a year or in three years. Looking into these requirements you make a plan with certain thresholds you are going to overcome one after another. However, the sequence of these maybe reconsidered over time.
Looking back into your original question, Medline seems to be the highest known threshold so far.
Nevertheless, good news is that after a while even if your journal is not in PubMed, it will be visible to the researchers in well-equipped universities, because their librarians include new journals in the lists for their search tools. For this, it is important to be in the database of the Directory of Open Access Journals and to provide there your information on a regular basis.
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