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Will Elsevier index my article in PubMed?
Last updated on January 06, 2026
For your manuscript to be indexed in PubMed, it would need to:
- Have been accepted for publication by an Elsevier journal which is indexed in PubMed. To determine if the journal in which your article has been published is indexed in PubMed, please check the PubMed journals database by searching here using the journal ISSN search function. To find the ISSN, go to the journal homepage where it will be listed beneath the journal cover thumbnail at the top of the page on the right. If you don't know how to get to the journal homepage:
- Search for the journal using the search box under 'Find by journal title' on the journal author's page.
- Use the search function on Elsevier.com and click on a journal title to be directed to the journal homepage.
Optional: Save the journal homepage to your browser favorites for future reference.
If 'selected citations only' is shown under PubMed information, this means that only funded articles will be indexed in PubMed, based on the funding body indicated in the ‘Rights and Access’ form. If your article is not funded by a funding body that Elsevier has an agreement with, then your article will not be indexed in PubMed. You can find details of funding bodies that have current agreement with Elsevier here. Please note that this may change in the future, if the journal is accepted for indexation by PubMed.
If your article is posted on Science Direct as an Article in Press and the publishing journal is indexed in PubMed, the article's abstract will be posted on PubMed with the tag '[Epub ahead of print]', to be replaced with the published article once full publication in the journal is complete.
Once the corrected proofs of an article are received in production, the article will then be published on Science Direct. It will take upwards of one week for the abstract to also be cited on PubMed.
If an article has been identified as being part of a supplemental issue it will be indexed immediately in PubMed. Conflicts of interest do need to be stated upfront.
If your newly published article relates directly to an existing published article, such as a reply to a letter to an Editor, it will be linked to this article/letter on PubMed. This is a policy of PubMed and is to minimize confusion during the display of related items. This might not happen immediately upon indexing. You can find out more on the PubMed help pages.
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