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Will Elsevier post my article to PubMed?
Last updated on July 26, 2024For your manuscript to be posted on PubMed, it would need to:
- Have been accepted for publication by an Elsevier journal which is available on PubMed. To determine if the journal in which your article has been published is available on 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 deposited in PubMed. If your article is not funded by a funding body that Elsevier has an agreement with, then your article will not be sent to 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 by PubMed.
Please note: selecting the funding body, if applicable, on the 'Rights and Access' form will enable the automated process of sending the article to PubMed Central and PubMed.
If your article is posted on Science Direct as an Article in Press and the publishing journal is indexed by 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 posted immediately in PubMed. Conflicts of interest do need to be stated upfront. The supplements section of the policy Fact Sheet can be viewed here.
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 posting. You can find out more on the PubMed help pages.
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