Publishers of journals indexed in MEDLINE are encouraged to submit citation & abstract data electronically for inclusion in PubMed. Electronic submissions ensure that citations and abstracts are available to the public within 48 hours of uploading a properly formatted XML file, and meets one of the requirements to add an icon on PubMed citations via participation in LinkOut. LinkOut is a service that allows you to link directly from a PubMed citation to the journals’ website.

PubMed only accepts citation & abstract data uploaded by File Transfer Protocol (FTP) that is in the PubMed XML tagged format. FTP accounts are provided for publishers to send data in a confidential and reliable manner. These citations are then added to PubMed and PubMed Unique Identifiers (PMIDs) are returned to the publisher.

Interested in uploading citation & abstract data to PubMed for your journal? Get Started at the Data Provider Quick Start.

Have questions about the process? Then please contact the Data Provider Support Team [publisher@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]