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Detailed Indexing Statistics: 1965-2008

MEDLINE® consists of completed citations indexed with MeSH® (Medical Subject Headings®).

Fiscal Year
(Oct. 1-Sep. 30)
Number of Journals
Indexed in
Index Medicus
Number of Journals
in MEDLINE
Number of Citations
in MEDLINE
Total Citations*
2008 4,660 5,319 671,904 16,888,640
2007 4,530 5,194 670,943    16,113,221**
2006 4,416 5,020 623,089 14,103,589
2005 4,279 4,928 606,000 13,476,222
2004 4,189 4,839 571,000 --
2003 3,934 4,697 526,000 --
2002 3,834 4,538 502,000 --
2001 3,636 4,537 463,000 --
2000 3,472 4,332 442,000 10,796,185
1999 3,394 4,261 434,000 --
1998 3,302 3,931 411,921 --
1997 3,211 3,874 519,012 --
1996 3,205 3,868 322,825 --
1995 3,147 3,823 392,354 8,665,427
1994 3,127 -- 367,877 --
1993 3,058 -- 376,312 --
1992 3,048 -- 401,562 --
1991 3,020 -- 363,344 --
1990 2,973 -- 391,172 6,769,918
1989 2,888 -- 372,806 --
1988 2,697 -- 329,019 --
1987 2,786 -- 326,162 --
1986 2,740 -- 316,585 --
1985 2,730 -- 307,333 5,029,234
1984 2,695 -- 306,263 --
1983 2,709 -- 310,445 --
1982 2,697 -- 282,950 --
1981 2,664 -- 279,105 --
1980 2,661 -- 266,730 3,543,128
1979 2,595 -- 254,210 --
1978 2,543 -- 232,563 --
1977 2,525 -- 259,980 --
1976 2,410 -- 320,700 --
1975 2,353 3,823 220,800 2,208,945
1974 2,275 3,868 224,318 --
1973 2,194 3,874 207,816 --
1972 2,246 3,931 233,377 --
1971 2,199 4,261 224,619 --
1970 2,251 4,332 210,000 1,098,015
1969 2,260 4,537 210,602 --
1968 2,246 4,538 192,923 --
1967 2,279 4,697 168,310 --
1966 2,436 4,839 164,545 --
1965 2,241 4,928 151,635 --

*Older citations are periodically both added to PubMed® and converted to MEDLINE status, effective December 2006 forward; this practice accounts for the "extra" citations beyond the current citations added to MEDLINE in Fiscal Year 2007 forward.

**Includes about 1.3 million citations from the OLDMEDLINE conversion project for which all the original subject headings were mapped to current MeSH and the citation status was changed to MEDLINE in December 2006.

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Last reviewed: 25 March 2009
Last updated: 25 March 2009
First published: 05 August 2003
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