Missing PMIDs

Objectives:

1) Add missing PMIDs to WBPaper objects wherever possible

2) When papers have not been indexed by PubMed, add that information to postgres along with details of indexing; display on paper editor

3) When no PMID is found, check and correct bibliographic errors in WBPaper objects

4) Where possible, add doi's for papers not indexed by PubMed

5) If time permits, replace journal titles with standard NLM journal abbreviations

1) Add missing PMIDs to WBPaper objects wherever possible

As of 9/1/11, there were 997 WBPaper objects that did not have a PMID. We know that some paper objects in WB will likely never have a PMID, for example corrections and errata, but if there are papers that *do* have a missing PMID, then we want to add the PMID wherever possible.

Strategy: Using XML file of journals currently indexed for MEDLINE, compile a list of WBPaper objects that lack a PMID but for which the corresponding journal is currently indexed for MEDLINE.

Results:

189 WBPapers lacking a PMID were published in a journal indexed for MEDLINE.

645 WBPapers lacking a PMID also lack a Journal entry.

 To address these WBPapers we need to break this list down by Paper Type, e.g. Review, so that we can focus our efforts on tracking
 down journal titles only where appropriate.  Book chapters, for example, will not have a journal title.

163 WBPapers are published in a journal not indexed for MEDLINE? This number reflects the difference between 997 and the sum of the other two categories.

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