Missing PMIDs

email thread subject: XML of PubMed-indexed journals to filter search

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.

 Daniel looked over this list and found: 82 papers (~43%) had a PMID; 79 papers (~42%) could still not be found in PubMed; 26    
 papers (~14%) correspond to published errata.  

645 WBPapers lacking a PMID also lack a Journal entry.

 To address these WBPapers we need to break this list of 645 papers 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.

 The question mark after this number reflects that this number is the difference between 997 and the sum of the other two 
 categories, but I haven't verified this number any other way.

Next Steps:

For 189 papers that Daniel examined:

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