Web Services Reference Guide - Europe PubMed Central

Appendix 1: Indexed Fields
The citations and full text articles can be searched using the indexed fields listed below. See the
‘queryString’ parameter for both the profilePublications and searchPublications methods. Click on
the links below to see example search results. Note the use of double quotes for phrases.
Field Description Example
Core bibliographic
EXT_ID:
PMCID:
TITLE:
ABSTRACT:
PUB_YEAR:
AUTH:
INVESTIGATOR:
AUTHORID_TYPE:
AUTHORID:
AFF:
JOURNAL:
ISSN:
Search for a publication by external ID:
i.e. the ID assigned to a publication at
repository level. Together with the
publication’s source, they form a
unique id of the publication.
Search for a publication by its PubMed
Central ID, where applicable (i.e.
available as full text)
Search for a term or terms in
publication titles
Search for a term or terms in
publication abstracts
Search by year of publication in YYYY
format; note syntax for range
searching.
Search for a surname and (optionally)
initial(s) in publication author lists
Search for a publication by specifying
an investigator
List publications that are associated
with an ORCID
List all the publications associated with
a specified ORCID
Search for a term or terms in the
author affiliation field
Journal title – searchable either in full
or abbreviated form
Search for a journal by its ISSN; see the
NCBI’s list of journals and ISSNs in
PubMed
EXT_ID:10826746
PMCID:PMC1287967
TITLE:aspirin, TITLE:”protein
knowledgebase”
ABSTRACT:malaria,
ABSTRACT:”chicken pox”
PUB_YEAR:2000,
PUB_YEAR:[2000 TO 2001]
AUTH:einstein, AUTH:”Smith
AB”
INVESTIGATOR:”Orlandini F”
AUTHORID_TYPE:ORCID
AUTHORID:"0000-0002-1767-
9318"
AFF:ebi, AFF:”university of
cambridge”
JOURNAL:”biology letters”,
JOURNAL:”biol lett”
ISSN:0028-0836
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