The SeCS (Serials in Health Sciences) methodology defines that the printed version of the journal will be the main source of information for the purposes of verification and data confirmation. The online version is only adopted if the printed version is discontinued in the ISSN.

Furthermore, it is standard to use the abbreviation of journal titles according to the ISSN (International Standard Serial Number), and this abbreviation includes the differentiation between print and online versions. Therefore, the abbreviations of journals indexed in databases that adopt the LILACS methodology include this differentiation.

Category: Treatment of Periodicals in the LILACS Methodology