The journal selection process is decentralized and carried out by National Journal Evaluation and Selection Committees, which are composed of Coordinators in each country or LILACS thematic area.
The criteria for evaluating and selecting journals for indexing in the LILACS database are applied across all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. When a national or thematic coordination adapts these criteria to the scientific context of its country and has them validated by BIREME/PAHO/WHO, this adapted criterion is the one adopted in the evaluation process.

Category: Selection of Periodicals for LILACS 

They are composed of health and information specialists who are or have been editors of journals indexed in LILACS, appointed by the National or Thematic Coordinating Center of LILACS.

Category: Selection of Periodicals for LILACS

The evaluation and selection of journals for indexing in LILACS are decentralized because each country or thematic area has unique characteristics that reflect its local scientific landscape. Health priorities, research agendas, community size, and different study designs require a personalized approach tailored to this reality. The formation of local committees aims to ensure a thorough, appropriate, and fair evaluation, highlighting specialized journals that meet LILACS quality standards and demonstrate integrity and transparency in research and publication of results.

Because each country or thematic area has specific characteristics that reflect the local scientific environment, and given the various study designs conducted in different areas and specialties, the establishment of local committees aims to provide a rigorous, appropriate, and fair evaluation. This process highlights (selects) specialized journals that meet LILACS quality standards and demonstrate integrity and transparency in the research and publication of developed research results.

Category: Selection of Periodicals for LILACS