FAQ LILACS Network
To become a Cooperating Center (CC) of LILACS and begin showcasing the scientific and technical production of your institution or thematic area, please review the compliance checklist at: How to become a Cooperating Center of the LILACS Network | | LILACS (bvsalud.org)
Important: The cooperation process is institutional and requires the support and commitment of the institution’s leadership. Activities and goals are established between the institution and the national/thematic coordinator of LILACS through a memorandum of understanding.
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Access the BVS Network Directory and enter the name of your institution. If you can’t find it, also search using the initials that represent your institution.
If the information is outdated, request an update through the form.
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Access the list of journals indexed in LILACS, locate the abbreviated title of your journal, and check its code in the Editor Code column.
Then access the VHL Network Directory to verify the name and contact information of the responsible professional.
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If you are a Cooperating Center (CC) of the Brazilian Network of Information in Health Sciences and cooperate with the LILACS database, request the update directly via the form, and in the question ‘Indicate the name of the coordinator and the network to which you will contribute,’ provide BIREME/PAHO/WHO.
If you are a CC of other networks such as the Nursing VHL, Dentistry VHL, Fiocruz VHL, RIC VHL, or another network, please contact your coordinator to request the update of the data.
If you are unsure who the coordinator is for your area, access the VHL Network Portal and click on the name of the country present on the banner of this portal, then check the ongoing initiatives and active coordinators.”
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To update the registration data for your journal indexed in LILACS, access the specific form and provide the updated information about the journal.
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Whenever there are changes in the title, ISSN, article or portal URL link, email, responsible editor, responsible institution, frequency, or contact address of the journal.
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Access the list of journals indexed in LILACS, find the abbreviated title of your journal, and check its code in the Editor Code column.
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The contributions to the LILACS Network can be verified in two ways:
- Consulting the contribution statistics: This option is recommended for internal controls, allowing you to track the volume and frequency of contributions.
- Searching in the LILACS search interface: This approach is ideal for preparing reports that require an indication of the verification source, in addition to allowing access to bibliographic records for review and checking.
CONTRIBUTION STATISTICS
To access the contribution statistics, visit the following visualizations:
- LILACS – Contribution Statistics (in Spanish)
Each visualization has a specific purpose. Pay special attention to the “Contributions by Cooperating Center” and “Documents Created vs. Updated” visualizations. In all cases, select your Cooperating Center’s code in the filter.
- Bibliographic databases managed with LILACS Methodology in the FI-Admin system
For each visualization, select the LILACS database and your Cooperating Center’s code:
Other sources of information from the VHL (LILACS and VHL Databases)
Choose the “LILACS and VHL Databases” visualization.
Select the LILACS database, your Cooperating Center code, and all dates from the ‘Month, Year of Created Time’ filter.
The data labeled “Created by” refer to records created from scratch within the FI-Admin system. Records previously loaded by BIREME or by the editor of the indexed journal (LILACS-Express) and reviewed and indexed by the Cooperating Center are counted under “Updated by.”
SEARCH IN THE SEARCH INTERFACE
Another method is to search in the interface using prefixes and Boolean operators.
Important: There will always be discrepancies between the data generated from contribution statistics and the numbers from the search interface because, in the latter case, there is a delay caused by data processing and normalization.
If you would like to know the total contribution of your Cooperating Center (CC) code, type: cc: “your CC code.” Example: cc: “BR1.1”
If you want to search for contributions related to a specific year, month, or day, use the following prefixes and operators: cc: “your CC code” AND entry_date
Example:
- For a specific day: March 1, 2024
cc: “BR1.1” AND entry_date:20240301 - For a specific month: March 2024
cc: “BR1.1” AND entry_date:202403* - For a specific year: 2024
cc: “BR1.1” AND entry_date:2024
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The technological infrastructure for contributing to LILACS and databases adopting the LILACS Methodology is entirely online and accessible via the internet.
The current systems include:
- Information Source Management System: FI-Admin for creating and editing bibliographic records using the LILACS Methodology;
- BIREME Accounts for network and user management;
- Serials in Health Sciences for abbreviated title control;
- DeCS/MeSH Vocabulary Service for thematic indexing of documents;
- Integrated search interface iAHx for database searches;
- Bibliographic records plugin for installation on WordPress-managed portals for database searching.
Any other system not mentioned above has been discontinued with no further updates planned. If you are using other systems, please contact us.
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Every month, databases are updated with automated collections conducted by BIREME. These updates usually occur on Thursdays from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. If the system is down on a different day or time, please contact us to report difficulty accessing the system.
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If you’re unable to log in to the FI-Admin system, click on “Forgot my password.”
If the issue persists, please request support through the Contact page.
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