LILACS Support Center
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Frequently asked questions and doubts received by the LILACS coordination.
For detailed information, take a look to the guides and manuals of LILACS Methodology and the series of virtual sessions offered by BIREME/PAHO/WHO.
LILACS Methodology
For further information:
Guides and manuals of the LILACS Methodology
Training and virtual sessions: video recording and documentation
(most part are in Spanish)
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LILACS ecosystem (databases, methodology, technologies, and cooperation network)
Journals selection for the LILACS database
Frequently Asked Questions
About LILACS
The LILACS database accepts documents in the field of Health Sciences and related areas if they include discussions on human health and are published by institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The types of documents accepted are books and chapters, doctoral or higher degree theses, master’s dissertations in the fields of Public Health and Nursing, gray literature, unconventional literature, and journal articles evaluated and selected by LILACS’ national and thematic Evaluation Committees. For more details, consult the LILACS database document selection guide.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
For a journal to be indexed in LILACS, it must contain original scientific articles in the field of Health Sciences and meet the Selection and Continuity Criteria for Journals in LILACS Brazil.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Is there a difference in the selection criteria applied across LILACS countries and thematic areas?
Yes, especially when it comes to evaluating journals for indexing in the LILACS database. Each coordinating body is responsible for analyzing the LILACS criteria at the regional level and adjusting them to the local context. However, local criteria should never be broader than regional criteria. Adjustments should make the criteria more restrictive.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Because LILACS includes documents published by the Pan American Health Organization, whose headquarters are in the United States.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, but what differentiates how the registration in the database will be is the provision or not of the full text of the work or if only the abstracts are available.
In the case of supplements that contain only the abstracts, it will be registered in full, without description of each of the abstracts. In the case of full texts of the papers presented, each work is a bibliographic record.
Special issues must follow the same procedures adopted for normal journal volumes, that is, they must maintain all editorial processes such as registration in ethics committees, peer review of articles, verification of similarity of contents, among other procedures.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, including description procedures that relate to the article being commented on, retracted, or corrected. Check the LILACS bibliographic description manual for more details.
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LILACS Database
The LILACS database accepts documents in the field of Health Sciences and related areas if they include discussions on human health and are published by institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The types of documents accepted are books and chapters, doctoral or higher degree theses, master’s dissertations in the fields of Public Health and Nursing, gray literature, unconventional literature, and journal articles evaluated and selected by LILACS’ national and thematic Evaluation Committees. For more details, consult the LILACS database document selection guide.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
For a journal to be indexed in LILACS, it must contain original scientific articles in the field of Health Sciences and meet the Selection and Continuity Criteria for Journals in LILACS Brazil.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Is there a difference in the selection criteria applied across LILACS countries and thematic areas?
Yes, especially when it comes to evaluating journals for indexing in the LILACS database. Each coordinating body is responsible for analyzing the LILACS criteria at the regional level and adjusting them to the local context. However, local criteria should never be broader than regional criteria. Adjustments should make the criteria more restrictive.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Because LILACS includes documents published by the Pan American Health Organization, whose headquarters are in the United States.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, but what differentiates how the registration in the database will be is the provision or not of the full text of the work or if only the abstracts are available.
In the case of supplements that contain only the abstracts, it will be registered in full, without description of each of the abstracts. In the case of full texts of the papers presented, each work is a bibliographic record.
Special issues must follow the same procedures adopted for normal journal volumes, that is, they must maintain all editorial processes such as registration in ethics committees, peer review of articles, verification of similarity of contents, among other procedures.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, including description procedures that relate to the article being commented on, retracted, or corrected. Check the LILACS bibliographic description manual for more details.
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Selection Criteria of LILACS
The LILACS database accepts documents in the field of Health Sciences and related areas if they include discussions on human health and are published by institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The types of documents accepted are books and chapters, doctoral or higher degree theses, master’s dissertations in the fields of Public Health and Nursing, gray literature, unconventional literature, and journal articles evaluated and selected by LILACS’ national and thematic Evaluation Committees. For more details, consult the LILACS database document selection guide.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
For a journal to be indexed in LILACS, it must contain original scientific articles in the field of Health Sciences and meet the Selection and Continuity Criteria for Journals in LILACS Brazil.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Is there a difference in the selection criteria applied across LILACS countries and thematic areas?
Yes, especially when it comes to evaluating journals for indexing in the LILACS database. Each coordinating body is responsible for analyzing the LILACS criteria at the regional level and adjusting them to the local context. However, local criteria should never be broader than regional criteria. Adjustments should make the criteria more restrictive.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Because LILACS includes documents published by the Pan American Health Organization, whose headquarters are in the United States.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, but what differentiates how the registration in the database will be is the provision or not of the full text of the work or if only the abstracts are available.
In the case of supplements that contain only the abstracts, it will be registered in full, without description of each of the abstracts. In the case of full texts of the papers presented, each work is a bibliographic record.
Special issues must follow the same procedures adopted for normal journal volumes, that is, they must maintain all editorial processes such as registration in ethics committees, peer review of articles, verification of similarity of contents, among other procedures.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, including description procedures that relate to the article being commented on, retracted, or corrected. Check the LILACS bibliographic description manual for more details.
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Selection of Periodicals for LILACS
The LILACS database accepts documents in the field of Health Sciences and related areas if they include discussions on human health and are published by institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The types of documents accepted are books and chapters, doctoral or higher degree theses, master’s dissertations in the fields of Public Health and Nursing, gray literature, unconventional literature, and journal articles evaluated and selected by LILACS’ national and thematic Evaluation Committees. For more details, consult the LILACS database document selection guide.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
For a journal to be indexed in LILACS, it must contain original scientific articles in the field of Health Sciences and meet the Selection and Continuity Criteria for Journals in LILACS Brazil.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Is there a difference in the selection criteria applied across LILACS countries and thematic areas?
Yes, especially when it comes to evaluating journals for indexing in the LILACS database. Each coordinating body is responsible for analyzing the LILACS criteria at the regional level and adjusting them to the local context. However, local criteria should never be broader than regional criteria. Adjustments should make the criteria more restrictive.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Because LILACS includes documents published by the Pan American Health Organization, whose headquarters are in the United States.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, but what differentiates how the registration in the database will be is the provision or not of the full text of the work or if only the abstracts are available.
In the case of supplements that contain only the abstracts, it will be registered in full, without description of each of the abstracts. In the case of full texts of the papers presented, each work is a bibliographic record.
Special issues must follow the same procedures adopted for normal journal volumes, that is, they must maintain all editorial processes such as registration in ethics committees, peer review of articles, verification of similarity of contents, among other procedures.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, including description procedures that relate to the article being commented on, retracted, or corrected. Check the LILACS bibliographic description manual for more details.
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Selection of Periodicals for LILACS Brazil
The LILACS database accepts documents in the field of Health Sciences and related areas if they include discussions on human health and are published by institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The types of documents accepted are books and chapters, doctoral or higher degree theses, master’s dissertations in the fields of Public Health and Nursing, gray literature, unconventional literature, and journal articles evaluated and selected by LILACS’ national and thematic Evaluation Committees. For more details, consult the LILACS database document selection guide.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
For a journal to be indexed in LILACS, it must contain original scientific articles in the field of Health Sciences and meet the Selection and Continuity Criteria for Journals in LILACS Brazil.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Is there a difference in the selection criteria applied across LILACS countries and thematic areas?
Yes, especially when it comes to evaluating journals for indexing in the LILACS database. Each coordinating body is responsible for analyzing the LILACS criteria at the regional level and adjusting them to the local context. However, local criteria should never be broader than regional criteria. Adjustments should make the criteria more restrictive.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Because LILACS includes documents published by the Pan American Health Organization, whose headquarters are in the United States.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, but what differentiates how the registration in the database will be is the provision or not of the full text of the work or if only the abstracts are available.
In the case of supplements that contain only the abstracts, it will be registered in full, without description of each of the abstracts. In the case of full texts of the papers presented, each work is a bibliographic record.
Special issues must follow the same procedures adopted for normal journal volumes, that is, they must maintain all editorial processes such as registration in ethics committees, peer review of articles, verification of similarity of contents, among other procedures.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, including description procedures that relate to the article being commented on, retracted, or corrected. Check the LILACS bibliographic description manual for more details.
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LILACS-Express
The LILACS database accepts documents in the field of Health Sciences and related areas if they include discussions on human health and are published by institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The types of documents accepted are books and chapters, doctoral or higher degree theses, master’s dissertations in the fields of Public Health and Nursing, gray literature, unconventional literature, and journal articles evaluated and selected by LILACS’ national and thematic Evaluation Committees. For more details, consult the LILACS database document selection guide.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
For a journal to be indexed in LILACS, it must contain original scientific articles in the field of Health Sciences and meet the Selection and Continuity Criteria for Journals in LILACS Brazil.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Is there a difference in the selection criteria applied across LILACS countries and thematic areas?
Yes, especially when it comes to evaluating journals for indexing in the LILACS database. Each coordinating body is responsible for analyzing the LILACS criteria at the regional level and adjusting them to the local context. However, local criteria should never be broader than regional criteria. Adjustments should make the criteria more restrictive.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Because LILACS includes documents published by the Pan American Health Organization, whose headquarters are in the United States.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, but what differentiates how the registration in the database will be is the provision or not of the full text of the work or if only the abstracts are available.
In the case of supplements that contain only the abstracts, it will be registered in full, without description of each of the abstracts. In the case of full texts of the papers presented, each work is a bibliographic record.
Special issues must follow the same procedures adopted for normal journal volumes, that is, they must maintain all editorial processes such as registration in ethics committees, peer review of articles, verification of similarity of contents, among other procedures.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, including description procedures that relate to the article being commented on, retracted, or corrected. Check the LILACS bibliographic description manual for more details.
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Treatment of Periodicals in the LILACS Methodology
The LILACS database accepts documents in the field of Health Sciences and related areas if they include discussions on human health and are published by institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The types of documents accepted are books and chapters, doctoral or higher degree theses, master’s dissertations in the fields of Public Health and Nursing, gray literature, unconventional literature, and journal articles evaluated and selected by LILACS’ national and thematic Evaluation Committees. For more details, consult the LILACS database document selection guide.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
For a journal to be indexed in LILACS, it must contain original scientific articles in the field of Health Sciences and meet the Selection and Continuity Criteria for Journals in LILACS Brazil.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Is there a difference in the selection criteria applied across LILACS countries and thematic areas?
Yes, especially when it comes to evaluating journals for indexing in the LILACS database. Each coordinating body is responsible for analyzing the LILACS criteria at the regional level and adjusting them to the local context. However, local criteria should never be broader than regional criteria. Adjustments should make the criteria more restrictive.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Because LILACS includes documents published by the Pan American Health Organization, whose headquarters are in the United States.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, but what differentiates how the registration in the database will be is the provision or not of the full text of the work or if only the abstracts are available.
In the case of supplements that contain only the abstracts, it will be registered in full, without description of each of the abstracts. In the case of full texts of the papers presented, each work is a bibliographic record.
Special issues must follow the same procedures adopted for normal journal volumes, that is, they must maintain all editorial processes such as registration in ethics committees, peer review of articles, verification of similarity of contents, among other procedures.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, including description procedures that relate to the article being commented on, retracted, or corrected. Check the LILACS bibliographic description manual for more details.
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Indexing of Documents in the LILACS Methodology
The LILACS database accepts documents in the field of Health Sciences and related areas if they include discussions on human health and are published by institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The types of documents accepted are books and chapters, doctoral or higher degree theses, master’s dissertations in the fields of Public Health and Nursing, gray literature, unconventional literature, and journal articles evaluated and selected by LILACS’ national and thematic Evaluation Committees. For more details, consult the LILACS database document selection guide.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
For a journal to be indexed in LILACS, it must contain original scientific articles in the field of Health Sciences and meet the Selection and Continuity Criteria for Journals in LILACS Brazil.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Is there a difference in the selection criteria applied across LILACS countries and thematic areas?
Yes, especially when it comes to evaluating journals for indexing in the LILACS database. Each coordinating body is responsible for analyzing the LILACS criteria at the regional level and adjusting them to the local context. However, local criteria should never be broader than regional criteria. Adjustments should make the criteria more restrictive.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Because LILACS includes documents published by the Pan American Health Organization, whose headquarters are in the United States.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, but what differentiates how the registration in the database will be is the provision or not of the full text of the work or if only the abstracts are available.
In the case of supplements that contain only the abstracts, it will be registered in full, without description of each of the abstracts. In the case of full texts of the papers presented, each work is a bibliographic record.
Special issues must follow the same procedures adopted for normal journal volumes, that is, they must maintain all editorial processes such as registration in ethics committees, peer review of articles, verification of similarity of contents, among other procedures.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, including description procedures that relate to the article being commented on, retracted, or corrected. Check the LILACS bibliographic description manual for more details.
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Bibliographic Description according to LILACS Methodology
The LILACS database accepts documents in the field of Health Sciences and related areas if they include discussions on human health and are published by institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The types of documents accepted are books and chapters, doctoral or higher degree theses, master’s dissertations in the fields of Public Health and Nursing, gray literature, unconventional literature, and journal articles evaluated and selected by LILACS’ national and thematic Evaluation Committees. For more details, consult the LILACS database document selection guide.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
For a journal to be indexed in LILACS, it must contain original scientific articles in the field of Health Sciences and meet the Selection and Continuity Criteria for Journals in LILACS Brazil.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Is there a difference in the selection criteria applied across LILACS countries and thematic areas?
Yes, especially when it comes to evaluating journals for indexing in the LILACS database. Each coordinating body is responsible for analyzing the LILACS criteria at the regional level and adjusting them to the local context. However, local criteria should never be broader than regional criteria. Adjustments should make the criteria more restrictive.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Because LILACS includes documents published by the Pan American Health Organization, whose headquarters are in the United States.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, but what differentiates how the registration in the database will be is the provision or not of the full text of the work or if only the abstracts are available.
In the case of supplements that contain only the abstracts, it will be registered in full, without description of each of the abstracts. In the case of full texts of the papers presented, each work is a bibliographic record.
Special issues must follow the same procedures adopted for normal journal volumes, that is, they must maintain all editorial processes such as registration in ethics committees, peer review of articles, verification of similarity of contents, among other procedures.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, including description procedures that relate to the article being commented on, retracted, or corrected. Check the LILACS bibliographic description manual for more details.
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LILACS Network
The LILACS database accepts documents in the field of Health Sciences and related areas if they include discussions on human health and are published by institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The types of documents accepted are books and chapters, doctoral or higher degree theses, master’s dissertations in the fields of Public Health and Nursing, gray literature, unconventional literature, and journal articles evaluated and selected by LILACS’ national and thematic Evaluation Committees. For more details, consult the LILACS database document selection guide.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
For a journal to be indexed in LILACS, it must contain original scientific articles in the field of Health Sciences and meet the Selection and Continuity Criteria for Journals in LILACS Brazil.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Is there a difference in the selection criteria applied across LILACS countries and thematic areas?
Yes, especially when it comes to evaluating journals for indexing in the LILACS database. Each coordinating body is responsible for analyzing the LILACS criteria at the regional level and adjusting them to the local context. However, local criteria should never be broader than regional criteria. Adjustments should make the criteria more restrictive.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Because LILACS includes documents published by the Pan American Health Organization, whose headquarters are in the United States.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, but what differentiates how the registration in the database will be is the provision or not of the full text of the work or if only the abstracts are available.
In the case of supplements that contain only the abstracts, it will be registered in full, without description of each of the abstracts. In the case of full texts of the papers presented, each work is a bibliographic record.
Special issues must follow the same procedures adopted for normal journal volumes, that is, they must maintain all editorial processes such as registration in ethics committees, peer review of articles, verification of similarity of contents, among other procedures.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, including description procedures that relate to the article being commented on, retracted, or corrected. Check the LILACS bibliographic description manual for more details.
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How to search
The LILACS database accepts documents in the field of Health Sciences and related areas if they include discussions on human health and are published by institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The types of documents accepted are books and chapters, doctoral or higher degree theses, master’s dissertations in the fields of Public Health and Nursing, gray literature, unconventional literature, and journal articles evaluated and selected by LILACS’ national and thematic Evaluation Committees. For more details, consult the LILACS database document selection guide.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
For a journal to be indexed in LILACS, it must contain original scientific articles in the field of Health Sciences and meet the Selection and Continuity Criteria for Journals in LILACS Brazil.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Is there a difference in the selection criteria applied across LILACS countries and thematic areas?
Yes, especially when it comes to evaluating journals for indexing in the LILACS database. Each coordinating body is responsible for analyzing the LILACS criteria at the regional level and adjusting them to the local context. However, local criteria should never be broader than regional criteria. Adjustments should make the criteria more restrictive.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Because LILACS includes documents published by the Pan American Health Organization, whose headquarters are in the United States.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, but what differentiates how the registration in the database will be is the provision or not of the full text of the work or if only the abstracts are available.
In the case of supplements that contain only the abstracts, it will be registered in full, without description of each of the abstracts. In the case of full texts of the papers presented, each work is a bibliographic record.
Special issues must follow the same procedures adopted for normal journal volumes, that is, they must maintain all editorial processes such as registration in ethics committees, peer review of articles, verification of similarity of contents, among other procedures.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, including description procedures that relate to the article being commented on, retracted, or corrected. Check the LILACS bibliographic description manual for more details.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
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User Questions
The LILACS database accepts documents in the field of Health Sciences and related areas if they include discussions on human health and are published by institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The types of documents accepted are books and chapters, doctoral or higher degree theses, master’s dissertations in the fields of Public Health and Nursing, gray literature, unconventional literature, and journal articles evaluated and selected by LILACS’ national and thematic Evaluation Committees. For more details, consult the LILACS database document selection guide.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
For a journal to be indexed in LILACS, it must contain original scientific articles in the field of Health Sciences and meet the Selection and Continuity Criteria for Journals in LILACS Brazil.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Is there a difference in the selection criteria applied across LILACS countries and thematic areas?
Yes, especially when it comes to evaluating journals for indexing in the LILACS database. Each coordinating body is responsible for analyzing the LILACS criteria at the regional level and adjusting them to the local context. However, local criteria should never be broader than regional criteria. Adjustments should make the criteria more restrictive.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Because LILACS includes documents published by the Pan American Health Organization, whose headquarters are in the United States.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, but what differentiates how the registration in the database will be is the provision or not of the full text of the work or if only the abstracts are available.
In the case of supplements that contain only the abstracts, it will be registered in full, without description of each of the abstracts. In the case of full texts of the papers presented, each work is a bibliographic record.
Special issues must follow the same procedures adopted for normal journal volumes, that is, they must maintain all editorial processes such as registration in ethics committees, peer review of articles, verification of similarity of contents, among other procedures.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
Yes, including description procedures that relate to the article being commented on, retracted, or corrected. Check the LILACS bibliographic description manual for more details.
Category: Selection Criteria of LILACS
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