LILACS-Express is the process of contributing to and updating the database with newly published articles from indexed journals, without waiting for the publication of other articles in the journal’s volume or issue. Since it is an express process, only basic data and a link to the full text of the article are available, and records with LILACS-Express status are considered incomplete because they require a review of cataloging data and the terms that describe the content/subject of the article.

Key Features:

• Speed of dissemination: Articles are quickly registered, allowing immediate access to recent scientific findings, even before the full issue of the journal is published.
• Subsequent updating: After the articles are published in LILACS, the records are reviewed and enriched with additional information, including thematic indexing with DeCS/MeSH thesaurus terms and other descriptive data.
• Participation of the LILACS Network: Editors, editorial team members, and information professionals from cooperating centers collaborate in the review and updating of data in the database management system.
• Automated collections and uploads: This procedure is carried out according to international standards for bibliographic data and interoperability, agreed upon between the data-providing institution and BIREME/PAHO/WHO.

The LILACS-Express initiative, though focused on journals indexed in LILACS, is also applied to other bibliographic databases such as BDENF and VetIndex. Additionally, other types of documents may receive LILACS-Express status if they do not have the Primary Descriptor field filled with DeCS/MeSH term.

Category: LILACS-Express