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The IJMS supports the visibility, discoverability, identification, and long-term preservation of its published content through scholarly databases, discovery systems, library catalogs, bibliographic registries, persistent identifiers, and distributed preservation networks. Indexing, discovery, registration, and preservation are not interchangeable. Inclusion in a search engine, catalog, registry, repository, or discovery platform should not automatically be interpreted as indexing in a selective bibliographic database. |
| View the DOAJ Record | View the ISSN Record | View the NLM Record |
The official journal abbreviation is Int J Med Stud, and the electronic International Standard Serial Number is ISSN 2076-6327.
Published articles are assigned Digital Object Identifiers and made available through the Journal website. Journal-level and article-level metadata may be distributed to services that support:
| Service category | Principal function |
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| Abstracting and indexing | Collects, organizes, or provides structured access to scholarly journal and article metadata. |
| Discovery services | Helps readers, researchers, and institutions locate journal records, articles, citations, and available versions. |
| Registries and identifiers | Maintains authoritative journal, article, or author identifiers and associated metadata. |
| Digital preservation | Maintains independently stored copies intended to protect continued access to published content. |
Coverage, metadata completeness, update schedules, and search functionality are determined independently by each external service.
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The IJMS is included in scholarly services that collect, organize, or provide structured access to journal and article metadata.
| Service | Category | Journal status or function |
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| Directory of Open Access Journals | Open Access journal index | The IJMS has a DOAJ journal record under ISSN 2076-6327. The record describes the Journal’s access model, licensing, peer review, identifiers, and preservation arrangements. |
| OpenAlex IJMS Record | Open scholarly index | Provides structured metadata and relationships among publications, authors, institutions, sources, topics, and citations. |
| ROAD | Open-access scholarly-resource directory | Records open-access scholarly resources identified through the ISSN Network. |
| Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek | Electronic-journal directory | Provides structured information about electronic journals and their access conditions for libraries, institutions, and readers. |
Inclusion in one service does not imply inclusion in every database, index, or product operated by the same organization.
Journal database status should be confirmed through the official record of the relevant service rather than inferred from search-engine results, citations, library holdings, or third-party lists.
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Articles and journal-level records may also be discoverable through scholarly search engines, academic search services, library catalogs, institutional discovery systems, and metadata aggregators.
| Service | Category | Function |
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| Google Scholar IJMS Profile | Scholarly search engine | Supports discovery of journal articles, citations, related publications, and versions available through scholarly websites and repositories. |
| BASE | Academic search service | Aggregates scholarly metadata from repositories and other academic sources to support research discovery. |
| WorldCat IJMS Record | Global library catalog | Supports bibliographic discovery through participating libraries and the Online Computer Library Center network. |
| SUDOC | Academic library catalog | Provides bibliographic records used by French academic and research libraries. |
| Zeitschriftendatenbank | Serials catalog | Provides bibliographic records for journals, newspapers, and other continuing resources held by participating libraries. |
Discovery services may obtain records from the Journal, its publisher, Crossref, metadata-harvesting protocols, institutional catalogs, repositories, or other metadata providers.
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The IJMS uses recognized identifiers and bibliographic services to support reliable citation, linking, attribution, and journal identification.
| Registry or service | Identifier or record | Purpose |
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| ISSN International Centre | ISSN 2076-6327 | Maintains the authoritative serial record for the Journal, including its title, abbreviated title, publication medium, language, and related bibliographic information. |
| Crossref IJMS Records | Digital Object Identifier | Supports persistent article identification, citation linking, metadata distribution, and resolution to the version of record. |
| National Library of Medicine Catalog | NLM ID 101778633 | Provides a bibliographic journal record and reports the Journal’s status in relation to National Library of Medicine databases. |
| ORCID | Author identifier | Distinguishes researchers with similar names and connects authors with their scholarly contributions and affiliations. |
Published IJMS articles receive a Digital Object Identifier that provides a persistent link to the article’s version of record.
Authors and readers should use the DOI when citing or linking to an article whenever one is available. DOI resolution is distinct from the continued operation of any individual webpage because the DOI metadata can be updated when the location of the version of record changes.
The ISSN identifies the Journal as a continuing serial publication. It should not be confused with an article DOI, an ISBN, an NLM identifier, or an author identifier.
Provide an ORCID identifier for each author when available. Authors without one are encouraged to register. Related instructions are maintained on the Manuscript Preparation and Authorship and Disclosures pages.
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The IJMS has a bibliographic record in the National Library of Medicine Catalog under NLM ID 101778633.
| NLM Catalog | The Journal has a bibliographic record in the National Library of Medicine Catalog. |
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| PubMed | Selected article citations may appear in PubMed when an eligible manuscript is deposited in PubMed Central through an applicable public-access mechanism. |
| PubMed Central | The IJMS does not currently participate in routine journal-wide deposition in the PubMed Central collection. Individual eligible manuscripts may be deposited through applicable funder or institutional public-access mechanisms. |
| MEDLINE | The IJMS is not currently indexed in MEDLINE. |
| Confirm the Current NLM Catalog Status |
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The IJMS maintains preservation arrangements intended to protect the scholarly record and support continued access to published content in the event of technological failure, platform disruption, data loss, or organizational change.
Journal content is preserved through recognized distributed-preservation systems, including:
| Preservation system | Preservation model | Purpose |
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| LOCKSS | Distributed library preservation | Maintains replicated copies of scholarly content across participating preservation networks. |
| CLOCKSS | Controlled dark archive | Preserves scholarly content securely and supports continued access following qualifying trigger events. |
| PKP Preservation Network | Distributed Open Journal Systems preservation | Preserves eligible journal content across distributed nodes designed to support recovery and long-term continuity. |
The LOCKSS Program—“Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe”—supports decentralized preservation by maintaining replicated copies of scholarly content across participating library networks.
This model helps preserved content remain recoverable when the original publishing platform becomes temporarily or permanently unavailable.
The CLOCKSS Archive is a geographically and institutionally distributed preservation archive governed by participating libraries and publishers.
Preserved content may be made openly available following defined trigger events, such as permanent loss of access through the original publisher or journal platform.
The Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network provides distributed preservation for eligible journals published through Open Journal Systems.
The network stores replicated copies of deposited content across participating preservation nodes to support long-term continuity and recovery.
Depending on the preservation system and deposited publication package, preserved materials may include:
Digital preservation is distinct from routine website hosting and operational backup.
| Function | Purpose |
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| Website hosting | Provides current online access to the Journal and its published content. |
| Operational backup | Supports recovery from routine technical failure, accidental deletion, or system disruption. |
| Digital preservation | Maintains independently stored publication copies intended to protect long-term access to the scholarly record. |
Preservation does not alter an article’s copyright, license, DOI, citation information, publication history, or status as the version of record.
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Journal Information |
Published Content |
| DOAJ Record | Google Scholar Profile | ISSN Record | NLM Catalog Record |
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Dear IJMS Readers,
The International Journal of Medical Students (IJMS) is pleased to invite you to the 2026 World Conference of Medical Student Research (WCMSR), taking place live on July 11 and 12, 2026.
WCMSR 2026 brings together medical students, trainees, and early-career researchers from institutions across the...
Dear IJMS Readers,
On behalf of the International Journal of Medical Students (IJMS), we are pleased to announce the research selected for presentation at the World Conference of Medical Student Research (WCMSR), taking place on July 11–12, 2026 freely available for everyone and streemed online in our
This journal is published by Pitt Open Library Publishing.
ISSN 2076-6327 (online)
