Choosing the right database for publishing medical research is one of the key steps that affect the visibility and citation of an author's work. In this article, let's take a look at the best medical and healthcare databases.
Best databases for medical research
We have prepared a list of medical databases that will be useful for finding scientific content and publishing medical research.
1. PubMed
PubMed is one of the most authoritative databases for medical and health publications. The platform contains more than 37 million citations of biomedical literature, making it one of the largest sources of medical research.
Database features:
- free access
- coverage: more than 37 million articles on medicine and health care
- convenient search with the ability to use keywords
- ability to filter results by various parameters (authors, year of publication)
- possibility to create personal collections and subscribe to updates.
2. EMBASE
EMBASE is a specialized database for clinical medicine and pharmacology. Developed by Elsevier, EMBASE includes articles from more than 8,500 journals from around the world. The medical database provides access to millions of bibliographic records with citations and abstracts. The main advantage of EMBASE is its coverage of unique content on pharmaceuticals, pharmacology, toxicology and biomedicine.
Database capabilities:
- coverage: more than 45 million scientific publications in the field of medicine
- Advanced search: ability to specify multiple query parameters and automatically convert search queries from PubMed
- archive of medical content dating back to 1947
- daily updating of bibliographic records
- the largest coverage of biomedical literature, including materials not available in MEDLINE.
3. MEDLINE
MEDLINE is a biomedical database created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). Like PubMed, the MEDLINE medical database covers millions of scientific publications in general medicine, public health, and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and informatics in the context of medicine.
Database capabilities:
- MEDLINE covers more than 5,600 journals from around the world
- A chronology of medical publications dating back to the 1800s
- daily updates of international literature on biomedicine, health care and related sciences
- ability to search for articles using medical terms through the MeSH medical thesaurus system
- advanced search capabilities by various parameters, including authors, keywords, journal titles, publication dates and other criteria.
4. Scopus
Scopus is the largest interdisciplinary database covering many scientific fields, including medicine. The database includes more than 15,000 journals in health and medicine. Due to its extensive coverage and high quality content, Scopus is one of the best medical databases for researchers seeking to publish a research article in highly ranked medical journals.
Database features:
- Wide coverage of publications in medicine, public health, veterinary medicine and related sciences
- High-quality peer-reviewed journals, in which publication is considered a prestigious achievement
- analytical tools that allow you to track citation index and H-index
- advanced search capabilities by article title, author, abstract and keywords.
- The platform covers not only medicine, but also related fields such as biology, pharmacy and public health.
5. Web of Science
Web of Science (WoS) is one of the most prestigious and authoritative databases for publishing research in medicine and healthcare. WoS indexes more than 5,000 peer-reviewed medical journals of high scientific status. The main scientific fields represented in WoS are: clinical medicine, biomedicine, public health, pharmacy, anatomy and physiology.
Database features:
- wide coverage of medical categories, from general medicine to clinical trials
- Each journal can be evaluated using powerful metrics such as Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and Quartile
- Advanced search of medical publications by article title, authors, keywords, year of publication
- analytical tool for searching the list of medical journals by all WoS indexes - Master Journal List
- integration with other scientific platforms such as PubMed and Google Scholar.
Free medical databases
|
Name |
Scope |
Subject area |
Who it's good for |
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PubMed |
More than 37 million articles |
Biomedicine, clinical medicine, molecular biology, pharmacology and toxicology, public health and epidemiology, genetics |
For clinicians and researchers in the biomedical field |
|
DOAJ |
More than 10 million scientific publications |
Clinical medicine, epidemiology, public health, pharmacology, genetics and bioengineering |
For academics looking for open access medical and public health publications |
|
Medline |
more than 29.5 million articles |
Biomedicine and clinical medicine, public health, public health, molecular biology and genetics, pharmacology and pharmaceutics |
For medical researchers, physicians, pharmacists, and health care professionals |
|
PubMed Central (PMC) |
More than 8 million scientific publications |
Clinical medicine, biomedicine, pharmacology and toxicology, public health and epidemiology, nursing and medical care, psychology and neurosciences, dentistry and maxillofacial surgery, veterinary medicine, biotechnology and medical technologies |
For physicians, scientists and professionals working in medicine and related sciences. |
Scopus and Web of Science are the most authoritative databases for publishing scientific articles in the field of medicine and health care. Unlike free medical platforms such as PubMed, publication in Scopus and WoS is a prerequisite for obtaining scientific degrees and titles in Poland.
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