About Meva Meva Form Help Result Help Glossary FAQ History MePrep DeutschThe following table explains the bibliographic field types Meva uses. Not all fields will be provided by Pubmed for every record, some tags are gone, some are new introduced, so don't be surprised if a Meva result shows only little or no data for a specific field search. Meva however can evaluate a PubMed result for all field types - even if PubMed does not allow a search with this field (see below):
| Tag | Name | Description | Comment | PubMed Search Example | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB | Abstract | Abstract. | Search as [TIAB] in titles and abstracts, e.g. Tifacogin[TIAB] | Tifacogin is a recombinant tissue factor pathway inhibitor (rTFPI)... | |
| AD | Affiliation | Institutional affiliation and address of the first author, and grant numbers. | E.g. Dresden[AD] Bioethics[SB] | Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Hohe Strasse 6, D-01069 Dresden, Germany. | |
| AID | Article Identifier | Article ID values may include the pii (controlled publisher identifier) or doi (Digital Object Identifier). | N | 21603040 [pii] | |
| AU | Author | Authors. | E.g. Hahn S[AU] Dresden[AD]. "Hahn S"[AU] will search for Hahn S only, whereas Hahn S[AU] will search for Hahn SE, Hahn ST etc as well. | Hahn S | |
| CI | Copyright Information | Copyright statement. | N | Copyright 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. | |
| CIN | Comment In | Reference containing a comment about the article. | Search as hascommentin, e.g. SARS hascommentin AND 2003[DP] | JAMA. 2003 Jun 4;289(21):2861-3. PMID: 12734146 | |
| CN | Corporate Author | Corporate author or group names with authorship responsibility. | Previously: Collective Name | E.g. CARE Group[CN]. Citations indexed pre-2000 and some citations indexed in 2000-2001 retain corporate authors at the end of the title field, so use CARE Group[CN] OR CARE Group[TI] instead. | CARE Group. |
| CON | Comment On | Reference upon which the article comments. | Search as hascommenton, e.g. SARS hascommenton AND 2003[DP] | Lancet. 2003 May 17;361(9370):1739-40. PMID: 12767754 | |
| CRF | Corrected and republished from | Reference containing an uncorrected version of the article. | Search as hascorrectedrepublishedfrom, e.g. Tobacco hascorrectedrepublishedfrom | Nicotine Tob Res. 2006 Apr;8(2):169-91. PMID: 16766411 | |
| CRI | Corrected and republished in | Reference containing a corrected version of the article. | Search as hascorrectedrepublishedin, e.g. Tobacco hascorrectedrepublishedin | Nicotine Tob Res. 2006 Aug;8(4):600-22. PMID: 16920658 | |
| CY | Country | The place of publication of the journal. | 2003: replaced by PL. | ||
| DA | Date Created | Used for internal processing at NLM. | N | 20030201 | |
| DCOM | Date Completed | Used for internal processing at NLM. | N | 20030801 | |
| DEP | Date of Electronic Publication | Electronic publication date. | N | ? | |
| DP | Publication Date | The date the article was published. | E.g. Bioethics[SB] Ethics[TI] 2003/07[DP] | 2003 Jul 7 | |
| EDAT | Entrez Date | The date the citation was added to PubMed. | E.g. 2001/01[EDAT] Transfection[MH] Hela Cells[MH] | 2001/01/23 19:15 | |
| EFR | Erratum For | Cites the original article needing the correction. | 2003: new introduced. | Search as haserratumfor, e.g. HIV haserratumfor AND 1995[DP] | Virology. 1995 Aug 1;211(1):332-5. PMID: 7544046 |
| EIN | Erratum In | Reference containing a published erratum to the article. | Search as haserratumin, e.g. HIV haserratumin AND 2003[DP] | J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003 May 1;33(1):180 | |
| FAU | Full Author Name | Full Author Names. | 2003: new introduced. | N | Vasan, Ramachandran S |
| FIR | Full Investigator | Full investigator name. | 2003: new introduced. | N | Bayorh, M A |
| FPS | Full Personal Name as Subject | Full Personal Name of the subject of the article (see also PS). | 2003: new introduced. | N | Menkes, H J |
| GN | General Note | Supplemental or descriptive information related to the document provided by another organisation (HMD, HSR, KIE, NASA or PIP). | 2003: new introduced. | N | NASA: Grant numbers: NN 00-04-49276, 99-04-49634. |
| GR | Grant Number | Research grant numbers, contract numbers, or both that designate financial support by any agency of the US PHS (Public Health Service). | 2003: replacing ID. | E.g. NO1-HC-25195/HC/NHLBI[GR] | NO1-HC-25195/HC/NHLBI |
| GS | Gene Symbol | Abbreviated gene names (used 1991 through 1996). | N | hemA | |
| ID | Identification Number | Research grant numbers, contract numbers, or both that designate financial support by any agency of the US PHS (Public Health Service). | 2003: replaced by GR. | ||
| IP | Issue | The number of the issue, part, or supplement of the journal in which the article was published. | E.g. J Gravit Physiol[SO] 1997[DP] 3[IP] | 3 | |
| IR | Investigator | NASA-funded principal investigator. | 2003: new introduced. | E.g. Bayorh MA[IR] 2002[DP] | Bayorh MA |
| IRAD | Investigator Affiliation | Affiliation of NASA-funded principal investigator. | 2003: new introduced. | N | U TX Health Sci Ctr, Dallas |
| IS | ISSN | International Standard Serial Number of the journal. | E.g. 1077-9248[IS] Simon L[AU] | 1077-9248 | |
| JC | Journal Title Code | MEDLINE unique three-character code for the journal. | 2003: removed. | ||
| JID | NLM Unique ID | Unique journal ID in NLM's catalog of books, journals, and audiovisuals. | E.g. 9437868[JID] 1999/10[DP] | 9437868 | |
| LA | Language | The language in which the article was published. | E.g. Ankle Joint[MH] ger[LA] 2003[DP] | ger | |
| LR | Last Revision Date | The date a change was made to the record during a maintenance procedure. | N | 20010904 | |
| MH | MeSH Terms | NLM's controlled vocabulary (keywords). | E.g. Tetrodotoxin[MH] Ion Channel Gating[MH] 2002[DP] | Tetrodotoxin | |
| MHDA | MeSH Date | The date MeSH terms were added to the citation. The MeSH date is the same as the Entrez date until MeSH are added. | E.g. 2003[MHDA] Tetrodotoxin[MH] Fishes[MH] | 2003/06/26 05:00 | |
| OAB | Other Abstract | Abstract supplied by an NLM collaborating organization (AAMC, AIDS, KIE, NASA or PIP). | 2003: new introduced. | Search using [TW] or [TIAB], e.g. Microgravity[TIAB] 2003[DP] | NASA: The present study was designed to examine acute responses of renal sympathetic nerve activity in rats to a short period of microgravity... |
| OCI | Other Copyright Information | Copyright owner. | 2003: new introduced. | N | ? |
| OID | Other ID | Identification numbers provided by organizations (ARPL, CPC, CPFH, IND, KIE, NASA, NRCBL, PIP or POP) supplying citation data. | 2003: new introduced. | N | NASA: 00024863 |
| ORI | Original Report In | Displays on Patient Summary. Cites original article associated with the patient summary. | 2003: new introduced. | Search as hasoriginalreportin, e.g. HIV hasoriginalreportin AND 2003[DP] | Ann Intern Med. 2003 Apr 15;138(8):620-6. PMID: 12693883 |
| OT | Other Term | Non-MeSH subject terms (keywords) assigned by an organization identified by the Other Term Owner. | 2003: new introduced. | E.g. NASA Program Flight[OT] 1994[DP]. Searchable with [TW] as well. | NASA Program Flight |
| OTO | Other Term Owner | Organization ((KIE, NASA or PIP)) that provided the Other Term data. | 2003: new introduced. | N | NASA |
| OWN | Owner | Organization acronym (HMD, HSR, KIE, NASA, NLM or PIP) that supplied citation data. | 2003: new introduced. | Search using owner + the owner acronym, e.g. Hypergravity AND cDNA ownernasa or Palestinians[TI] ownerpip | NASA |
| PG | Pagination | The full pagination of the article. | E.g. J Neurosci[SO] 7279[PG] 2000/10[DP]. Only the first page number is searchable. | 7279-89 | |
| PHST | Publication History Status Date | History status date. | N | 2002/Sep/18 [received] | |
| PL | Place of Publication | Journal's country of publication. | 2003: replacing CY. | E.g. Euthanasia[MH] Bioethics[SB] Germany[PL] 2003[DP] | Germany |
| PMID | PubMed Unique Identifier | Unique number assigned to each PubMed citation. | Search as [UID], e.g. 12728966[UID] | 12728966 | |
| PRIN | Partial retraction in | Partial retraction of the article. | 2007: new introduced. | Search as haspartialretractionin, e.g. neurons[MH] haspartialretractionin | Daroff RB, Griggs RC. Neurology. 2006 Feb 14;66(3):456. PMID: 16476960 |
| PROF | Partial retraction of | Article partially beeing retracted. | 2007: new introduced. | Search as haspartialretractionof, e.g. Daroff[AU] haspartialretractionof | Brinkmeier H, Weber F, Aulkemeyer P, Wollinsky KH, Rudel R. Neurology. 2003 Jun 10;60(11):1871; author reply 1871-2. PMID: 12796562 |
| PS | Personal Name as Subject | Individual is the subject of the article (e.g. Menkes HJ - Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome). | E.g. Menkes HJ[PS] | Menkes HJ | |
| PST | Publication Status | Publication status. | N | ppublish | |
| PT | Publication Type | The type of material the article represents. | E.g. Euthanasia AND Interview[PT] | Interview | |
| RF | Number of References | Number of bibliographic references for Review articles. | N | 56 | |
| RIN | Retraction In | Retraction of the article. | Search as hasretractionin, e.g. HIV hasretractionin | Immunol Lett. 1998 Nov;64(1):following 55. PMID: 10068298 | |
| RN | EC/RN Number | Number assigned by the Enzyme Commission to designate a particular enzyme or by the Chemical Abstracts Service for Registry Numbers. | E.g. 9007-34-5[RN] AND Osteoporosis AND 2003[DP] | 9007-34-5 (Collagen) | |
| ROF | Retraction Of | Article being retracted. | Search as hasretractionof, e.g. HIV hasretractionof | Naher H, Schule T, Petzoldt D. Lancet 1991 Aug 24;338(8765):519-20 | |
| RPF | Republished From | Original article. | Search as hasrepublishedfrom, etc. HIV hasrepublishedfrom | Spinal Cord. 2002 Nov;40(11):551 | |
| RPI | Republished In | Corrected and republished article. | Search as hasrepublishedin, e.g. HIV hasrepublishedin | Spinal Cord. 2002 Dec;40(12):669. PMID: 12483502 | |
| SB | Journal Subset | Code for a specific set of journals. | Search using jsubset + subset acronym, e.g. Noncompliance jsubsetn AND 2002[DP] | N | |
| SFM | Space Flight Mission | NASA-supplied data space flight/mission name and/or number. E.g. of interest to users of the former SPACELINE database. | 2003: new introduced. | Search using [TW] or [OT], e.g. Parabolic Flight[OT] Rats[MH] | Parabolic Flight |
| SI | Secondary Source Identifier | Identifies a secondary source that supplies information, e.g., other data sources, databanks and accession numbers of molecular sequences discussed in articles. | E.g. Cryptococcus aureus AND GENBANK[SI] 2003[DP] | GENBANK/AB085795 | |
| SO | Source | Composite field containing bibliographic information. | E.g. Am J Hum Genet[SO] Majewski J[AU] 2003[DP] | Am J Hum Genet 2003 Jul 25;73(3). | |
| SPIN | Summary For Patients In | Cites a patient summary article. | 2003: new introduced. | Search as hassummaryforpatientsin, e.g. Cancer[SB] hassummaryforpatientsin AND 2003[DP] | Ann Intern Med. 2003 Apr 15;138(8):I1. PMID: 12693914 |
| STAT | Status Tag | Used for internal processing at NLM. | 2003: new introduced. | N | pubmed-not-medline |
| TA | Journal Title Abbreviation | Standard journal title abbreviation. | E.g. Ann Intern Med[TA] Crohn Disease[MH] 2003[DP]. With [TA], you can search for full journal names or ISSN numbers as well. | Ann Intern Med | |
| TI | Title | The title of the article. | E.g. Tifacogin[TI] | USAN Council. List No.421. New names. Tifacogin. | |
| TT | Transliterated/Vernacular Title | Non-Roman alphabet language titles are transliterated. | 2006: now searchable. | E.g. Schilddrüsenkarzinom[TT] | De pathogenese van zombies: paranormaal verschijnsel wetenschappelijk verklaard? |
| UI | MEDLINE Unique Identifier | Unique number assigned to each MEDLINE citation. | 2004: removed. | E.g. 22640469[UI] | 22640469 |
| UIN | Update In | Update to the article. | Search as hasupdatein, e.g. HIV hasupdatein | Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2002;(2):CD001796. PMID: 12076422 | |
| UOF | Update Of | The article being updated. | Search as hasupdateof, e.g. HIV hasupdateof | Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000;(3):CD000218. PMID: 10908466 | |
| URLF | URL Full-Text | Link to the full-text of article at provider's website. Links are incomplete. | 2003: removed. | ||
| URLS | URL Summary | Link to the article summary at provider's website. Links are incomplete. | 2003: removed. | ||
| VI | Volume | Journal volume. | E.g. Pediatr Res[SO] 53[VI] Wendel U[AU] | 53 |