| More Details: | MEDLINE/PubMed Data Element (Field) Descriptions |
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| Tag | Name | Description |
| AB | Abstract | English language abstract taken directly from the published article |
| AD | Affiliation | Institutional affiliation and address of the first author |
| AID | Article Identifier | Article ID values supplied by the publisher may include the pii (controlled publisher identifier) or doi (digital object identifier) |
| AU | Author | Authors |
| CI | Copyright Information | Copyright statement provided by the publisher |
| CIN | Comment In | Reference containing a comment about the article |
| CN | Corporate Author | Corporate author or group names with authorship responsibility |
| CON | Comment On | Reference upon which the article comments |
| CRDT | Create Date | The date the citation record was first created |
| CRF | Corrected and republished from | Final, correct version of an article |
| CRI | Corrected and republished in | Original article that was republished in corrected form |
| DA | Date Created | Used for internal processing at NLM |
| DCOM | Date Completed | Used for internal processing at NLM |
| DEP | Date of Electronic Publication | Electronic publication date |
| DP | Publication Date | The date the article was published |
| EDAT | Entrez Date | The date the citation was added to PubMed; the date is set to the publication date if added more than 1 year after the date published |
| EFR | Erratum For | Cites the original article needing the correction |
| EIN | Erratum In | Reference containing a published erratum to the article |
| FAU | Full Author Name | Full Author Names |
| FIR | Full Investigator | Full investigator or collaborator name |
| FPS | Full Personal Name as Subject | Full Personal Name of the subject of the article |
| GN | General Note | Supplemental or descriptive information related to the document |
| GR | Grant Number | Research grant numbers, contract numbers, or both that designate financial support by any agency of the US PHS or Wellcome Trust |
| GS | Gene Symbol | Abbreviated gene names (used 1991 through 1996) |
| IP | Issue | The number of the issue, part, or supplement of the journal in which the article was published |
| IR | Investigator | Investigator or collaborator |
| IRAD | Investigator Affiliation | Affiliation investigator or collaborator |
| IS | ISSN | International Standard Serial Number of the journal |
| JID | NLM Unique ID | Unique journal ID in NLM's catalog of books, journals, and audiovisuals |
| JT | Full Journal Title | Full journal title from NLM’s cataloging data |
| LA | Language | The language in which the article was published |
| LID | Location ID | The pii or doi that serves the role of pagination |
| LR | Last Revision Date | The date a change was made to the record |
| MH | MeSH Terms | NLM's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) controlled vocabulary |
| 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 |
| OAB | Other Abstract | Abstract supplied by an NLM collaborating organization |
| OCI | Other Copyright Information | Copyright owner |
| OID | Other ID | Identification numbers provided by organizations supplying citation data |
| ORI | Original Report In | Cites the original article associated with the patient summary |
| OT | Other Term | Non-MeSH subject terms (keywords) assigned by an organization identified by the Other Term Owner |
| OTO | Other Term Owner | Organization that provided the Other Term data |
| OWN | Owner | Organization acronym that supplied citation data |
| PG | Pagination | The full pagination of the article |
| PHST | Publication History Status Date | Publisher supplied dates regarding the article publishing process |
| PL | Place of Publication | Journal's country of publication |
| PMCR | PMC Release | Availability of PubMed Central article |
| PMID | PubMed Unique Identifier | Unique number assigned to each PubMed citation |
| PRIN | Partial Retraction In | Partial retraction of the article |
| PROF | Partial Retraction Of | Article being partially retracted |
| PS | Personal Name as Subject | Individual is the subject of the article |
| PST | Publication Status | Publication status |
| PT | Publication Type | The type of material the article represents |
| RF | Number of References | Number of bibliographic references for Review articles |
| RIN | Retraction In | Retraction of the article |
| RN | EC/RN Number | Number assigned by the Enzyme Commission to designate a particular enzyme or by the Chemical Abstracts Service for Registry Numbers |
| ROF | Retraction Of | Article being retracted |
| RPF | Republished From | Article being cited has been republished or reprinted in either full or abridged form from another source |
| RPI | Republished In | Article being cited also appears in another source in either full or abridged form |
| SB | Subset | Journal or citation subset values representing specialized topics |
| SFM | Space Flight Mission | NASA-supplied data space flight/mission name and/or number |
| SI | Secondary Source Identifier | Identifies secondary source databanks and accession numbers of molecular sequences discussed in articles |
| SO | Source | Composite field containing bibliographic information |
| SPIN | Summary For Patients In | Cites a patient summary article |
| STAT | Status Tag | Used for internal processing at NLM |
| TA | Journal Title Abbreviation | Standard journal title abbreviation |
| TI | Title | The title of the article |
| TT | Transliterated Title | Title of the article originally published in a non-English language, in that language |
| UIN | Update In | Update to the article |
| UOF | Update Of | The article being updated |
| VI | Volume | Volume number of the journal |
