{
  "id": 17276570,
  "title": "Scientific Reports on hold in PubMed while NLM reevaluates journal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/scientific-reports-on-hold-in-pubmed-while-nlm-reevaluates-journal",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-30T17:37:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Retraction Watch",
    "slug": "retraction-watch",
    "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/10/30/scientific-reports-pubmed-on-hold-national-library-medicine-evaluation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has halted indexing of articles from Scientific Reports in MEDLINE, as the journal is currently under review. On October 20, the journal's chief editor, Rafal Marszalek, confirmed in an email that MEDLINE and PubMed Central (PMC) indexing has been paused during this review period. Marszalek did not disclose the reasons for the review, but explained that NLM evaluates journals if there are significant changes, such as fluctuations in publication volume or primary article content types. Since its launch 15 years ago, Scientific Reports has published over one million articles and continues to experience significant growth. Richard White, vice president of publishing for the Scientific Reports Portfolio, stated that the journal remains committed to maintaining high-quality standards and is working with NLM to provide any requested information. Tom Lahey, an independent researcher interested in public health and research, noticed the anomaly and inquired with NLM; the team suggested he contact the publisher. Scientific Reports, published by Springer Nature, has over 50 full-time editors and charges an article processing fee of $2850.",
  "summary": "The National Library of Medicine has stopped indexing articles from Scientific Reports in MEDLINE because the journal’s inclusion in the world’s largest biomedical library is under review, Retraction Watch has learned. “Following its significant growth in recent years, Scientific Reports is currently being reviewed by the US National Library of Medicine (NLM),” the journal’s chief … Continue…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}