The following metadata elements are required on all records that are indexed. Each element has examples below.
- Declaration (XML Schema or DTD---is required above the first record)
- Article title (in English)
- Personal author(s)/contributor(s); affiliation of the first author
- Language (if no language is noted, English is assumed)
- Abstract (in English)
- Pagination (first page, last page, if noted)
- Journal title
- Publisher name
- ISSN (print and electronic if both are available)
- Identifier: Digital Object Identifier (DOI) or URL link, if available
- Extent (First page, last page)
- Volume number
- Issue number
- Date of publication