Forget rankings, focus on impact! This book empowers publishers to maximize journal reach and readership, driving research utilization for real-world solutions.
Beyond Rankings: Publishing for Impact, Not Index
Forget rankings — focus on impact. The purpose of publishing a journal is not indexing in top-ranked databases but being read and cited by researchers worldwide. This book shows journal owners and publishers how XML output — the format most library systems rely on — connects their content to readers everywhere.

Publisher
Brieflands STM Publisher, 1st Edition
Publication date
October 9, 2020
Print length
54 pages
Language
Persian (with English abstract)
ISBN
Sponsored by
Salamat Pooyan
Audience
Editors and publishers of academic and STM journals
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The full text is freely available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. A print edition is available on Amazon; for commercial use or additional permissions, contact the publisher.
About this book
The primary goal of publishing a journal is not merely to achieve indexing in top-ranked databases, but to ensure it is read and cited by researchers worldwide — because that is how research contributes to solving health challenges and improving quality of life.
Effective distribution requires tools compatible with most libraries, and XML output is one of the most reliable formats for this purpose. This book introduces XML output step by step, guiding journal owners and publishers in building better connections between their content and global library systems — a comprehensive grounding in XML integration for academic publishing.
Topics covered
XML for academic publishing, from tag set to library delivery.
- XML fundamentals
- PMC DTD XML
- Journal meta
- Article meta
- pub-id-type
- subj-group
- contrib-type
- xref tags
- Table tags
- Figure tags
- PDF tags
- XML MEDLINE technical documentation
- EndNote & XML tags
- Word DOCX & XML integration
- EndNote & specified libraries
Copyright. This book is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License. For commercial use or further permissions, contact the publisher.