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PubMed Mobile Update

Canese K. PubMed Mobile Update. NLM Tech Bull. 2015 Mar-Apr;(403):e5.

2015 April 16 [posted]

PubMed Mobile has been updated with a number of styling modifications and additional enhancements including a "Trending articles" feature on the homepage (see Figure 1).


PubMed Mobile homepage with Trending articles
Figure 1: PubMed Mobile homepage with "Trending articles."

Summary results now include the "Related searches" discovery tool as well as sort parameters and more filter selections (see Figure 2). Discovery tools display below the results on mobile devices with smaller screen sizes.


PubMed Mobile results page with filter selections displayed.
Figure 2: PubMed Mobile results page with filter selections displayed.

When you click on the abstract "Show full citation" link (see Figure 3) you will see the citation, author(s), and affiliation details (see Figure 4).


Abstract display with Show full citation link.
Figure 3: Abstract display with "Show full citation" link.

Abstract display with how full citation data displayed
Figure 4: Abstract display with "Show full citation" data displayed.

When you click an author name link from the "Show full citation" display (see Figure 4) the results display using a ranking algorithm (see Figure 5).


Results displayed using a ranking algorithm
Figure 5: Results displayed using a ranking algorithm.

By Kathi Canese
National Center for Biotechnology Information

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