The Annals of Biomedical Science and Engineering (ABSE) is fully interoperable with international metadata harvesting systems through the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). This protocol ensures that bibliographic metadata from ABSE is freely accessible to indexing services, digital libraries, and repository networks worldwide.

1. About OAI-PMH

The OAI-PMH protocol is a standard framework developed to facilitate the exchange of metadata among scholarly repositories. It allows service providers such as DOAJ, Google Scholar, CrossRef, OpenAIRE, and institutional repositories to automatically harvest article-level metadata from participating journals.

Through this protocol, ABSE ensures that its articles are discoverable, interoperable, and consistently available across global indexing and archiving networks.

2. ABSE OAI-PMH Base URL

ABSE provides an open metadata endpoint accessible to harvesters:

Base URL: https://www.biomedscijournal.com/index/oai

Harvesters can retrieve metadata in various formats including Dublin Core, METS, and CrossRef XML. Access is unrestricted and does not require authentication.

3. Metadata Formats Supported

oai_dc — Dublin Core (default format for general interoperability).
mets — Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (structural metadata for preservation).
crossref — For DOI and reference metadata harvesting.
marcxml — Machine-readable metadata for library systems.

Each metadata record includes details such as title, author names, affiliations, abstract, publication date, DOI, and license information.

4. Harvesting Examples

Example queries for metadata harvesting:

Identify repository information: https://www.biomedscijournal.com/index/oai?verb=Identify
List all available records: https://www.biomedscijournal.com/index/oai?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc
Retrieve records by date range: https://www.biomedscijournal.com/index/oai?verb=ListRecords&from=2024-01-01&until=2025-12-31&metadataPrefix=oai_dc

5. Compliance and Interoperability

ABSE complies with the OAI-PMH v2.0 specifications and ensures compatibility with international open-access infrastructure. The journal supports cross-compatibility with services such as:

OpenAIRE (European Commission open-access platform).
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
CrossRef for DOI metadata dissemination.
LOCKSS/CLOCKSS for digital preservation metadata.
BASE, CORE, and OCLC WorldCat.

6. Metadata Reuse Policy

All metadata provided through ABSE’s OAI-PMH endpoint are freely reusable under the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. This enables third-party services to harvest, display, and repurpose metadata without restriction, provided attribution to ABSE is maintained when displaying journal information.

7. Harvesting Schedule and Updates

Metadata updates occur automatically upon article publication or revision. Service providers are encouraged to harvest ABSE metadata regularly (at least weekly) to maintain synchronization with the journal’s current content.

8. Technical Contact

For technical inquiries or integration support, please contact the ABSE web and metadata management team:

Email: [email protected]
Contact Person: Metadata Integration Coordinator
Affiliation: Heighten Science Publications Inc., USA

9. Interoperability Statement

The interoperability of ABSE’s digital publishing infrastructure is maintained through:

Implementation of OAI-PMH 2.0 standards for metadata harvesting.
CrossRef DOI registration and ORCID integration for author identification.
Schema validation via Dublin Core and CrossRef XML structures.
Compliance with open-data and metadata-sharing frameworks.

“By supporting OAI-PMH and open metadata sharing, ABSE reinforces its mission to make biomedical and engineering research universally discoverable and permanently accessible.”