OAI-PMH

The Annals of Dermatological Research (ADR) implements the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) to ensure that its published content is easily discoverable, harvested, and indexed by global repositories, libraries, and indexing services.

OAI-PMH enables the automated exchange of metadata between ADR and international indexing systems, ensuring compliance with open access and interoperability standards.

What is OAI-PMH?

OAI-PMH is a standard protocol developed by the Open Archives Initiative that facilitates the harvesting of metadata records from repositories. It allows indexing services, aggregators, and libraries to automatically collect metadata about published articles and make them discoverable worldwide.

ADR OAI-PMH Base URL

Metadata for all published articles in ADR can be harvested through our OAI-PMH endpoint:

https://www.dermatojournal.com/index.php/ADR/oai

This endpoint supports requests in multiple formats, including Dublin Core and MARCXML, and ensures compliance with the Open Archives Initiative.

Supported Metadata Formats

ADR’s OAI-PMH service provides metadata in widely recognized formats, including:

  • Dublin Core (oai_dc): Standard schema for general metadata harvesting.
  • METS: Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard for archiving.
  • MARCXML: Metadata format for library catalogues.
  • oai_marc: MARC metadata mapping for legacy library systems.

How OAI-PMH Benefits Authors and Readers

  • Discoverability: Articles become visible in global indexing services, libraries, and aggregators.
  • Interoperability: Seamless integration with repositories like PubMed Central, DOAJ, and institutional databases.
  • Compliance: Meets funder and institutional requirements for metadata sharing and open access transparency.
  • Preservation: Ensures article metadata is archived in multiple trusted repositories.

Use Cases of ADR’s OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH is widely used by:

  • Libraries: For cataloguing ADR articles in institutional repositories.
  • Indexing Services: For automatic updates and harvesting of new issues and articles.
  • Aggregators: To include ADR in multidisciplinary research databases.
  • Researchers: To track and integrate metadata with reference managers.

Technical Example

To retrieve metadata using OAI-PMH, a request may look like this:

https://www.dermatojournal.com/index.php/ADR/oai?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc

Compliance with Standards

ADR’s OAI-PMH implementation follows PKP OJS standards and complies with metadata requirements for:

  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  • OpenAIRE (European Commission)
  • PubMed Central
  • CrossRef Metadata Harvesting

FAQs

Do I need an account to access ADR’s OAI-PMH?

No. OAI-PMH is publicly accessible without restrictions.

Can I harvest full-text articles?

No. OAI-PMH provides metadata only. Full-texts are available under CC BY 4.0 licensing on the journal website.

How often is metadata updated?

Metadata is updated in real time whenever a new article or issue is published.