Coming the week of September 7th
The new PubMed Central (PMC) Beta search will replace the current PMC search the week of September 7, 2025.
As previously announced, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is working on an update to PMC full-text search functionality and user experience. To prepare for this transition, we released a Beta version in April for you to preview and test. Based on your input, we have already made several improvements. There is still time to provide feedback; we invite you to try out PMC Beta search now and let us know what you think!
How is PMC Beta search different?
- PMC Beta search has an updated look and feel that is more mobile-friendly and consistent with the rest of the PMC website. We’ve also incorporated popular search features from PubMed, such as the Results Timeline.
- The update transitions PMC search to a more modern search platform which provides users with more robust search functionality and accurate results including:
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- Easy discovery of articles by searching on a title or basic citation data
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- Targeted searches for terms and datasets in data availability statements
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- Updated searching with truncated terms and wildcards
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- A refined set of filters and search fields
- The new search also includes journal content not previously discoverable in PMC, such as mastheads and advertisements from NLM’s Biomedical Journal Digitization Projects. These items will now be returned as individual search results.
As a reminder, the features on the PMC Beta search page represent the full set of features that will launch to the main PMC website in September. Some features of the current PMC search will not be included in this initial release. NCBI will continue to add and improve the new search after it launches, with priorities based on your feedback.
Learn more
For more information, check out the PMC Beta Search User Guide, our previous blog post, and the NLM Technical Bulletin.
We want to hear from you!
Please reach out to us if you have questions or would like to provide feedback.
Then will the search strategy I previously used be affected? Because I have already completed the search work for the thesis, I don’t want to go through the process of redoing it.
Thank you for your question. Please contact our help desk so we can assist you: https://support.nlm.nih.gov/support/create-case/
Please Spanish.
Thanks.
Beta search is no longer user friendly for a non-medical researcher. The older search functions gave general overviews that a layman could use when medical decisions for themselves. Lists of published papers can not accomplish this. I myself will stop using your site
Thanks for the much needed improvement. I would be delighted to find papers on women only when I digit ,for example, women and osteopenia, and I see a list of papers on men and rats.
A more focused search strategy, in times of AI, would thrill the Pub med user’ satisfaction.
Thanks again for the huge effort and commitment that this step forward is requiring.
Prof. Alessandra Graziottin, MD, SOGC (Hon), AIDM (Hon).
Good
Una mejora necesaria. El cambio es bienvenido. Sugiero una ventana que facilite la búsqueda y comentarios “inteligentes” para investigación.
Has the image search function been cancelled? Why can’t I find pictures now?
Sorry you’re having trouble! Please contact our help desk so we can assist you: https://support.nlm.nih.gov/support/create-case/