PMID (PubMed Identifier) is a unique numerical identifier assigned by the NIH National Library of Medicine to articles in PubMed which can be used to search for and access those articles.
You can find the PMID on the article's record page in PubMed.
The PMID can also be found at the end of a PubMed citation.
PMCIDs are unique identifiers for articles that are included in PubMed Central (PMC).
This records contains both a PMID and PMCID
PMID (PubMed Identifier) | PMCID (PubMed Central Identifier) |
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Assigned by the National Library of Medicine to each citation indexed in PubMed. |
Assigned by the National Library of Medicine for each full-text article in PubMed Central. |
Links to abstract of a publication in PubMed. |
Links to full-text article in PubMed Central. |
Not directly related to NIH Public Access Policy |
Required for compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy when citing papers supported by NIH funding.
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