PubMed Changes Default Display

The PubMed default display which you see when you click on either the authors or the icon to the left of each citation in the summary list of results has changed. The new default display format is called AbstractPlus. This is also the format that will appear immediately if your search produces a single result.

AbstractPlus is an enhanced Abstract view that shows the first five Related Articles for each PubMed citation. The record starts with a title bar containing the journal citation details, below this are two columns: the left-hand column contains authors, first author address, abstract and PMID (PubMed IDentification) number; in the right-hand column are the 5 papers which share the most cited references in common with the viewed paper.

One downside to this new format is an inconsistency in positioning of the links to full-text.

• The vast majority of links to full-text are appearing as publisher icons in the title bar, at the right hand side next to "Links".
• A few (where icon appears to be too large for titlebar) are appearing at the bottom of the left-hand column below the PMID. This means that if the abstract is extensive the link may not be visible unless you scroll right to bottom of record.