Data Transfer to WPRIM
Fang An
Institute of Medical Information
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

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Western Pacific Region Index Medicus• The Western Pacific Region Index Medicus (WPRIM) is a

project of the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office incollaboration with several institutions in its member states• This is the region's contribution to the Global Health
Library (GHL) initiative which aims to extend to all thebenefits of the knowledge that is essential to the fullest
attainment of health• WPRIM will be deployed and hosted, along with the index
medici of other WHO regions, at the Global Index
Medicus portal under the GHL platform, where searches
can be conducted individually or simultaneously through afederated search engine• 37 countries and areas in WPR• 14 countries are now participating in the WPRIM• 12 countries have journals been approved by theRJSC for inclusion in the WPRIM• 11 countries are contributing to the database14 Participating CountriesAustralia (no journals)

Papua New Guinea

Brunei (no data)

Philippines

Cambodia

Republic of Korea



ChinaSingapore

Fiji (no journals)

Viet NamJapan

Laos

Malaysia

Mongolia

496 journals approved by RJSC as of July, 2013

• 23 journals were approved last year

(APAME Convention 2012 )Cambodia 1
Japan
4
Malaysia
4
Philippines 1
Korea
13

• 66 new journals were approved yesterday(APAME Convention 2013 )
China
41
Japan
5Korea14
Mongolia
3
Malaysia
1
Philippines2Countries

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Brunei1

Cambodia

1

China

6457Japan

2281

225

Laos2

Papua New Guinea

93414154131

Philippines

1312

Republic of Korea

1311116

Singapore

22Vietnam

12WPRO

41

Malaysia
Mongolia

4121

11121314

As of July 25, 2013
• 466,776 articles in WPRIM database• 434,742 articles were successfully

submitted and uploaded to GIM/GHL

Country

Journals

ArticlesPercent of Full text Link

Brunei100

Cambodia

19100%（9）

China

224

251588

20.2%（50922）

Japan

1314431

98.9%（14274）

Laos

1

8100%（8）Malaysia

20719092.5%(6652)

Mongolia

8175

100%（175）

Papua New Guinea

11340

99.1%(1328)

Philippines

172176

70.6%(1537)

Republic of Korea

192

172087

69.8%(120037)

Singapore

511316

94.4%(10684)

Viet Nam

1264180WPRO138100%(38)(As of July 25, 2013)

Annual updates• 54,568 articles were updated during last year

(2012.08.01-2013.07.25)

Annual Updates from each member state(2012.08.01-2013.07.25)

Means of Collection

Country

Updated Articles

Brunei0Cambodia

9China30541

Crawled from WanFang and PubMed

Japan

12268

Crawled from J-STAGE FTP Server

Laos

0Malaysia

2525

Mongolia

0Papua New Guinea

9

Crawled from PubMed

Philippines483

XML sent via Email, converted by IMICAMSRepublic of Korea

8299

Crawled from KoreaMed

Singapore

410

Crawled from PubMed, Online system
upload by focal person

Viet Nam0WPRO

24

Doc Sent via Email, converted by IMICAMS

Crawled from PubMed, Online system
upload by focal person

XML sent via Email, converted by IMICAMSData transfer to WPRIM
Crawl fromwebsites
Send files
by Email
Upload data by
web form

Check &convertformatby
IMICAMSCollecting data from each country• Cambodia• Doc/PDF files via Email and converted by IMICAMS• China• Crawled from Wanfang Database and PubMed• Japan• J-STAGE put XML files on their FTP server for
IMICAMS to download and convert• Laos• Upload via online system by country focal person

• Malaysia• Crawled from PubMed by IMICAMS• Upload via online system by country focal person• Mongolia• XML files via Email• Papua New Guinea• Crawled from PubMed by IMICAMS• Philippines• XML files via Email and converted by IMICAMS• Republic of Korea• Crawled from KoreaMed website by IMICAMS• Singapore• Crawled from PubMed by IMICAMS• Upload via online system by country focal person• Viet Nam• XML files via Email and converted by IMICAMS• WPRO• XML files via Email and converted by IMICAMSProblems and improving methods
 Follow WPRIM data format
 Only Mongolia followed the WPRIM data format
 Convert the data format for each country cost too much time Upload data via WPRIM Data Creation andManagement System Only Laos, Malaysia and Singapore use it Regularly and timely data uploading Some countries less than twice a year Lack of permanent focal point persons
 Training ? Funding ?

THANK YOU!
Fang Anfang.an@imicams.ac.cnInstitute of Medical Information
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences