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          How to Get a Journal Indexed in AGRICOLAHow to Get a Journal Indexed in AGRICOLA

  The National Agricultural Library (NAL) indexes articles from selected peer-reviewed journals and makes them available for discovery. See the current list of Journals Indexed in AGRICOLA (Feb 2022).
  This page describes the process for getting a journal indexed in AGRICOLA, including approval and metadata guidance.

**Questions?**
Send an email to AGRICOLAPublishers@usda.gov
      
              Confirm Journal Content Meets NAL Criteria


            AGRICOLA indexes peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings by named personal authors that have English language titles and abstracts and encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines.
Articles may have the following publisher-assigned labels:
Research article
Original paper
Review or Review Article
Insights
Teaching case study
Case study
Case report
Viewpoint
Plant announcements; taxonomic announcements
      Verify Metadata Meets NAL Requirements


            Publishers can submit metadata as MODS, JATS, or NLM DTD.
**Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) - PREFERRED** - Publisher data formatted in MODS will be processed more rapidly.**Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS)** - JATS Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Suite Version 1.0 will be accepted as will its predecessor NLM DTD 3.0. However, the current version of JATS is preferred.**NLM DTD** - This was the original NLM template for submitting metadata for Medline/PubMed. All Versions of the NLM DTD up to 2.6 will be accepted.
      Create a Metadata Sample


            The following metadata elements are required on all records that are indexed.
Declaration (XML Schema or DTD---is required above the first record)
Article title (in English)
Personal author(s)/contributor(s); affiliation of the first author
Language (if no language is noted, English is assumed)
Abstract (in English)
Pagination (first page, last page, if noted)
Journal title
Publisher name
ISSN (print and electronic if both are available)
Identifier: Digital Object Identifier (DOI) or URL link, if available
Extent (First page, last page)
Volume number
Issue number
Date of publication
      Submit a Request for Consideration


            Journals are reviewed according to the library's collection development policy and for adherence to NAL's metadata requirements. Send questions and requests to AGRICOLAPublishers@usda.gov.
      Complete Metadata Use Agreement


            If the journal is accepted, the provider will be contacted by the NAL Licensing and Procurement Librarian in order to complete, sign, and return a **metadata use agreement.**
      Transfer Metadata Files to NAL


            When the publisher’s metadata sample has been accepted, coordinate with NAL to establish the file exchange. There are two file exchange methods:
NAL retrieves the files using either SFTP, FTP, or HTTP, respectively. This is the preferred method.
The Publisher sends the files to NAL's SFTP only service. Subdirectories or folders should not be created on our SFTP service.
Contact AGRICOLAPublishers@usda.gov to coordinate establishing the file exchange.
NAL is able to receive metadata as individual XML files or a set of XML files in a zip archive.
Acceptable file types:  .xml, zip, .gzip, .tar, Bagit
Unacceptable file types: MS Word documents, PDF, .rar files (an archive format)
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