Indexing Policy

Primary Care Science and Practice (PCSP) is committed to enhancing the visibility, discoverability, and impact of the research we publish. To ensure global reach, we implement a phased indexing strategy:

1. Immediate Indexing & Metadata Distribution All articles published in PCSP are assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) by Crossref and are immediately indexed in:

• Google Scholar
• Garuda (Garba Rujukan Digital)
• Crossref Search
• Dimensions (Planned)

2. Regional and International Recognition (Short-term Roadmap) As the journal reaches the required publication history, we are actively preparing for submission and indexing in:

• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): Following the publication of our second issue.
• SINTA (Science and Technology Index): After completing at least two years of publication.
• ACI (ASEAN Citation Index)

3. Major Global Databases (Long-term Goal) PCSP is built upon the technical and ethical standards required by major global discovery services. Our long-term roadmap includes evaluation for indexing in:

• Scopus
• Web of Science (Emerging Sources Citation Index - ESCI)
• EBSCO & ProQuest
• PubMed Central (PMC)

Metadata Harvesting: PCSP supports the OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting), allowing our metadata to be harvested by library systems and search engines worldwide, ensuring maximum readability and citation potential.