Google Scholar Indexing - HTML output
1. Introduction
Nvcleus Publishing Platform is a web-based platform that allows users to publish academic journals and books directly onto the website. To ensure proper indexing and visibility on search engines, including Google Scholar, we need to structure the HTML meta tags in a specific way. This specification document outlines the required meta tags and their structure for effective indexing on Google Scholar.
Reference Links: https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/google-scholar/en/#introduction https://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/inclusion.html#indexing
2. Meta Tag Structure
The following are the meta tags that should be structured within the HTML code of each published article or book:
2.1. Title of the Publication
<meta name="citation_title" content="[Publication Title]">
Replace [Publication Title] with the actual title of the article or book.
2.2. Authors
<meta name="citation_author" content="[Author Name]">
Include one tag for each author of the publication. Replace [Author Name] with the full name of the author.
2.3. Publication Date
<meta name="citation_publication_date" content="[YYYY/MM/DD]">
Replace [YYYY/MM/DD] with the publication date of the article or book in the format year/month/day (e.g., 1996/05/17).
2.4. Journal Title (for Journals)
<meta name="citation_journal_title" content="[Journal Title]">
Replace [Journal Title] with the title of the journal in which the article was published. This tag is not needed for books.
2.5. Volume (for Journals)
<meta name="citation_volume" content="[Volume Number]">
Replace [Volume Number] with the volume number of the journal. This tag is not needed for books.
2.6. Issue (for Journals)
<meta name="citation_issue" content="[Issue Number]">
Replace [Issue Number] with the issue number of the journal. This tag is not needed for books.
2.7. First Page and Last Page (for Journals)
<meta name="citation_firstpage" content="[First Page Number]">
<meta name="citation_lastpage" content="[Last Page Number]">
Replace [First Page Number] and [Last Page Number] with the respective page numbers of the article in the journal. These tags are not needed for books.
2.8. PDF URL
<meta name="citation_pdf_url" content="[URL to PDF]">
Replace [URL to PDF] with the direct URL to the full PDF version of the article or book.
2.9. Marking the references
Mark the section of the paper that contains references to other works with a standard heading, such as "References" or "Bibliography", on a line just by itself. Individual references inside this section should be either numbered "1. - 2. - 3." or "[1] - [2] - [3]" in PDF, or put inside an "
- " list in HTML. The text of each reference must be a formal bibliographic citation in a commonly used format, without free-form commentary.
Please understand that the references are identified automatically by the parser software; they're not entered or corrected by human operators. While we try to support the most common reference formats, it is not possible to guarantee that all references are identified correctly; and incorrect identification of references could lead to exclusion of your papers from Google Scholar or to low ranking of your papers in the search results.
3. Usage Example Here's an example of how the meta tags should be implemented in the HTML code of a published article:
<head>
<meta name="citation_title" content="The testis isoform of the phosphorylase kinase catalytic subunit (PhK-T) plays a critical role in regulation of glycogen mobilization in developing lung">
<meta name="citation_author" content="Liu, Li">
<meta name="citation_author" content="Rannels, Stephen R.">
<meta name="citation_author" content="Falconieri, Mary">
<meta name="citation_author" content="Phillips, Karen S.">
<meta name="citation_author" content="Wolpert, Ellen B.">
<meta name="citation_author" content="Weaver, Timothy E.">
<meta name="citation_publication_date" content="1996/05/17">
<meta name="citation_journal_title" content="Journal of Biological Chemistry">
<meta name="citation_volume" content="271">
<meta name="citation_issue" content="20">
<meta name="citation_firstpage" content="11761">
<meta name="citation_lastpage" content="11766">
<meta name="citation_pdf_url" content="http://www.example.com/content/271/20/11761.full.pdf">
</head>
4. Conclusion By adhering to this specification, articles published on the Nvcleus Publishing Platform will have properly structured meta tags for Google Scholar to easily index and display them in its search results. This will improve the visibility and discoverability of the content for researchers and readers worldwide.