PubMed, the life sciences search engine maintained by the US government and relied upon by researchers worldwide, is still performing its basic automated functions during the federal shutdown, but new journals are not currently being added to its index.
A shutdown warning posted on the PubMed homepage after the US government shutdown on 1 October spread unease through the research community. “Because of a lapse in government funding,” it said, “the information on this website may not be up to date, transactions submitted via the website may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted.”1
The same warning has been posted on many other web pages run by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It was also posted on the PubMed page during the 35 day shutdown …
