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Journals
Documentation for the IOP Publishing specific implementation of journal metadata files for journal content.
Content
The content of the journal metadata file is captured as children of the root element.
Journal History
Capture the publishing history of a journal in a <journal-history> element.
Journal Publication Date Range
Capture the publication date range for a journal in a <publication-date-range> element.

Journals
Documentation for the IOP Publishing specific implementation of journal metadata files for journal content.
- XML Doctype and Encoding
  Capture the doctype and encoding for a journal as below.
- Root Element
  The root element for an journal metadata file is a <journal-meta> element.
- Content
  The content of the journal metadata file is captured as children of the root element.
  - DOI
    Capture the DOI for a journal in a <doi> element.
  - Journal Title
    Capture the full title for the journal in a <journal-title> element.
  - Journal Short Name
    Capture the short name as used in citations for a journal in a <journal-short-name> element.
  - Journal Acronym
    Capture the journal acronym in <journal-initials> element.
  - Journal ISSN(s)
    Capture the ISSN(s) for a journal in a <journal-issn> element.
  - Journal History
    Capture the publishing history of a journal in a <journal-history> element.
    - Journal Publishing Status
      Capture the publishing status of a journal in a <journal-publishing-status> element.
    - Journal Publication Date Range
      Capture the publication date range for a journal in a <publication-date-range> element.
  - Journal Publishing Partner
    Capture the publishing partner for a journal in a <journal-publishing-partner> element.
  - Journal Open Access Status
    Capture the OA status of a journal using a <journal-open-access-status> element.
  - Journal TOC Ordering
    Capture the TOC ordering for a journal in a <journal-toc-ordering> element.
  - Journal Cover
    Capture the filename of the cover image for a journal in a <journal-cover> element.
  - Predecessor Journals
    Indicate the predecessor journals for a journal in a <predecessors> element.
  - Subject Classification
    Capture IOP Thesaurus taxonomy codes for subject classification using a <taxonomy-group> element wrapped in a <vocabularies> element.
- Version and Change Log

Journal Publication Date Range

Capture the publication date range for a journal in a <publication-date-range> element.

The <publication-date-range> element must contain a child <publication-start-date> element containing the date the journal began publishing formatted as an ISO 8601 date.

If the journal is archived then the <publication-date-range> element must also contain a child <publication-end-date> element containing the date the journal ended publishing formatted as an ISO 8601 date.

Active Title

<publication-date-range>
  <publication-start-date>2009-03-01</publication-start-date>
</publication-date-range>

Archived Title

<publication-date-range>
  <publication-start-date>2018-12-01</publication-start-date>
  <publication-end-date>2022-12-31</publication-end-date>
</publication-date-range>