Keeping Current: Journal Alerts

Article databases will often let you set up email alerts when articles matching your search criteria are published. Below are a few databases specializing in science and engineering that cover a broad range of publications.

Google Scholar: alerts require a Google account.

Web of Knowledge: includes Web of Science, BIOSIS Previews, CAB, INSPEC, and Zoological Record. Saved searches and alerts require free registration.

Scopus: alerts require free registration.

PubMed: requires free registration through My NCBI.
» Guide to setup/edit alerts

CSA Auto Alerts: includes Agricola, Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts, BioOne, Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, Engineering Materials Abstracts, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, GeoRef, and other interdisciplinary databases.
» Guide to setup/edit alerts

Having tables of contents e-mailed directly to you as new issues are published can be a good way to keep up with a particular journal. Many journals also broadcast new content on Twitter or via RSS feeds.

Individual Journal Alerts

Popular journals in science and engineering:

• American Chemical Society Journals: sign up for e-mail alerts or subscribe to RSS feeds.
• American Institute of Physics: each journal has its own Table of Contents ("TOC") alert.
• BioOne New Issue Alert: if you're a new user, register to be taken to the alerts page.
• BioMed Central: Register and use "Sign up for alerts" links for individual titles.
• Elsevier ScienceDirect Alerts: if you're a new user, select "Register Now." Complete the registration, then select "Alerts" from the top navigation bar.
• IEEE Xplore: register for a free account, then select "Alerts" from the top navigation bar.
• Nature: register for a free account, then sign up for an E-alert.
• Oxford University Press: each journal home page has an "Alerting Services" section on the lower right-hand side.
• PLoS (Public Library of Science): journal content alerts are available via e-mail or RSS feeds. Scroll down to the section entitled Journal "RSS feeds."
• Science Magazine: click on "Get our e-alerts."
• Springer: Register and use "Sign up for alerts" links for individual titles.
• Wiley Online Library: Register and use "Sign up for email alerts" links for individual titles.

Tip: Use UC Library Search's Journal Search to locate the journal's home page.