Reviews have occurred for MEDLINE since LSTRC was formed in 1988, but these reviews typically centered on a specific topic.
Many people view a journal's inclusion in MEDLINE as a credential that weighs in a journal's favor because of the LSTRC review methods, even though PMC journals are also evaluated for scientific quality.
Sadly, such tales cannot be verified.) All of this is a far cry from NLM's Literature Selection and Technical Review Committee (
LSTRC), which since the 1960s has carefully examined and recommended journals to be indexed by NLM.