firstPublicationDate field

[Darran Higgins]

Hi all,

We've been trying to import some publications using the SOAP web service and have noticed that the "firstPublicationDate" is now returning a null value, has this field been deprecated and if so, is there another field we should be using?

I couldn't see anything in the 6.9.0 reference guide to suggest that the field has no longer being used

thanks,

Darran

[Madhumiethaa Jayaprabha Palanisamy]

Hi Darran,
Do you have a specific example so that we can investigate?

Kind regards,
Madhu

[Darran Higgins]

Hi Madhu,

One of the records we are trying to import has the ID value "34746909" and the title "Long COVID risk - a signal to address sex hormones and women's health."

It does seem to be populated when using the RESTful API, but we use the the SOAP webservice for our import and the value is null in the results that we get back.

The RESTful url is https://www.ebi.ac.uk/europepmc/webservices/rest/search?query=34746909&resulttype=core

hope this helps,

Darran

[Madhumiethaa Jayaprabha Palanisamy]

Hi Darran,

I can find the field for the specified article in SOAP (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/europepmc/webservices/soap?wsdl)

Request:

   <web:searchPublications>

         <queryString>34746909</queryString>
         <resultType></resultType>
         <cursorMark></cursorMark>
         <pageSize></pageSize>
         <sort></sort>
         <synonym></synonym>
         <email></email>
    </web:searchPublications>

Response:
         <return>
            <version>6.9</version>
            <hitCount>1</hitCount>
            <request>
               <queryString>34746909</queryString>
               <resultType>LITE</resultType>
               <cursorMark/>
               <pageSize>25</pageSize>
               <sort/>
               <synonym>false</synonym>
               <email/>
            </request>
            <resultList>
               <result>
                  <id>34746909</id>
                  <source>MED</source>
                  <pmid>34746909</pmid>
                  <pmcid>PMC8561426</pmcid>
                  <fullTextIdList>
                     <fullTextId>PMC8561426</fullTextId>
                  </fullTextIdList>
                  <doi>10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100242</doi>
                  <title>Long COVID risk - a signal to address sex hormones and women's health.</title>
                  <authorString>Stewart S, Newson L, Briggs TA, Grammatopoulos D, Young L, Gill P.</authorString>
                  <journalTitle>Lancet Reg Health Eur</journalTitle>
                  <journalVolume>11</journalVolume>
                  <pubYear>2021</pubYear>
                  <journalIssn>2666-7762</journalIssn>
                  <pageInfo>100242</pageInfo>
                  <pubType>discussion; journal article</pubType>
                  <isOpenAccess>Y</isOpenAccess>
                  <inEPMC>Y</inEPMC>
                  <inPMC>N</inPMC>
                  <hasPDF>Y</hasPDF>
                  <hasBook>N</hasBook>
                  <hasSuppl>N</hasSuppl>
                  <citedByCount>25</citedByCount>
                  <hasReferences>Y</hasReferences>
                  <hasTextMinedTerms>Y</hasTextMinedTerms>
                  <hasDbCrossReferences>N</hasDbCrossReferences>
                  <hasLabsLinks>Y</hasLabsLinks>
                  <hasTMAccessionNumbers>N</hasTMAccessionNumbers>
                  <firstIndexDate>2021-11-27</firstIndexDate>
                  <firstPublicationDate>2021-11-02</firstPublicationDate>
               </result>
            </resultList>
         </return>

Could you regenerate the wsdl and check?
I hope that helps.

Kind regards,
Madhu

[Darran Higgins]

Hi Madhu,

I'll check that we have regenerated the wsdl.

thanks for your help, 

Darran