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Snapshot · OMB 2025 inventory · processed Oct 11, 2026
HHS · no agency ID · record R0907

Biomedical Citation Selector (BmCS)

Department of Health and Human Services · HHS/NIH

Overview

Development stage
DeployedSource: c) Deployed – The use case is being actively authorized or utilized to support the functions or mission of an agency.
High-impact designation
Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
Impact justification
Not reported
Start date
2023-01 (month precision)Source: Jan-23
Withheld from public reporting
NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area
Administrative Functions
Operational functions
No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Time-consuming human review of individual journal articles from multidisciplinary journals to determine inclusion in MEDLINE.

Expected benefits

More efficient and effective indexing and inclusion of relevant journal articles, standardization of citation record selection, and reduced processing time

System outputs

Sets of citation records that are classified as relevant to biomedicine and the life sciences.

Technology

AI classification
Classical / predictive MLSource: Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relatio…
System name(s)
Not reported
Custom-developed code
Yes
Public source code
github.com ↗

Sourcing

How it was built
Developed in-houseSource: b) Developed in-house
Vendor (as reported)
Not reported
Vendors (standardized)
None on the standard list

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII
No
Privacy Impact Assessment
Not reported
Authorization to Operate
No
Demographic features
k) None of the above
Training and evaluation data
PubMed citation data that was submitted by publishers and stored in the agency database was used.
Federal Data Catalog
Not reported

Governance

0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.

Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported
AI impact assessmentNo answer reported
Independent reviewNo answer reported
Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported
Operator trainingNo answer reported
Fail-safeNo answer reported
Appeal processNo answer reported
User and public consultationNo answer reported

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported