Answered By: Ask a Librarian Last Updated: Feb 24, 2020
Journal Alerts save valuable research time, and can be set up to provide automatic e-mail notification whenever a new issue of a particular journal becomes available in the Oxford Journals database you are using. Please follow the instructions below to set up your own journal alert:
Step 1. Sign in
Before setting up a journal alert, you need to sign in after accessing Oxford Journals via Databases A-Z on XJTLU Library homepage.

Step 2. Visit the Email alerts page
You can reach the Email alerts page from either the Oxford Journals homepage or a particular journal site.


Step 3. Add alerts
Oxford Journals offers a variety of email alert options:
- New issue alerts – Receive an email whenever a new issue is published for a particular journal.
- In progress issue alerts – Receive an email when new articles are published within in progress issues in a particular journal.
- Advance article alerts – Receive an email whenever articles are published ahead of print (for participating journals).
- Article activity alerts – Receive an email showing comments added, citation count changes, corrections and retractions in a particular article. You may find the link on any journal article page.


Note: You may manage alerts on the Email alerts page.
Answered By: Ask a Librarian
Last Updated: Feb 24, 2020
Journal Alerts save valuable research time, and can be set up to provide automatic e-mail notification whenever a new issue of a particular journal becomes available in the Oxford Journals database you are using. Please follow the instructions below to set up your own journal alert:
Step 1. Sign in
Before setting up a journal alert, you need to sign in after accessing Oxford Journals via Databases A-Z on XJTLU Library homepage.
Step 2. Visit the Email alerts page
You can reach the Email alerts page from either the Oxford Journals homepage or a particular journal site.
Step 3. Add alerts
Oxford Journals offers a variety of email alert options:
- New issue alerts – Receive an email whenever a new issue is published for a particular journal.
- In progress issue alerts – Receive an email when new articles are published within in progress issues in a particular journal.
- Advance article alerts – Receive an email whenever articles are published ahead of print (for participating journals).
- Article activity alerts – Receive an email showing comments added, citation count changes, corrections and retractions in a particular article. You may find the link on any journal article page.
Note: You may manage alerts on the Email alerts page.