diff --git a/packtools/sps/formats/pubmed.py b/packtools/sps/formats/pubmed.py
index f99b2651d..7c03d387a 100644
--- a/packtools/sps/formats/pubmed.py
+++ b/packtools/sps/formats/pubmed.py
@@ -45,8 +45,18 @@ def xml_pubmed_publisher_name_pipe(xml_pubmed, xml_tree):
 
 
 def get_journal_title(xml_tree):
-    journal_title = journal_meta.Title(xml_tree)
+    """
+    JournalTitle deve ser a abreviação do periódico registrada no PubMed
+    (journal-id[@journal-id-type="nlm-ta"]), presente apenas quando o
+    periódico é indexado no PubMed. Cai para a abreviação genérica da
+    SciELO quando nlm-ta está ausente, já que JournalTitle é obrigatório
+    na DTD do PubMed.
+    """
+    nlm_ta = journal_meta.JournalID(xml_tree).nlm_ta
+    if nlm_ta:
+        return nlm_ta
 
+    journal_title = journal_meta.Title(xml_tree)
     return journal_title.abbreviated_journal_title
 
 
diff --git a/tests/sps/formats/test_pubmed.py b/tests/sps/formats/test_pubmed.py
index a8afad598..ed46ad13a 100644
--- a/tests/sps/formats/test_pubmed.py
+++ b/tests/sps/formats/test_pubmed.py
@@ -179,6 +179,41 @@ def test_xml_pubmed_journal_title_pipe_without_title(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(obtained, expected)
 
+    def test_xml_pubmed_journal_title_pipe_uses_nlm_ta_over_abbrev(self):
+        expected = (
+            '<Article>'
+            '<Journal>'
+            '<JournalTitle>Rev Saude Publica</JournalTitle>'
+            '</Journal>'
+            '</Article>'
+        )
+        xml_pubmed = ET.fromstring(
+            '<Article>'
+            '<Journal/>'
+            '</Article>'
+        )
+        xml_tree = ET.fromstring(
+            '<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" '
+            'xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" '
+            'article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.1" specific-use="sps-1.9" xml:lang="en">'
+            '<front>'
+            '<journal-meta>'
+            '<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Rev Saude Publica</journal-id>'
+            '<journal-title-group>'
+            '<journal-title>Revista de Saúde Pública</journal-title>'
+            '<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Rev. saúde pública</abbrev-journal-title>'
+            '</journal-title-group>'
+            '</journal-meta>'
+            '</front>'
+            '</article>'
+        )
+
+        xml_pubmed_journal_title_pipe(xml_pubmed, xml_tree)
+
+        obtained = ET.tostring(xml_pubmed, encoding="utf-8").decode("utf-8")
+
+        self.assertEqual(obtained, expected)
+
     def test_xml_pubmed_issn_pipe(self):
         expected = (
             '<Article>'