Field Delineation Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): An alternative way to aggregate data in the web of science

Håkan Carlsson; Ed CM Noyons

Field Delineation Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): An alternative way to aggregate data in the web of science

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Abstract

Field delineation is important in bibliometrics. Particularly when measuring scientific performance, the demarcation of the area, to which a science actor belongs, is of the greatest importance. This paper present a method based on searches on Boolean combinations of medical subject headings (MeSH-terms) in a combined Web of Science (WoS) - Medline database. The construction of the MeSH area definitions is described and recall is discussed and compared to other methods.

Original language	Swedish
Title of host publication	Proceedings of ISSI 2009
Pages	914
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 2009 Jul
Externally published	Yes
Event	ISSI 2009: The 12th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Duration: 2009 Jul 14 → 2009 Jul 17 Conference number: 12

Conference

Conference	ISSI 2009: The 12th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics
Abbreviated title	ISSI
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Period	2009/07/14 → 2009/07/17

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Medical and Health Sciences
Information Studies

Access to Document

https://www.issi-society.org/proceedings/issi_2009/ISSI2009-proc-vol2_Aug2009_batch2-paper-24.pdfLicence: CC BY

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Carlsson, H & Noyons, ECM 2009, Field Delineation Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): An alternative way to aggregate data in the web of science. in Proceedings of ISSI 2009. pp. 914, ISSI 2009: The 12th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2009/07/14. <https://www.issi-society.org/proceedings/issi_2009/ISSI2009-proc-vol2_Aug2009_batch2-paper-24.pdf>

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