Benchmarking Medical Research - Aggregating Publications using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH-terms)
Carlsson, Håkan LU
(2008)
Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Reseach Policy
- Abstract (Swedish)
- As the interest in research performance analysis using bibliometrics increases, more specialised tools are developed. In cases when verified publication data is not available; data is normally collected and aggregated using subject or organisational criteria. The journal subject areas in Thomson Reuters/ISI are often used, but can be poor in their precision and granularity. In an attempt to improve the data collection for a number of medical fields, MeSH-areas were created using Boolean combinations of MeSH-terms, the controlled vocabulary keywords of Medline. These areas were then used to benchmark medical research of a number of universities by using a database containing matched Thomson Reuters ISI/Medline data. The presentation will... (More)
- As the interest in research performance analysis using bibliometrics increases, more specialised tools are developed. In cases when verified publication data is not available; data is normally collected and aggregated using subject or organisational criteria. The journal subject areas in Thomson Reuters/ISI are often used, but can be poor in their precision and granularity. In an attempt to improve the data collection for a number of medical fields, MeSH-areas were created using Boolean combinations of MeSH-terms, the controlled vocabulary keywords of Medline. These areas were then used to benchmark medical research of a number of universities by using a database containing matched Thomson Reuters ISI/Medline data. The presentation will focus on the creation of the MeSH areas and how a reasonable workflow can look. Pros and cons of the general method will also be discussed. The actual benchmark and a study of the nature of the data aggregation are underway and preliminary data will be shown and commented. (Less)
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- Carlsson, Håkan
LU
- publishing date
- 2008
- type
- Contribution to conference
- publication status
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- subject
- keywords
- Bibliometrics, MeSH, utvärdering
- conference name
- Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Reseach Policy
- conference location
- Tampere, Finland
- conference dates
- 2008-09-11 - 2008-09-12
- language
- Swedish
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author = {{Carlsson, Håkan}},
keywords = {{Bibliometrics; MeSH; utvärdering}},
language = {{swe}},
title = {{Benchmarking Medical Research - Aggregating Publications using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH-terms)}},
year = {{2008}},
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