Medical subject headings versus American Psychological Association Index Terms: indexing eating disorders

To analyze the keywords used in articles published in eating disorder journals indexed in MEDLINE to determine their correspondence with the MeSH or the APA-Terms. Descriptive bibliometric study. We established three inclusion criteria: articles had to be original, to contain keywords, and to have b...

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Published in:Scientometrics 2013, Vol.94 (1), p.305-311
Main Authors: Guardiola-Wanden-Berghe, Rocío, Sanz-Valero, Javier, Wanden-Berghe, Carmina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Bibliographic data bases
Bibliometrics. Scientometrics
Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation
Computer Science
Controlled vocabulary
Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information science. Documentation
Information Storage and Retrieval
Keywords
Library and information science. General aspects
Library Science
MeSH
Sciences and techniques of general use
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Summary:To analyze the keywords used in articles published in eating disorder journals indexed in MEDLINE to determine their correspondence with the MeSH or the APA-Terms. Descriptive bibliometric study. We established three inclusion criteria: articles had to be original, to contain keywords, and to have been in the MEDLINE database in the last 5 years. 918 original with 1,868 different keywords were studied. Eight original articles (0.87 %) presented complete correspondence between the keywords used and the indexing terms. Of the keywords studied, 300 (16.06 %) coincided with MeSH and 366 (19.59 %) with APA-Terms. The comparison between keywords matching MeSH and those matching APA-Terms, we found significant differences indicating greater agreement with APA-Terms ( p  
ISSN:0138-9130
1588-2861
DOI:10.1007/s11192-012-0866-7