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 inScientometrics Vol. 94; no. 1; pp. 305 - 311
Main Authors Guardiola-Wanden-Berghe, Rocío, Sanz-Valero, Javier, Wanden-Berghe, Carmina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.01.2013
Springer
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
Information storage and retrieval
Access to information
Subject headings
Bibliographic databases
Controlled vocabulary
Periodical
Scientific research
Database
Bibliographic database
Bibliometric analysis
Comparative study
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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  < 0.001). The weak agreement between keywords and indexing terms may hinder the cataloguing of eating disorder articles. The authors of these studies made greater use of keywords related to APA-Terms.
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ISSN:0138-9130
1588-2861
DOI:10.1007/s11192-012-0866-7