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

Rocío Guardiola-Wanden-Berghe, Javier Sanz-Valero () and Carmina Wanden-Berghe
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Rocío Guardiola-Wanden-Berghe: University of Alicante
Javier Sanz-Valero: University of Alicante
Carmina Wanden-Berghe: University Cardenal Herrera-CEU

Scientometrics, 2013, vol. 94, issue 1, No 17, 305-311

Abstract: Abstract 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

Keywords: Controlled vocabulary; Subject headings; Access to information; Information storage and retrieval; Bibliographic databases (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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