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Michael Gusenbauer – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
Citation indices providing information on backward citation (BWC) and forward citation (FWC) links are essential for literature discovery, bibliographic analysis, and knowledge synthesis, especially when language barriers impede document identification. However, the suitability of citation indices varies. While some have been analyzed, the…
Descriptors: Citation Indexes, Information Retrieval, Databases, Web Sites
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Liu, Shifeng; Bourgeois, Florence T.; Dunn, Adam G. – Research Synthesis Methods, 2022
A substantial proportion of trial registrations are not linked to corresponding published articles, limiting analyses and new tools. Our aim was to develop a method for finding articles reporting the results of trials that are registered on ClinicalTrials.gov when they do not include metadata links. We used a set of 27,280 trial registration and…
Descriptors: Medical Research, Web Sites, Identification, Computational Linguistics
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Wanner, Amanda; Baumann, Niki – Research Synthesis Methods, 2019
Background: Both PubMed and Ovid MEDLINE contain records from the MEDLINE database. However, there are subtle differences in content, functionality, and search syntax between the two. There are many instances in which researchers may wish to search both interfaces, such as when conducting supplementary searching for a systematic review to retrieve…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Databases, Medical Research, Medical Evaluation