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

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  • Rocío Guardiola-Wanden-Berghe

    (University of Alicante)

  • Javier Sanz-Valero

    (University of Alicante
    Miguel Hernández University)

  • Carmina Wanden-Berghe

    (University Cardenal Herrera-CEU)

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

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  • Rocío Guardiola-Wanden-Berghe & Javier Sanz-Valero & Carmina Wanden-Berghe, 2013. "Medical subject headings versus American Psychological Association Index Terms: indexing eating disorders," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 94(1), pages 305-311, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:94:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1007_s11192-012-0866-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0866-7
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