Use of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in the Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association

Abstract

Purpose:The purpose of this study was to analyze the equality between author key words used in the Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association and controlled vocabulary or medical subject headings (MeSH). Materials and Methods: A total of 1,058 English key words in 320 papers (average 3.3 words in a paper) from 2009 to 2012 were eligible for this study. We classified them according to matched, partially matched, and non-matched terms. The partially matched terms were further dissected into entry terms, qualifiers, anteriorly or posteriorly matched, abbreviations, and pleurals. After descriptive analysis, we assayed patterns of errors in using MeSH, and reviewed frequently used non-MeSH terms. Results: The rate of matched terms was 23.5% for an average of four years, and 34.8% for 2013, which is on the rise by year. The rate of partially matched terms was 34.8%, and that of non-matched terms was 41.7% for an average of four years. The most frequently used key words were Knee and Total knee arthroplasty (17 times), followed by Osteoarthritis (9), Femur, Hip, and Total hip arthroplasty (8). Conclusion: Use of proper keywords aligned with the international standards such as MeSH is important to be properly cited. The authors should pay attention and be educated on correct use of MeSH as key words.

Comparison of the Matching of Keywords of Abstracts of Articles Latin Selected Journals of Iranian Dental Indexed in Pubmed with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

“…Kang et al [22] also represented in their study the amount of the Exact match keywords with Entry Terms is 13.9%, and the amount of different keywords in plural or singular than MeSH or Entry Terms and the amount of keywords with less or more terms than MeSH are 1% and 19.4% respectively. Roh [16], also showed that the amount of Exact match keywords with Entry Terms, although is very little but exist in his study, the keywords with more or less terms than MeSH have formed the maximum amount of Exact match keywords with MeSH.…”

Determining the informativeness of comments: a natural language study of F1000Research open peer review reports

“…The reason may be that the purpose of these studies was often to aid study users' or authors' skills in selecting appropriate MeSH terms effective in indexing and retrieving the documents. Consequently, they only studied the preferred MeSH terms that were effective in improving IR, citation counts and journals impact factors (Kang et al, 2014;Roh, 2012;Park and park, 2011;Guardiola-Wanden-Berghe et al, 2013).…”