Morris TA "Structural relationships within medical informatics" JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION : 590-594 Suppl. S 2000

[Eugene Garfield]

Theodore  Allan Morris : tamorris at kent.edu


TITLE Structural relationships within medical informatics
AUTHOR Morris TA
JOURNAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION  : 590-594
        Suppl. S 2000

Document type: Article
Language: English
Cited References: 18
Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
This study seeks to increase our understanding of the structure of Medical
Informatics. In particular, it focuses on the relationships between
information science and information technology on the one hand, and
biomedical research, clinical practice, and medical education on the other,
that have defined "medical informatics."

Using indexing terms and MeSH tree structures assigned to medical
informatics literature covered by MEDLINE, co-occurrence analysis provides a
"map" of the field. Major research and application focuses arrayed within
the map elucidate a finer structure than reported previously. Dimensions
"Techniques vs. Systems" and "Signs & Symptoms vs. Processes" form the two
axes of the map and relate to the relationships underlying the indexing
assignments given to the literature studied.
Related studies underway using the INSPEC database will provide a
complementary perspective on the structure of medical informatics as a
field.

KeyWords Plus:
CITATION ANALYSIS, SCIENCE, SERIALS, RANKING, FIELD, SET

Addresses:
Morris TA, Univ Cincinnati, Med Ctr, Cincinnati, OH 45267 USA
Univ Cincinnati, Med Ctr, Cincinnati, OH 45267 USA

Publisher:
HANLEY & BELFUS INC, PHILADELPHIA

IDS Number:
458RC

ISSN:
1067-5027

Cited Author            Cited Work                Volume      Page      Year

                       S03 S08 VAR LAB ASS
 BECK JR               MED DECIS MAKING               4       449      1984
 BRAAM RR              J AM SOC INFORM SCI           42       233      1991
 GREENES RA            P 11 ANN S COMP APPL                   411      1987
 MCCAIN KW             J AM SOC INFORM SCI           40       110      1989
 MILLER MD             J MED EDUC                     5       797      1982
 MORRIS TA             J AM MED INFORM ASSN           5       448      1998
 MORRIS TA             THESIS DREXEL U
 PYLE KI               MED DECIS MAKING               8       155      1988
 ROGERS LA             SCIENTOMETRICS                28        61      1993
 SITTIG DF             B MED LIBR ASSOC              87        43      1999
 SITTIG DF             B MED LIBR ASSOC              84       200      1996
 SITTIG DF             MEDINFO 95                            1452      1995
 SITTIG DF             METHOD INFORM MED             34       397      1995
 TIJSSEN RJW           EVALUATION REV                18        98      1994
 TIJSSEN RJW           SCIENTOMETRICS                28       111      1993
 VISHWANATHAM R        B MED LIBR ASSOC              86       518      1998
 WHITE HD              ANNU REV INFORM SCI           32        99      1997