Orive, JIDG; Rio, FG; Vazquez, FR; Sacristan, JE; Jimenez, TG; Sanchez, LC "Key words, essential tools for bibliographic research: Analysis of usage in Archivos de bronconeumologia for respiratory system" Arch. de Bronconeumol 41 (2). Feb 2005. p.78-83.

[Eugene Garfield]

TITLE:          Key words, essential tools for bibliographic research:
                Analysis of usage in Archivos de bronconeumologia for
                respiratory system
                knowledge areas (Article, Spanish)

AUTHOR:         Orive, JIDG; Rio, FG; Vazquez, FR; Sacristan, JE;
                Jimenez, TG; Sanchez, LC

SOURCE:         ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA 41 (2). FEB 2005. p.78-83
                EDICIONES DOYMA S/L, BARCELONA


ABSTRACT:       OBJECTIVE: To analyze key word usage in ARCHIVOS DE
BRONCONEUMOLOGIA, by comparing words used in the journal to those used in
the Index Medicus database within various respiratory system knowledge
areas, and to determine whether usage has changed over time.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Original articles published in ARCHIVOS DE
BRONCONEUMOLOGIA from 1994 through 2001 were reviewed manually to gather
the key words used. The list was translated to English and then compared
to the medical subject heading (MeSH) terms used in the PubMed Browser.

RESULTS: Seven hundred six original articles published in the study
period used a total of 1163 key words. Matches with MeSH terms were found
for 62% (n=46) of the key words in smoking research, 48% (n=52) in
asthma, 39% (n=82) in respiratory insufficiency and sleep disorders, 60%
(n=49) in diagnostic and treatment techniques, 61% (n=35) in
tuberculosis, 65% (n=87) in nontuberculous infections, 61% (n=121) in
oncology, 60% (n=37) in circulation, 55% (n=47) in pleural diseases, 48%
(n=21) in pathophysiology, and 64% (n=68) in interstitial diseases. We
did not see a clear tendency in the evolution of the journal's key word
usage for the knowledge areas analyzed during the study period. The
percentage of matching key words held steady around 50% over the last 3
years.

CONCLUSIONS: Respiratory system key words in the knowledge areas we
investigated are used correctly in ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA only
about 50% of the time.

AUTHOR ADDRESS: JIDG Orive, Cavanilles 43, E-28007 Madrid, Spain