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Matching MEDLINE/PubMed data with Web of Science (WoS): a routine in R language
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posted on 2023-06-08, 18:15 authored by Daniele RotoloDaniele Rotolo, Loet LeydesdorffWe present a novel routine, namely medlineR, based on R language, that enables the user to match data from MEDLINE/PubMed with records indexed in the ISI Web of Science (WoS) database. The matching allows exploiting the rich and controlled vocabulary of Medical Sub- ject Headings (MeSH) of MEDLINE/PubMed with additional fields of WoS. The integration provides data (e.g. citation data, list of cited reference, list of the addresses of authors’ host organisations, WoS subject categories) to perform a variety of scientometric analyses. This brief communication describes medlineR, the methodology on which it relies, and the steps the user should follow to perform the matching across the two databases. In order to specify the differences from Leydesdorff and Opthof (2013), we conclude the brief communication by testing the routine on the case of the "Burgada Syndrome".
Funding
Mapping the Dynamics of Emerging Technologies:; G0499; ESRC-ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; RES 360 25 0076
NETGENESIS: The Genesis of Networks and Power - MC IOF Daniele Rotolo; G1280; EUROPEAN UNION; PIOF-GA-2012-331107
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and TechnologyISSN
1532-2882Publisher
John Wiley & SonsExternal DOI
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10Volume
66Page range
2155-2159Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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2014-09-09First Open Access (FOA) Date
2014-09-09First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2014-09-09Usage metrics
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