articleJournal of the Association for Information Science and TechnologyJan 8, 2015Closed access

Comparing keywords plus of WOS and author keywords: A case study of patient adherence research

JZJuan ZhangYQYu QiFZFashan ZhengCLChao LongZLZuxun Lu

Shanxi Medical University · Rush University · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

Bibliometric analysis based on literature in the Web of Science ( WOS ) has become an increasingly popular method for visualizing the structure of scientific fields. Keywords Plus and Author Keywords are commonly selected as units of analysis, despite the limited research evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of Keywords Plus. This study was conceived to evaluate the efficacy of Keywords Plus as a parameter for capturing the content and scientific concepts presented in articles. Using scientific papers about patient adherence that were retrieved from WOS , a comparative assessment of Keywords Plus and Author Keywords was performed at the scientific field level and the document level, respectively. Our…

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  • Computer science
  • Web of science
  • Information retrieval
  • Scientific literature
  • Field (mathematics)
  • MEDLINE
  • Mathematics
  • Chemistry
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Quality Education
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