| Title |
Developing optimal search strategies for detecting clinically sound prognostic studies in MEDLINE: an analytic survey
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, June 2004
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-2-23 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nancy L Wilczynski, R Brian Haynes, the Hedges Team |
| Abstract |
Clinical end users of MEDLINE have a difficult time retrieving articles that are both scientifically sound and directly relevant to clinical practice. Search filters have been developed to assist end users in increasing the success of their searches. Many filters have been developed for the literature on therapy and reviews but little has been done in the area of prognosis. The objective of this study is to determine how well various methodologic textwords, Medical Subject Headings, and their Boolean combinations retrieve methodologically sound literature on the prognosis of health disorders in MEDLINE. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 107 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 4% |
| Spain | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 93 | 87% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 20 | 19% |
| Librarian | 13 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 12% |
| Professor | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 29 | 27% |
| Unknown | 13 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 47% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 5 | 5% |
| Psychology | 5 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 13% |
| Unknown | 21 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 August 2021.
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#2,386,348
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#1,536
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#3,582
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#5
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