J Korean Soc Plast Reconstr Surg.  2002 Sep;29(5):464-468.

The Coincidence of the English Keywords with Medical Subject Headings(MeSH) in the Journal of Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons(JKSPRS)

• Hwang K
• Seo MS
• Lee SI

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to investigate how English keywords used in the Journal of Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons coincide with precise MeSH terms, and to verify to what extent frequently used English keywords(n > 3) are used with precise MeSH terms. The English keywords were analyzed from 594 articles of JKSPRS published from Jan. 1998 to Mar. 2002. The authors investigated the frequently used keywords and the percentage of the keywords Which coincide with MeSH using MeSH browser. The total number of the English keywords used was 1638, and 80 kinds of keywords including 'Free flap' were used 3 or more times. The number of terms precisely coincident with MeSH was 209(12.7%), the number of terms not matching MeSH term but Entry term was 217(13.3%) and 1212 terms(74.0%) were not MeSH terms. The number of frequently used key word(n>3) immatched with MeSH, that coincide with KPRS*terms was 22 including 'Free flap' and 'Tip plasty'. Many of English keywords of JKSPRS* does not coincide with the MeSH. We must try to use precise MeSH term when we use the English keywords of the articles.

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