Study of Similarities of Terms in Title, Author's Keywords and Controlled Vocabulary for Determining the Appropriate Field in Scientometric Thematic Analysis

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Farideh Osareh 1
Mohammad Tavakolizadeh-Ravari 2
Zahed Bigdeli 1
Roghayeh Ghazavi 3
1 Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, School of Social Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
3 PhD Student, Knowledge and Information Science, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
10.22122/him.v15i5.3560
Abstract
Introduction: One problem in conducting scientometric thematic analysis is selecting which of the bibliographic fields containing the topics can be analyzed. This study aimed to compare subject fields of documents to determine the field or a combination of fields which are suitable for conducting a complete and proper thematic analysis in scientometrics.Methods: This was a descriptive research with content analysis approach. Scientific products in the field of functional gastrointestinal disorders were extracted from the Scopus database. The analysis was done on 13798 documents, which included title, author keywords, and index keywords. After clustering using the K-Means method, and calculating the inclusion index for created clusters, the similarity of keywords between the three fields was determined.Results: There was a high similarity between the index and the author keywords (87.71 and 85.71). The low amount of the index in the title field and the index keywords (0) also suggested that there was little similarity between the controlled vocabulary and the keywords used by the authors in the title, and that authors did not use the preferred vocabulary in the title.Conclusion: Using the words of the title field will show the results of the natural language analysis. However, if the purpose of a study is categorizing terms, the use of index keywords field will be the most appropriate.
Keywords
Thematic Analysis
Scientometrics
Title
Controlled Vocabulary
Keywords
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Health Information Management
Volume 15, Issue 5 - Serial Number 5
Autumn 2018
Pages 220-225