Research involving women and health in the Medline database, 1965–2005: co-term analysis and visualization of main lines of research

M. Angeles Zulueta; Gisela Cantos-Mateos; Benjamín Vargas-Quesada; Carmen Sánchez

doi:10.1007/s11192-011-0455-1

Scientometrics

Volume/Issue:: Volume 88: Issue 3

Research involving women and health in the Medline database, 1965–2005: co-term analysis and visualization of main lines of research

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M. Angeles Zulueta

M. Angeles Zulueta Information Science Faculty, University of Alcalá, C/ San Cirilo s/n, 28804 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
CSIC, Unidad Asociada Grupo SCImago, Madrid, Spain

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Gisela Cantos-Mateos

Gisela Cantos-Mateos Information Science Faculty, University of Alcalá, C/ San Cirilo s/n, 28804 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

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Benjamín Vargas-Quesada

Benjamín Vargas-Quesada Communication and Information Science Faculty, University of Granada, Colegio Máximo de Cartuja s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
CSIC, Unidad Asociada Grupo SCImago, Madrid, Spain

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Carmen Sánchez

Carmen Sánchez Information Science Faculty, University of Alcalá, C/ San Cirilo s/n, 28804 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

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Pages:: 679–706

Online Publication Date:: 23 Jul 2011

Publication Date:: 01 Sep 2011

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0455-1

Keywords:: Medline; Co-term; Health; Women; Research; Social networks; PFNET; Maps

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Abstract

This paper shows the main lines of research concerning health and women, as registered in the Medline database, broken down into four 10-year periods: 1965–1974, 1975–1984, 1985–1994, and 1995–2005. The units of analysis used were the Medline “MeSH” major terms, processed by means of co-term analysis. For graphic representation, the social network approach was used, with pruning performed by Pathfinder Networks (PFNET), so as to concentrate the displays. Factor analysis was used to group the descriptors and identify the main lines of research involving health and women. The results show that research on Health and Women has increased and undergone significant changes over the past 40 years, yet such studies are not given due importance.

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