Lack of standardization of the journal title data element in databases

Abstract

The problem of data element representation i s more extensive than most perceive. The number of standards (internal, national, and international) i s large, but the use of standards within databases i s not widespread. The result i s a significant lack of standardization both within and across databases. The result of nonstandardization becomes apparent when one attempts an exhaustive search on a particular data element in multiple databases. The journal t i t l e element was studied in eight databases, and four measures ("Number of forms of an element in a database," "Percent retrievability by element form," "Number of noncontiguous entry points in a sorted list," and "Percent retrievability by best form of an element") were developed to show the extent of standardization within a database and some of i t s implications for searching.

A surname-based bibliometric indicator: publications in biomedical journal

“…Surnames have been applied to ascribe ethnicity in a number of studies (Chakraborty et al 1989;Revazov et al 1986;Nanchahal et al 2001). Because of their capacity to handle massive amounts of information, bibliographic databases have become an important tool for bibliographic studies including the use of authors' surnames (Williams and Lannom 1981;Ruiz-Perez et al 2002). One of the most comprehensive bibliographic databases is PubMed which comprises over 20 million citations for biomedical literature.…”

Standardizing formats of corporate source data

“…In the case of research evaluation, databases provide information that is essential for bibliometric purposes. The results of quantitative studies are known to be determined by the quality of data, both within and across databases; yet quality control of data is still an issue (SHER et al, 1966;HAWKINS, 1977;1980;GARFIELD, 1979;1983a, b;WILLIAMS & LANNOM, 1981;PITERNICK, 1982;STEFANIAK, 1987;ANDERSON et al, 1988;LEYDESDORFF, 1988;MOED & VRIENS, 1989;DE BRUIN & MOED, 1990;BOURKE & BUTLER, 1996;INGWERSEN & CHRISTENSEN, 1997;HOOD & WILSON, 2003; VAN RAAN, 2005).…”

The unification of institutional addresses applying parametrized finite-state graphs (P-FSG)

“…Moreover, when these databases are used as potential resources for building scientometric indicators, another series of technical obstacles arises in the combination, or "hyphenation", of databases owing to different standards in abbreviation, spelling and transliteration (BRAUN et al, 1995). The quality control of 324 Scientometrics 69 (2006) data, both within and across databases, is a necessary issue, often addressed yet to date unsolved (SHER et al, 1966;GARFIELD, 1979;1983a, b;WILLIAMS & LANNOM, 1981;PITERNICK, 1982;STEFANIAK, 1987;MOED & VRIENS, 1989;PAO, 1989;RICE et al, 1989;CRONIN & SNYDER, 1997;INGWERSEN & CHRISTENSEN, 1997;GILES et al, 1998;HOOD & WILSON, 2003). In a secondary use of these databases, in bibliometric analysis, again databases of bibliometric information are created, their construction involving some or all of the following steps: information gathering, information processing, data standardization, and codification.…”