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Chemical documents and their titles: Human concept indexing vs. KWIC‐machine indexing

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  • Mary Jane Ruhl

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The machine‐produced, key‐word‐in‐context title index was introduced as a temporary bridge between current literature and its indexes. Due to the lower cost and more rapid production, some researchers might substitute these indexes for the conventional ones, but valuable research findings might be lost if titles omit important descriptive words. Comparing the indexing of the same documents in Chemical Titles and Chemical Abstracts Subject Index shows that more than half of the titles included all concepts, or their equivalents, as indexed by Chemical Abstracts. However, in many cases, more definitive titles might have been assigned to the documents. Authors and editors must continue to upgrade their titles by examining each title word. Does each word define some aspect of the report? Have words been included in the title to describe, as nearly as possible, each important new development reported?

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  • Mary Jane Ruhl, 1964. "Chemical documents and their titles: Human concept indexing vs. KWIC‐machine indexing," American Documentation, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 15(2), pages 136-141, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:amedoc:v:15:y:1964:i:2:p:136-141
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.5090150213
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    1. Shesen Guo & Ganzhou Zhang & Qiuhong Ju & Yu Chen & Qianfeng Chen & Lulu Li, 2015. "The evolution of conceptual diversity in economics titles from 1890 to 2012," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 102(3), pages 2073-2088, March.
    2. Shesen Guo & Ganzhou Zhang, 2017. "Analyzing concept complexity, knowledge ageing and diffusion pattern of Mooc," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 112(1), pages 413-430, July.

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