Novel citation-based search method for scientific literature: a validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We recently developed CoCites, a citation-based search method that is designed to be more efficient than traditional keyword-based methods. The method begins with identification of one or more highly relevant publications (query articles) and consists of two searches: the co-citation search, which ranks publications on their co-citation frequency with the query articles, and the citation search, which ranks publications on frequency of all citations that cite or are cited by the query articles.

Methods

We aimed to reproduce the literature searches of published systematic reviews and meta-analyses and assess whether CoCites retrieves all eligible articles while screening fewer titles.

Results

A total of 250 reviews were included. CoCites retrieved a median o

SUBMITTER: Janssens ACJW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7006380 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature