<s>
Anne	B-Algorithm
O'Tate	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
web-based	O
application	O
that	O
analyses	O
sets	O
of	O
records	O
identified	O
on	O
PubMed	B-Library
,	O
the	O
bibliographic	B-Library
database	I-Library
of	O
articles	O
from	O
over	O
5,500	O
biomedical	O
journals	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
PubMed	B-Library
has	O
its	O
own	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
search	O
options	O
to	O
identify	O
sets	O
of	O
records	O
relevant	O
to	O
a	O
researchers	O
query	O
it	O
lacks	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
analyse	O
these	O
sets	O
of	O
records	O
further	O
,	O
a	O
process	O
for	O
which	O
the	O
terms	O
text	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
and	O
drill	O
down	O
have	O
been	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anne	B-Algorithm
O'Tate	I-Algorithm
is	O
able	O
to	O
perform	O
such	O
analysis	O
and	O
can	O
process	O
sets	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
25,000	O
PubMed	B-Library
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
articles	O
has	O
been	O
identified	O
using	O
Anne	O
O’Tate	O
with	O
its	O
PubMed-like	O
interface	O
and	O
search	O
syntax	O
,	O
the	O
set	O
can	O
be	O
analysed	O
and	O
words	O
and	O
concepts	O
mentioned	O
in	O
specific	O
'	O
fields	O
 '	O
(	O
sections	O
)	O
of	O
PubMed	B-Library
records	O
can	O
be	O
displayed	O
in	O
order	O
of	O
frequency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
option	O
may	O
help	O
to	O
identify	O
possible	O
Medical	O
Subject	O
Headings	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
MeSH	O
terms	O
,	O
but	O
called	O
‘	O
Topics’	O
by	O
Anne	O
O’Tate	O
)	O
for	O
a	O
subject	O
for	O
which	O
no	O
corresponding	O
subject	O
heading	O
or	O
‘	O
entry	O
term’	O
(	O
cross-references	O
to	O
preferred	O
MeSH	O
term	O
)	O
exists	O
or	O
where	O
PubMed	B-Library
’s	O
automatic	O
mapping	O
process	O
(	O
identifying	O
a	O
MeSH	O
term	O
and	O
including	O
it	O
in	O
a	O
search	O
formulation	O
)	O
fails	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Searching	O
for	O
instance	O
for	O
articles	O
on	O
‘“	O
Knowledge	O
Transfer”’	O
(	O
for	O
which	O
no	O
corresponding	O
MeSH	O
or	O
entry	O
term	O
exists	O
)	O
will	O
retrieve	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
some	O
530	O
studies	O
in	O
PubMed	B-Library
(	O
as	O
of	O
August	O
2011	O
)	O
;	O
Anne	O
Tate	O
’s	O
analysis	O
suggests	O
that	O
MeSH	O
terms	O
like	O
"	O
Diffusion	O
of	O
Innovation	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
Information	O
Dissemination	O
"	O
may	O
be	O
suitable	O
additional	O
concepts	O
to	O
retrieve	O
a	O
more	O
‘	O
sensitive’	O
(	O
comprehensive	O
)	O
set	O
of	O
references	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
method	O
of	O
identifying	O
possible	O
MeSH	O
terms	O
is	O
not	O
available	O
on	O
PubMed	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Identifying	O
journals	O
which	O
publish	O
papers	O
on	O
the	O
subject	O
under	O
investigation	O
may	O
assist	O
with	O
selecting	O
suitable	O
journals	O
to	O
consider	O
for	O
manuscripts	O
or	O
for	O
detailed	O
scanning	O
for	O
relevant	O
articles	O
( 	O
 '	O
hand	O
searching	O
 '	O
)	O
not	O
found	O
by	O
the	O
search	O
on	O
PubMed	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
‘	O
Important	O
words’	O
from	O
titles	O
and	O
abstracts	O
which	O
may	O
"[...]	O
have	O
more	O
frequent	O
occurrences	O
in	O
the	O
result	O
subset	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
MEDLINE	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
,	O
thus	O
they	O
distinguish	O
the	O
result	O
subset	O
from	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
MEDLINE	O
"	O
can	O
be	O
identified	O
and	O
help	O
with	O
further	O
refining	O
a	O
search	O
on	O
PubMed	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anne	B-Algorithm
O'Tate	I-Algorithm
(	O
a	O
pun	O
on	O
the	O
word	O
‘	O
annotate’	O
)	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Neil	O
R	O
Smalheiser	O
and	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
researchers	O
from	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Chicago	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Arrowsmith	O
Project	O
,	O
which	O
developed	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
“	O
Arrowsmith	O
”	O
proper	O
,	O
a	O
text-comparison	O
application	O
,	O
"	O
Adam	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
database	O
of	O
medical	O
abbreviations	O
,	O
and	O
‘’	O
Author-ity	O
’’	O
(	O
an	O
author-disambiguation	O
tool	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
Compendium	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
biomedical	B-General_Concept
text	I-General_Concept
mining	I-General_Concept
tools	O
,	O
and	O
Anne	O
O’Tate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
text-mining	B-Algorithm
applications	O
for	O
PubMed	B-Library
have	O
been	O
developed	O
,	O
using	O
their	O
own	O
interface	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
GoPubMed	O
,	O
ClusterMed	O
,	O
or	O
PubReMiner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
Anne	O
O’Tate	O
uses	O
PubMed	B-Library
’s	O
standard	O
interface	O
,	O
search	O
syntax	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
functionality	O
.	O
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