Investigations of the current situation of the use of standard medical terminologies in journals

VernacularTitle:期刊论文中标准医学名词的使用现状和体会
Author: Xiang XIE ; Yuan CHEN ; Chao ZHENG ; Xueqiong ZHU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Medical Term; standard; countermeasure
From: Chinese Journal of Medical Science Research Management 2015;28(5):378-381
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the current situation of the use of standard medical terminologies in journal, and analysis the reasons and then find the solutions.Methods Through searching the WANFANG database, we selected the nonstandard and standard terms of 100 common medical terminologies as Search Words, all the fields as Search Options to trace articles in periodicals from Jan.2011 to Dec.2013.After getting the top ten ranked words, the rate of use of the standard terms was analyzed.Results Some journals still use nonstandard terms, standard terms were mixed up with nonstandard terms in all of the 100 medical terminologies.Conclusions More attention should be paid to the use of the standard medical terms in periodicals to unify and standardize the use of medical terms.