playing around with gopubmed for the first time (i know, i know!) today. i put in my favorite search term, “gastroesophageal reflux,” and waited to see what happened. a lot of resulting information was displayed, looking not like any search result screen i’ve ever seen. on the screen are the top authors on the topic, top journals, publications on the topic over time, author collaboration network and a world map. it’s metadata heaven! the best part for me is the mesh root paths, showing all the trees in which my search term shows up, and at what level. if i were just beginning a search and wasn’t sure i had exactly the right keyword, the root paths would be enormously helpful. i’m going to keep playing with this and see where it leads.
does anybody consistently use gopubmed.org instead of www.pubmed.gov? leave a comment if so and tell me why.
