Transcript Smarter
The New
Smarter. Easier. Better.
Presented By: 莊俊彥 Andy Chuang
Elsevier Taiwan LLC
Date: Aug 16, 2007
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51 Reference Books
Book Resources
Titles
Reference and Textbook
51
Mosby’s Year Book
33
Total
84
Books
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specific book
Journals
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88 journals and clinics
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Titles
Overlap with
2006 JCR
Journals
53
40
Clinics
35
25
Total
88
65
Note: 19 exclusive titles
The Top 8 Journal Titles
The Lancet
Infectious Diseases
1/47
Annals of
Emergency Medicine
1/11
Journal of Allergy
and Clinical Immunology
1/16
The Lancet Neurology
1/146
Journal of the American Academy
Journal of Pediatrics of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Critical Care Medicine
2/18
4/74
2/74
Anesthesiology
2/22
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1.EMERGENCY MEDICINE
17.HEMATOLOGY
2.UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
18.IMMUNOLOGY
3.GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY
19.MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY
4.MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
20.ORTHOPEDICS
5.CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
21.OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
6.ALLERGY
22.RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
7.ANESTHESIOLOGY
23.RHEUMATOLOGY
8.CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR
SYSTEMS
24.PEDIATRICS
9.INFECTIOUS DISEASES
25.CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
26.PSYCHIATRY
10.DERMATOLOGY
27.RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
11.ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
28.SPORT SCIENCES
12.GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY 29.SURGERY
13.OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
30.UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
14.ONCOLOGY
31.PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
15.OPHTHALMOLOGY
32.NUTRITION & DIETETICS
16.EMERGENCY MEDICINE
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present
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Sections’.
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page.
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Top Clinics Serial Titles
Clinics in MDC
Title
2006IF
1
Adolescent Medicine Clinics
#N/A
2
Anesthesiology Clinics of North America
#N/A
3
Cardiology Clinics
1.433
4
Clinics in Chest Medicine
1.991
5
Clinics in Family Practice
#N/A
6
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
1.129
7
Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
1.904
8
Clinics in Liver Disease
#N/A
9
Clinics in Perinatology
1.405
10 Clinics in Sports Medicine
0.832
11 Critical Care Clinics
1.845
12 Dermatologic Clinics
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North
13
America
14 Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics
1.179
15 Gastroenterology Clinics
Hematology/oncology Clinics of North
16
America
Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North
17
America
Title
Infectious Disease Clinics of North
America
19 Medical Clinics of North America
18
20 Neurologic Clinics
2006IF
1.642
2.054
1.1
21 Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics
0.825
22 Ophthalmology Clinics of North America
#N/A
23 Orthopedic Clinics of North America
2.5
24 Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
0.911
25 Pediatric Clinics of North America
1.048
26 PET Clinics
#N/A
27 Primary Care; Clinics in Office Practice
0.588
28 Psychiatric Clinics of North America
#N/A
2.533
2.845
29 Radiologic Clinics of North America
Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North
30
America
31 Sleep Medicine Clinics
2.019
32 Surgical Clinics of North America
1.656
1.468
33 Ultrasound Clinics
#N/A
34 Urologic Clinics of North America
1.819
0.672
3.178
2.568
#N/A
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Drug Administration
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manufacturer.
2005 Butler University School of
Pharmacy Study
Test
Completeness, clinical dependability, and ease-of-use of drug information databases
through 100 drug information questions in 20 categories
Results
Completeness Scores
Product
Owner
Ranking
1.
Clinical Pharmacology
Gold Standard
311
2.
Micromedex
Thomson
284
3.
Lexi-Comp
Lexi-Comp
245
4.
eFacts
Wolters Kluwer
191
5.
RX Online
ePocrates
99
Conclusion
Clinical Pharmacology found to be the most comprehensive and dependable drug
information resource
2006 Nova Southeastern University
Evaluation of Drug Databases
Objective:
•
To evaluate seven online drug information databases according to pre-specified criteria,
including range of information, completeness, ease-of-use and cost.
Drug References Compared:
•
Clinical Pharmacology, Facts and Comparisons 4.0 Online, ePocrates Online Premium,
ePocrates Online Free, Lexi-Comp Online, Micromedex, and RxList.com
Criteria:
•
•
158 questions
15 drug-related categories: dosage, interactions, stability, pharmacology and cost
Results: Composite Scores
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Clinical Pharmacology
Micromedex
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epocrates
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