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A Network-based Approach to Evolution of MEDLINE

Authors:
Andrej Kastrin
Thomas C. Rindflesch
Dimitar Hristovski

Keywords: complex networks, network analysis, network evolution, MEDLINE

Abstract:
MEDLINE bibliographic database can be represented as a network of nodes and edges, where the former represent biomedical concepts and the latter represent relationships among them. Nodes and edges are not uniformly distributed but rather appear in locally dense communities. We investigate the dynamics and evolution of MEDLINE using network analysis based on community modeling. This study identifies the major research focuses and the current status and trends in the life sciences. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first analysis conducted on such a large portion of the MEDLINE database.

Pages: 111 to 112

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: May 21, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4332

ISBN: 978-1-61208-558-6

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from May 21, 2017 to May 25, 2017