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Find Databases That Have Specific Journals and Who Is Publishing Most in That Journal in a Particular Database?
TOPIC: If you select the proper database, you can search quickly and inexpensively on Dialog. The Dialog Journal Name Finder™ (File 414) helps researchers determine if a database has the journal they are looking for. Another helpful feature on Dialog is the RANK command which lets you perform trend or statistical analysis on an existing search set. The Dialog system extracts terms from the specified field using a two-letter prefix (e.g., AU for author) in a set of records and lists them in ranked order, with the most highly posted term appearing first.
For this search we'll use the Journal Name Finder to look for databases that contain records for the journal Nature Nanotechnology and use RANK to find out which authors are publishing most in this journal in a particular database.
COMMAND SUMMARY
BEGIN 414
EXPAND JN=NATURE NANO
SELECT E NUMBER(S)
REPORT S1/JOURNAL
Select the item number(s) for the journal
RANK AU
HOW TO...

1. BEGIN File 414, Dialog Journal Name Finder.
2. EXPAND using the prefix JN= for journal name and a form of the name that lets you see the beginning of the listing for nanotechnology.
3. SELECT all E numbers that contain a form of the journal title.
Note the different spellings of the name in the list of journals. |

?b 414
File 414:Dialog Journal Name Finder(TM) 2008/Apr
(c) 2008 Dialog
Set Items Description
--- ----- -----------
?e jn=nature nano
Ref Items Index-term
E1 1 JN=NATURE MUSEUM // BULLETIN OF IBARAKI
E2 1 JN=NATURE MUSEUM // MONOGRAPHS OF IBARAKI
E3 0 *JN=NATURE NANO E4 1 JN=NATURE NANO // JOURNAL E5 1 JN=NATURE NANOTECH // JOURNAL E6 1 JN=NATURE NANOTECHNOL UK E7 1 JN=NATURE NANOTECHNOL. (UK) E8 11 JN=NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY E9 1 JN=NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY // JOURNAL
E10 1 JN=NATURE NAT RESOUR C // INT UNION
E11 1 JN=NATURE NATIONAL PARKS
. . . .
Enter P or PAGE for more
?s e5:e9
S1 14 JN='NATURE NANOTECH // JOURNAL': JN='NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY //JOURNAL'
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4. Use the REPORT S#/JOURNAL to see a tabular display of journal titles, file numbers, type of databases and number of records.
Note: You can also SORT the records in S1 by record count (RC) to have the file with the highest record count appear first on the list in descending order (e.g., SORT S1/ALL/RC,D).
5. Type the item number of the database(s) you want to search, in this example File 2, Inspec for its engineering content.
Notice the different spellings of the journal name even in the same database.
6. Type Yes to save the items in a SearchSave and BEGIN the database(s). |

?report s1/journal
DIALOG(R)File 414 :Dialog Journal Name Finder(TM)
(c) 2008 Dialog All rts. reserv.
14 Journals Available
Journal File Number Type Record Count
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1 JOURNAL: NATURE NANOTECH. 103 BIBLIOGRAPHIC 1
2 JOURNAL: NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 103 BIBLIOGRAPHIC 2
3 NATURE NANOTECHNOL. (UK) 2 BIBLIOGRAPHIC 1
4 NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 440 BIBLIOGRAPHIC 314
5 NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 34 BIBLIOGRAPHIC 297
6 NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 73 BIBLIOGRAPHIC 216
7 NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 36 BIBLIOGRAPHIC 169
8 NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 95 BIBLIOGRAPHIC 111
9 NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2 BIBLIOGRAPHIC 97
10 NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 172 BIBLIOGRAPHIC 31
11 NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 24 BIBLIOGRAPHIC 7
12 NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 31 BIBLIOGRAPHIC 1
13 NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 7 BIBLIOGRAPHIC 1
Enter item number(s), P for next page, or EXIT to end Report:
?3,9
Selected item(s): 3,9 Items from file(s): 2
Enter YES to save items and begin searching these files,
P for next page, or EXIT to end Report:
?y
Temp SearchSave "TD622" stored
1 Select Statement, 2 Search Term(s)
SearchSave TD622
1 SearchSave(s), 2 Search Term(s)
Leaving Report/JOURNAL... |

The SearchSave is automatically run in the database you selected (File 2).
Note: At this point you can limit the search using additional keywords. |

File 2:INSPEC 1898-2008/Apr W3
(c) 2008 Institution of Electrical Engineers
Set Items Description
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1 JN=NATURE NANOTECHNOL. (UK)
97 JN=NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY
S1 97 JN="NATURE NANOTECHNOL. (UK)" + JN="NATURE
NANOTECHNOLOGY" |

7. Now use the RANK command to see what author(s) (AU) is publishing most in this journal in this database.
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?rank au
Started processing RAN
Completed Ranking 97 records
DIALOG RANK Results
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RANK: S1/1-97 Field: AU= File(s): 2
(Rank fields found in 97 records -- 526 unique terms)
Page 1 of 66
RANK No. Items Term
-------- ----- ----
1 3 IIJIMA, S.
2 2 AJAYAN, P.M.
3 2 AKIN, D.
4 2 BASHIR, R.
5 2 BIETSCH, A.
6 2 CERTA, U.
7 2 CI, L.
8 2 DEKKER, C.
P = next page Pn = Jump to page n
P- = previous page M = More Options Exit = Leave RANK
To view records from RANK, enter VIEW followed by RANK number,
format, and item(s) to display, e.g., VIEW 2/9/ALL.
Enter desired option(s) or enter RANK number(s) to save terms. |
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