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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'


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
-----------------------------------------------------------------
  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
      ---  -----  -----------
               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.


?rank au

Started processing RAN
Completed Ranking 97 records

DIALOG RANK Results
--------------------

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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