IndMed : An Evaluative Study on the Coverage of Indian Medical Literature

Authors

  • N. Subramanyam
     Senior Librarian, M. S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore - 560054, Karnataka
  • M. Krishnamurthy
     Associate Professor, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore - 560059, Karnataka
  • A. Y. Asundi
     Former Professor and Chairman, DLISc, Bangalore University, Bangalore - 560056, Karnataka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2017/v54i1/101184

Keywords:

IndMed, Indian Medical Journals, Indian Science Abstracts

Abstract

India has the legacy of Susrutha and Charaka, its ancient medical practioners but the scholarly literature on modern medicine is scanty. The bibliographic work carried out by Dr John Shaw Billings is unmatched. Due to his contribution the Index Medicus (now-MEDLINE) stands as the most important database of biomedical literature. The services of MEDLINE were extended to all countries over the years and India had its services through MEDLARS Centre at NIC. The coverage of Indian medical literature in MEDLINE was not comprehensive and this affects visibility of Indian medical research output. So Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) launched IndMed and MedInd. There are no studies investigating the coverage, the services and the gaps in coverage of IndMed. This study seeks to assess the extent of Indian medical journals covered by the IndMed comparing the list of medical and allied sciences journals covered by Indian Science Abstracts. Suggestions are made as to how the IndMed can improve its coverage.

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Author Biography

A. Y. Asundi, Former Professor and Chairman, DLISc, Bangalore University, Bangalore - 560056, Karnataka

 

 

References

Abbreviated Journal List. Available from: http://isa.niscair.res.in/isa_search.jsp Accessed on 29 Aug 2016.

IndMed- Selection of Journals Indexed. (Available from: http://indmed.nic.in/journal_list.html) Accessed on 4 May 2016.

Number of Titles Currently Indexed for Index Medicus and MEDLINE. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ nlmcatalog Accessed on 31 Aug 2016.

Available from: http://www.niscair.res.in/sciencecommunication/ abstractingjournals/isa_online.htm Accessed on 29 Aug 2016.

IndMed- Selection of Journals Indexed. (Available from: http://indmed.nic.in/journal_list.html) Accessed on 4 May 2016.

Available from: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/num_titles.html As of July 2016, 5,630 journals are currently indexed for MEDLINE. MEDLINE includes journals that are cited as Index Medicus as well as other non-Index. Accessed on 29 Aug 2016.

IndMed. (Available from: http://indmed.nic.in/) Accessed on 4 Apr 2016.

Arunachalam S. (1997). How relevant is medical research done in India? – A study based on Medline. Current Science, V72 (12): 912.

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Published

2017-03-28

How to Cite

Subramanyam, N., Krishnamurthy, M., & Asundi, A. Y. (2017). IndMed : An Evaluative Study on the Coverage of Indian Medical Literature. Journal of Information and Knowledge, 54(1), 31–36. https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2017/v54i1/101184

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Volume 54, Issue 1, February 2017

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Received 2016-09-05
Accepted 2017-03-13
Published 2017-03-28

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