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Table 3 Retrieval result of classified thesaurus set for anatomy (partial)

From: Reengineering of MeSH thesauri for term selection to optimize literature retrieval and knowledge reconstruction in support of stem cell research

Category

Recall ratioa

Precision ratiob

Recall ratio (special journal sample)

Cardiovascular System

92 %

93.3 %

92.4 %

Respiratory System

88 %

91.6 %

100 %

Digestive System

90 %

100.0 %

89.2 %

Neuro-Sensory System

89 %

100.0 %

96.3 %

Musculoskeletal and Integumentary System

87 %

94.1 %

86.6 %

Urogenital System

92 %

100 %

90.3 %

Hemic and Immune Systems

82 %

100 %

93.8 %

Cardiovascular Diseases

97 %

94.1 %

 

Respiratory Tract Diseases

94 %

80.5 %

 

Digestive System Diseases

92 %

88.6 %

 

Nervous System Diseases

89 %

93.7 %

 

Eye Diseases

96 %

100.0 %

 

Musculoskeletal Diseases

97 %

85.0 %

 

Integumentary System Diseases

93 %

89.1 %

 

Urogenital System Diseases

90 %

92.3 %

 

Hemic and Immune Systems Diseases

90 %

93.7 %

 

Endocrine System Diseases

94 %

92.6 %

 

Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

88 %

87.8 %

 

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities

89 %

90.0 %

 

Neoplasms

84 %

93.0 %

91.7 %

Graft vs Host Disease

84 %

88.8 %

 

Virus Diseases

99 %

83.3 %

 

Wounds and Injuries

98 %

87.5 %

 

Embryonic Stem Cells

99 %

100.0 %

 

Adult Stem Cells

94 %

62.7 %

 

Neoplastic Stem Cells

94 %

100.0 %

 

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

99 %

100.0 %

 

Reprogramming

96 %

96.6 %

 

Stem Cell Transplantation

100 %

94.0 %

 

Ethics

96 %

100.0 %

 
  1. aRecall ratio: Investigates how many articles are retrieved using classified thesauri (Randomly select 300 articles from 5527 and classify them into different categories as benchmarks.)
  2. bPrecision ratio: Randomly select 100 articles retrieved by classified thesauri and examine whether they belongs to the category