Data Sources

The research module uses the following data sources:

• The bibliographic database MEDLINE, from the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Included are PubMed Articles published after 1992 and with MEDLINE Citation Status of MEDLINE, In-Process, PubMed-not-MEDLINE and In-Data-Review.

• Published journal articles from :The New England Journal of Medicine.

  • Preprint articles from aRxiv, chemRxiv, medRxiv, Peer J Preprints and other preprints journal articles.

  • Projects from the National Institutes of Health.  This includes grants, intramurals and contracts that are awarded between 1985 and the present.

  • Projects from Research Councils UK (RCUK).  Only projects funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) that are in life sciences domain are included.

  • Selected conference proceedings: Clinical & Translational Science (2012), NCI Translational Science (2011), and Digestive Disease Week (2009, 2010).

  • Patents from the United States Patent and Trademark office (USPTO). Awarded and applications patents between 2005 and the present for a set of selected classes are included in the database. The list of all patent classes included in the application is listed below.

• Clinical trials records from :

  • 1. USA Trials registry (ClinicalTrials.gov).

    2. EU Clinical Trials register (EUCTR).

    3. International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number Register (ISRCTN).

    4. The European Union electronic Register of Post-Authorisation Studies (EUPAS).

    5. Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR).

    6. University Hospital Medical Information Network-Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR), Japan.

    7. The World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (WHO-ICTRP).

       1.  Federal Agency for Medicine and Health Products-Belgium (FAMHP) and

    8. Other Sources: Pre-clinical or phase 1 trials captured from News releases which are not registered in any of the above listed trial registries.

The selected USPTO patent classes included in the research module are: