Table 3 Percentage of retrieved articles by the number of citing articles and similarity index
From: Novel citation-based search method for scientific literature: a validation study
| Number of citing articles | Similarity index* | Percentage of articles in PubMed | Number | Percentage retrieved, median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| > 20 | > 0.2 | 100 | 101 | 87.5 (68.0, 100.0) |
| > 100 | > 0.2 | 100 | 70 | 90.8 (77.6, 100.0) |
| > 20 | > 0.5 | 100 | 52 | 87.5 (77.4, 100.0) |
| > 100 | > 0.5 | 100 | 32 | 91.9 (82.2, 100.0) |
| > 20 | > 0.2 | > 90 | 150 | 83.3 (64.1, 96.5) |
| > 100 | > 0.2 | > 90 | 111 | 85.7 (66.7, 96.7) |
| > 20 | > 0.5 | > 90 | 71 | 87.5 (69.2, 95.2) |
| > 100 | > 0.5 | > 90 | 47 | 87.5 (76.9, 95.2) |
| > 20 | > 0.2 | All | 200 | 80.0 (60.0, 94.1) |
| > 100 | > 0.2 | All | 139 | 81.2 (64.3, 95.2) |
| > 20 | > 0.5 | All | 94 | 84.5 (61.5, 94.4) |
| > 100 | > 0.5 | All | 59 | 86.8 (66.7, 94.4) |