PubMed-based establishment of classification for papers on research of basic and clinical medicine / 中华医学图书情报杂志

The classification for papers on research of basic and clinical medicine was studied using the MeSH and check tags indexing rules according to the NIH definition of research on clinical medicine based on PubMed, and its scientificalness was verified according to the papers published in New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, and Journal of American Medical Association from 2006 to 2015. The classification is of realistic significance for the scientific research management departments to keep abreast of the status quo and level of research on basic and clinical medi-cine and to make policy of scientific research management.