Aggithaya Madhur G, Narahari Saravu R
Institute of Applied Dermatology, Kasaragod, Kerala, India.
Ayu. 2015 Jul-Sep;36(3):238-53. doi: 10.4103/0974-8520.182754.
The journals that publish on Ayurveda are increasingly indexed by popular medical databases in recent years. However, many Eastern journals are not indexed biomedical journal databases such as PubMed. Literature searches for Ayurveda continue to be challenging due to the nonavailability of active, unbiased dedicated databases for Ayurvedic literature. In 2010, authors identified 46 databases that can be used for systematic search of Ayurvedic papers and theses. This update reviewed our previous recommendation and identified current and relevant databases.
To update on Ayurveda literature search and strategy to retrieve maximum publications.
Author used psoriasis as an example to search previously listed databases and identify new. The population, intervention, control, and outcome table included keywords related to psoriasis and Ayurvedic terminologies for skin diseases. Current citation update status, search results, and search options of previous databases were assessed. Eight search strategies were developed. Hundred and five journals, both biomedical and Ayurveda, which publish on Ayurveda, were identified. Variability in databases was explored to identify bias in journal citation.
Five among 46 databases are now relevant - AYUSH research portal, Annotated Bibliography of Indian Medicine, Digital Helpline for Ayurveda Research Articles (DHARA), PubMed, and Directory of Open Access Journals. Search options in these databases are not uniform, and only PubMed allows complex search strategy. "The Researches in Ayurveda" and "Ayurvedic Research Database" (ARD) are important grey resources for hand searching. About 44/105 (41.5%) journals publishing Ayurvedic studies are not indexed in any database. Only 11/105 (10.4%) exclusive Ayurveda journals are indexed in PubMed.
AYUSH research portal and DHARA are two major portals after 2010. It is mandatory to search PubMed and four other databases because all five carry citations from different groups of journals. The hand searching is important to identify Ayurveda publications that are not indexed elsewhere. Availability information of citations in Ayurveda libraries from National Union Catalogue of Scientific Serials in India if regularly updated will improve the efficacy of hand searching. A grey database (ARD) contains unpublished PG/Ph.D. theses. The AYUSH portal, DHARA (funded by Ministry of AYUSH), and ARD should be merged to form single larger database to limit Ayurveda literature searches.
近年来，发表阿育吠陀相关内容的期刊越来越多地被主流医学数据库收录。然而，许多东方期刊并未被诸如PubMed等生物医学期刊数据库收录。由于缺乏活跃、公正的阿育吠陀文献专用数据库，对阿育吠陀文献的检索仍然具有挑战性。2010年，作者们确定了46个可用于系统检索阿育吠陀论文和论著的数据库。本次更新回顾了我们之前的推荐，并确定了当前相关的数据库。
更新阿育吠陀文献检索方法及策略，以获取最多的出版物。
作者以银屑病为例，检索之前列出的数据库并确定新的数据库。人群、干预措施、对照和结果表中包含与银屑病及阿育吠陀皮肤病学术语相关的关键词。评估了之前数据库的当前引用更新状态、检索结果及检索选项。制定了八种检索策略。确定了105种发表阿育吠陀相关内容的生物医学和阿育吠陀期刊。探索了数据库中的差异，以确定期刊引用中的偏差。
46个数据库中有5个目前仍然相关——阿育吠陀与顺势疗法部研究门户、印度医学注释书目、阿育吠陀研究文章数字求助热线（DHARA）、PubMed和开放获取期刊目录。这些数据库中的检索选项并不统一，只有PubMed允许使用复杂的检索策略。《阿育吠陀研究》和“阿育吠陀研究数据库（ARD）”是重要的灰色文献资源，可供手工检索。约有44/105（41.5%）发表阿育吠陀研究的期刊未被任何数据库收录。只有11/105（10.4%）专门的阿育吠陀期刊被PubMed收录。
阿育吠陀与顺势疗法部研究门户和DHARA是2010年之后的两个主要门户。必须检索PubMed和其他四个数据库，因为这五个数据库都包含来自不同期刊组的引用。手工检索对于识别未在其他地方被索引的阿育吠陀出版物很重要。如果印度国家科学期刊联合目录中阿育吠陀图书馆的引用信息定期更新，将提高手工检索的效率。一个灰色数据库（ARD）包含未发表的研究生/博士论文。应将阿育吠陀与顺势疗法部门户、DHARA（由阿育吠陀与顺势疗法部资助）和ARD合并，形成一个更大的单一数据库，以限制阿育吠陀文献检索。
