Document Type
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Description
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Abstract
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An overview or summary of research submitted to or presented at a meeting.
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Art and Literature
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An original work of fiction, music, poetry, or a script.
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Article
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A published research paper.
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Bibliography
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A listing of publications typically devoted to a particular topic, author, or
time period
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Biography
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An article or publication, usually containing a bibliography, on the life and
works of an individual.
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Book
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A monograph or publication written on a specific topic.
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Case Report
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A description of the presentation, diagnosis and treatment of a patient.
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Clinical Trial
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A study performed on patients to test the safety and efficacy of medical
procedures.
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Correction
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A second citation of an article or publication for the purpose of correcting
an error.
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Data Paper
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A scholarly publication describing a particular dataset or collection of
datasets and usually published in the form of a peer-reviewed article in a
scholarly journal. The main purpose of a data paper is to provide facts about
the data (metadata, such as data collection, access, features etc) rather than
analysis and research in support of the data, as found in a conventional
research article.
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Data Set
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A single or coherent set of data (or a data file) provided by the repository
as part of a collection, data study, or experiment. These can be of multiple
file formats such as spreadsheet, video, and audio.
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Data Study
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A description of studies or experiments held in repositories with the
associated data used in the data study. These are linked to a repository and may
optionally link to Data Set records relating to the more granular data files.
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Editorial
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An authored viewpoint on a topic. It includes discussions, commentary and
opinion pieces.
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Government Publication
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A publication produced by national, state, or local government.
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Legislation
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A proposed or enacted law.
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Letter
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Usually an informal, unsolicited, brief notation submitted to a journal
concerning a specific finding or commenting on a previously published item in
that journal.
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Meeting
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A collection of papers or abstracts from a meeting or symposium.
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News
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An item that reports recent events or developments.
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Patent
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A uniquely numbered legal, technical description of an invention which
secures exclusive rights to its assignees.
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Reference Material
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Source of collected information to aid in research.
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Report
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A publication describing the process, progress, or results of research.
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Repository
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A database or collection of records that stores and provides access to the
data from Data Studies and Data Sets.
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Retracted Publication
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An article that has been withdrawn by an author, institution, editor, or a
publisher because of errors or unsubstantiated data.
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Retraction
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A public notice that an article should be be withdrawn because of errors or
unsubstantiated data.
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Review
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A renewed study or survey of previously published literature providing new
analysis or summarization of the research topic.
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Standard
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A publication of established guidelines for a given biomedical subject area
created by an accepted authority such as a committee, society, or government
agency.
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Formal research document written to qualify for an academic degree.
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Other
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Used when none of the above document types apply.
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