Simply enter any of the following in the search box below:
An AUTHOR name (Smith J), a JOURNAL name (Nat Rev Genet), or a SUBJECT (schizophrenia AND dopamine)
The Quick Call button immediately tells you how PubMed translates your query and the number of associated records.
The Timeline button breaks down those records over the years - starting with the current year and going back to 1945 (max).
The MeSH It button calls the 1000 most recent papers with MeSH entries and summarises the most frequent Major MeSH Headings.
The PROFILE button will show you all (co-)authors, journals, research biases, subject categories and years.
MEDSUM tutorial page. Lots of explanations,
guidance and tips on how to use MEDSUM more cleverly!
*with thanks to Marjan Fojkar and Dimitar Hristovski for help, and credit to Oleg Khovayko for key Pubmed E-Utils components of perl script.
If you wish to contact me for comments/suggestions/feedback, please use: and start the subject with "MEDSUM: "
and start the subject with "MEDSUM: "