Topics emerged in the biomedical field and their characteristics

This study aims to reveal what kind of topics emerged in the biomedical domain by retrospectively analyzing newly added MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) terms from 2001 2010 and how they have been used for indexing since their inclusion thesaurus. The goal is investigate if future trend a new topic depends on it without relying external indicators such as growth, citation patterns, or word co-occurrences. perspective complements traditional publication studying emerging topics. Results show that characteristics, including category, clinical significance, has any narrower at time inclusion, influence popularity MeSH. Four emergence patterns are identified, sustained, not fluctuated, yet emerged. Predictive models using characteristics prediction promise. suggests should be considered when predicting research bridges gap offering advocates considering well economic, medical, environmental impact domain.