the importance of indexing of articles in medical journals with standard descriptors

the importance of indexing of articles in medical journals with standard descriptors s.j. ghazi-mirsaeid1, f. masoudi2 received: 02/01/2017             sent for revision: 05/01/2017              received revised manuscript: 14/01/2017         accepted: 18/01/2017 today, abstracts and keywords are one of the requirements of writing each article. keywords will be added at the end of the abstract with the aim of revealing the structure of the article and also provides the possibility to index research. choosing the best and most appropriate index word is possible with the correct indexing. proper indexing is the means of taking advantage of the tools that make the indexer and researcher able to apply consistent concepts. persian medical thesaurus and english medical thesaurus (mesh) are used as tools in the proper indexing service. how to cite this article: ghazi-mirsaeid sj, masoudi f. the importance of indexing of articles in medical journals with standard descriptors. j rafsanjan univ med sci 2017; 15(11): 1089-92. [farsi] associate prof. of medical library and information science department, paramedical school and member of health information management research center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran msc, medical library and information science, paramedical school, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran and librarianship, iran public libraries foundation, qom, iran    (corresponding author) 37758758, fax: (025) 37717674, e-mail: [email protected]