CupQ: A New Clinical Literature Search Engine
This addresses the challenge for clinicians in staying updated with medical knowledge by providing a more relevant search tool, though it appears incremental as it builds on existing search concepts with specific filters.
The paper tackles the problem of PubMed often not returning clinically relevant results by introducing CupQ, a new clinical literature search engine that uses a ranking algorithm to filter non-medical journals and organize results into categories like reviews and guidelines, with qualitative comparisons suggesting it may return more clinically relevant information than PubMed.
A new clinical literature search engine, called CupQ, is presented. It aims to help clinicians stay updated with medical knowledge. Although PubMed is currently one of the most widely used digital libraries for biomedical information, it frequently does not return clinically relevant results. CupQ utilizes a ranking algorithm that filters non-medical journals, compares semantic similarity between queries, and incorporates journal impact factor and publication date. It organizes search results into useful categories for medical practitioners: reviews, guidelines, and studies. Qualitative comparisons suggest that CupQ may return more clinically relevant information than PubMed. CupQ is available at https://cupq.io/.