Medical Eponyms: Ambiguity in Search Terms and the Failure of Contemporary Databases

The data represents the search outcomes for medical eponyms within Web of Science, Espacenet and Pub Med. It compares the use of the possessive and non possessive form. The data is associated with a manuscript under the same title within the Journal of Information Science (Sage Publishing)

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Wiggins, L., McCann, C., McCreadie, K., Gill, C.I.R and Davis, J. (2026) Medical Eponyms: Ambiguity in Search Terms and the Failure of Contemporary Databases. Ulster University. http://doi.org/10.21251/1a3f36bd-e092-42e1-9c45-ded3d6ab354d. CC BY 4.0.