S&T Databases in Japan

S&T Databases in JapanKeiko Imai

Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)

Databases produced in Japan

Commercial Some 1,200

Non-commercial ? (Numerous)

Major S&T Databases among 1200 JICST File on S&T

Every field of S&T with medicine

JAPIO

Patent

Table IV-5 Databases with High Utilization Frequency (N=401:multiple replies)

Rank Name No. of replies Reply ration (%)

1 J ICST File on Science and Technology Documents 170 42.4

2 Nihon Keizai Shimbun Article File 151 37.7

3 Patent/Utility Model File 150 37.4

4 COSMOS2 (Teikoku Databank corporate information)142 35.4

5 TSR-BIGS (Tokyo Shoko Research corporate information)95 23.7

6 WPI 64 16

7 CA 63 15.7

8 Asahi Shimbun News Database 48 12

9 Nikkei Who's Who 48 12

10 Trade Mark File 39 9.7

11 Nikkei Financial File 34 8.5

12 WHO 31 7.7

13 REGISTRY 29 7.2

14 J ICST "Ichushi Domestic Bibliographical File on Medicine"28 7

15 MEDLINE 28 7

Databases to be

Introduced

JICST File on S&T JICST-E JST’s Advanced Databases

JICST File on S&T

File size 11,000,000 (1975-)

Annual citation 700,000

Coverage S&T, and Medicine

Source 5000 Titles from 60 countries

7000 Titles from domestic

Language Japanese

JICST-E File

File size 3,000,000 (1985-)

Annual citation 300,000

Coverage S&T, and medicine

Source 7000 Titles from domestic

Language English

JICST-E on Web

Will be accessible free

November 2000

At

http://www.jst.go.jp/EN

JST’s Advanced DBs

Backed by

-the advancement of computer science

and computer graphic

-the progress of telecommunication

JST’s Advanced DBs

1. Substances and Materials

-Alloy DB System

-Polymer DB System

2. Life Sciences

-Advanced Lifescience Information System (ALIS)

ALISAdvanced Lifescience Information Systems

Human Organized Whole Genome Database(HOWDY)

Software and tools Human Genome Sequencing Page A Database of Single Nucleotide Polymorp

hisms URL http://www-alis.tokyo.jst.go.jp

Homology results are shown by map

Thank you