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Q. How are my search results ranked?

Search results are ranked by EBSCO's algorithm which prioritizes the following:

Match on subject headings (from controlled vocabularies)
Match on the article titles
Match on the author keywords
Match on keywords within abstracts
Match on keywords within full text
Currency (the more recent, the higher the rank)

Answered By: Matt Flaherty

Last Updated: Aug 26, 2024 Views: 9

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