ARGH Algorithm & Database Statistics

(as of 12/13/2007)

Medline records processed: 17,253,043

Medline abstracts processed: 9,356,640

Acronyms & abbreviations identified within text: 7,706,549

Unique acronyms: 276,568

Unique definitions: 1,065,930

Total acronym-definition pairs: 1,226,424

Growth rate of new acronyms: ~18,000/year (2006 statistics)

Growth rate of new definitions: ~87,000/year (2006 statistics)

Accuracy of acronym identification (per database entry): ~96% True Positive

Database coverage: 92.8% of the acronyms defined in MEDLINE (estimated)