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Table 1 Sample of results from the search term generation process

From: Drug supply networks: a systematic review of the organizational structure of illicit drug trade

Search terms

Results

Total hits for notables

Weight

Search term development (identifying terms)

 Illicit drug distribution

~120,000

145

0.001208

 Cartel

~165,000

26

0.000158

 Drug trafficking networks

~525,000

127

0.000242

 SNA

~258,000

41

0.000159

 Organized crime groups

~1,250,000

185

0.000148

 Group structure

~5,990,000

215

3.58E−05

Modification of terms (building term sets)

 Co-offending drug network structure analysis

~960

80

0.083333

 Illicit drug network structure analysis trafficking

~30,800

143

0.004643

 Illicit drug network structure analysis

~67,800

143

0.002109

 Structure drug trafficking networks

~112,000

155

0.001384

 Network analysis drug trafficking

~200,000

161

0.000805

 Drug markets network structure analysis

~295,000

192

0.000651

Final terms chosen

 Illicit drug network structure analysis trafficking + ”network analysis”

~1560

90

0.057692

  1. The average weight of search terms was 0.011735999 with a sample standard deviation of 0.016402695