Publications

Michael F. Lynch
Professor Emeritus

Books

1971
J E Ash, J M Harrison, M F Lynch and W G Town, Computer Handling of Chemical Structure Information, London, Macdonald
1974
M. F. Lynch, Computer-based Information Systems in Science and Technology: Principles and Techniques, London, Peter Peregrinus Ltd

Papers, research reports, etc.

1958
J E Gowan, M F Lynch, J O'Connor, E M Philbin and T S Wheeler, Synthesis of isoflavones, Journal of the Chemical Society, 2495-2499
1961
M E B Jones, M F Lynch, D G Thornton and R E Webb, Metal-containing polymers: chelated polyphenols and the derived epoxy resins, Makromolekulare Chemie, 50, 232-243
1963
G M Dyson and M F Lynch, Chemical-Biological Activities - a computer-produced express digest, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 3, 81-85
G M Dyson, W E Cossum, M F Lynch and H L Morgan, Mechanical manipulation of chemical structures, Information Storage and Retrieval, 1, 69-99
W E Cossum, G M Dyson, M F Lynch and H L Morgan, Mechanical searching of chemical substructures, in: Automation and Scientific Communication, H P Luhn, ed., Chicago, American Documentation Institute, 15-19
G M Dyson, W E Cossum, M F Lynch and H L Morgan, Mechanical encipherment of chemical ring structures from the Random Matrix, in: Automation and Scientific Communication, H P Luhn, ed., American Documentation Institute, 79-82
1965
W E Cossum, M L Krakiwsky and M F Lynch, Advances in automatic chemical substructure searching techniques, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 5, 33-35
1966
M F Lynch and K H Zabriskie, Processing and publishing biochemical information at Chemical Abstracts Service, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 7, 30-33
M F Lynch, The Library and the Computer, in: The Library and the Machine, Batty, D, ed., Library Association, North Midlands Branch, 21-33
M F Lynch, Computers in the Library, Nature, 212, 1402-1404
M F Lynch, Subject indexes and automatic retrieval of information, Journal of Documentation, 22, 167-185
1967
M F Lynch, A E Petrarca and J L Rush, A method for generating unique computer structural representations of stereoisomers, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 7, 154-65
J E Armitage and M F Lynch, Automatic detection of structural similarities among chemical compounds, Journal of the Chemical Society, C, 521-528
J E Armitage, J E Crowe, P N Evans, M F Lynch and J A McGuirk, Documentation of chemical reactions by computer analysis of structural changes, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 7, 2O9-215
J E Armitage and M F Lynch, Articulation in the generation of subject indexes by computer, Journal of Documentation, 7, 170-178
1968
J E Armitage and M F Lynch, Some structural characteristics of articulated subject indexes, Information Storage and Retrieval, 4, 101-111
M F Lynch, Storage and retrieval of information on chemical structures by computer, Endeavour, 68-73
G M Dyson, M F Lynch and H L Morgan, A modified IUPAC-Dyson notation system for chemical structures, Information Storage and Retrieval, 4, 27-83
M F Lynch, Conversion of connection table descriptions of chemical compounds into a form of Wiswesser notation, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 8, 130-133
1969
M F Lynch, Recent work on storing and searching chemical structures by computer, in: Proc. 3rd Conf. Institute of Information Scientists, London, Institute of Information Scientists, 14-24
M F Lynch, J Orton and W G Town, Organisation of large collections of chemical structures for computer searching, Journal of the Chemical Society, C, 1732-1736
M F Lynch, Computer-aided production of printed alphabetic subject indexes, Journal of Documentation, 25, 244-252
J E Armitage, M F Lynch and J H Petrie, Computer generation of articulated subject indexes, in: Proc. American Society for Information Science Annual Conference, 6, 253-257
1970
J H R Bragg, M F Lynch and W G Town, The use of molecular formula distribution statistics in the design of chemical structure registry systems, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 10, 125-128
J E Crowe, M F Lynch and W G Town, Analysis of structural characteristics of chemical compounds in a large computer-based file, I. Non-cyclic fragments, Journal of the Chemical Society, C, 990-996
J M Harrison and M F Lynch, Computer analysis of chemical reactions for storage and retrieval, Journal of the Chemical Society, C, 2082-2087
J E Armitage, M Belton, M F Lynch and J H Petrie, Experimental use of a program for computer-aided subject index production, Information Storage and Retrieval, 6, 79-87
1971
M F Lynch, Computer-organised display of subject information, Indexer, 7, 94-l00
G W Adamson, M F Lynch and W G Town, Analysis of structural characteristics of chemical compounds in a large computer-based file, II. Atom-centred fragments, Journal of the Chemical Society, C, 3702-3706
1972
G W Adamson, D R Lambourne and M F Lynch, Analysis of structural characteristics of chemical compounds in a large computer-based file, III. Statistical association of fragment incidence, Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin I, 2428-2433
A C Clare, E M Cook and M F Lynch, The identification of variable-length equifrequent character strings in a natural-language data-base, Computer Journal, 15, 259-262
1973
M F Lynch, Compression of bibliographic files using an adaptation of run-length coding, Information Storage and Retrieval, 9, 207-214
M F Lynch and J H Petrie, A program suite for the production of articulated subject indexes, Computer Journal, 16, 46-51
M F Lynch, A Fibonacci-related series in an aspect of information retrieval, Fibonacci Quarterly, 11, 495-500
G W Adamson, S E Creasey and M F Lynch, Analysis of structural characteristics of chemical compounds in the Common Data Base, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 13, 158-162
G W Adamson, J Cowell, M F Lynch, A H W McLure, W G Town and A M Yapp, Strategic considerations in the design of a screening system for substructure searches of chemical structure files, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 13, 153-157
G W Adamson, J Cowell, M F Lynch and A M Yapp, Analysis of structural characteristics of chemical compounds in a large computer-based file, IV. Cyclic fragments, Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin I , 863-865
G W Adamson, J Cowell, M F Lynch and A M Yapp, Analysis of structural characteristics of chemical compounds in a large computer-based file, V. More detailed cyclic fragments, Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin I, 2071-2076
R Clinging and M F Lynch, Production of printed indexes of chemical reactions, I. Analysis of functional group interconversions, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 13, 98-102
G W Adamson, V A Clinch and M F Lynch, Relationship between query and data-base microstructure in general substructure search systems. Journal of Chemical Documentation, 13, 133-136
M F Lynch, J H Petrie and M J Snell, Analysis of the microstructure of titles in the INSPEC data-base, Information Storage and Retrieval, 9, 331-337
1974
R Clinging and M F Lynch, Production of printed indexes of chemical reactions, II. Analysis of reactions involving ring formation, cleavage and interconversion, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 14, 69-71
I J Barton, S E Creasey, M F Lynch and M J Snell, An information-theoretic approach to text-searching in direct-access systems, Communications of the Association of Computing Machinery, 17, 345-350
D W Fokker and M F Lynch, Application of the variety- generator approach to searches of personal names in bibliographic data-bases. 1. Microstructure of personal authors' names, Journal of Library Automation, 7, 1O5-118
D W Fokker and M F Lynch, Application of the variety- generator approach to searches of personal names in bibliographic data-bases. 2. Optimisation of key-sets, and evaluation of their retrieval efficiency, Journal of Library Automation, 7, 201-213
M F Lynch, The microstructure of chemical data-bases and the choice of representations for retrieval, in: W T Wipke, S Heller, R Feldman and E Hyde, eds., Computer Representation and Manipulation of Chemical Information, New York, Wiley, 31-53
I J Barton, M F Lynch, J H Petrie and M J Snell, Variable-length character string analyses of three data-bases, and their application for file compression, in: Proc. 1st Informatics Conf., London, Aslib, 154-162
S E Creasey, M F Lynch and J H Petrie, Compression of bibliographic data-bases using a variable- to fixed-length bit-string coding technique, Program, 8, 191-195
G W Adamson, J A Bush, A H W McLure and M F Lynch, An evaluation of a substructure search screen system based on bond-centred fragments, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 14, 44-48
G W Adamson, V A Clinch, S E Creasey and M F Lynch, Distribution of fragment represenations in a chemical substructure screening system, Journal of Chemical Documentation, 14, 72-74
M F Lynch, Screening large chemical files, in: Chemical Information Systems, J Ash and E Hyde, eds., Chichester, Ellis Horwood Ltd., 177-194
1975
D D Beale and M F Lynch, An evaluation of, and improvement on, Ayres' Universal Standard Book Number, Program, 9, 35-45
M F Lynch, Creation of bibliographic search codes for hash-addressing using the variety-generator method, Program, 9, 46-55
1976
M F Lynch and S. Rawson, Equifrequent character strings - A novel text characterisation method, in: The Computer in Literary and Linguistic Studies, A Jones and R F Churchhouse, eds., Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 47-58
G W Adamson and M F Lynch, The impact of the computer, in: British Librarianship Today, W L Saunders, ed., London, Library Association, 312-325
M F Lynch, Patterns of research in computer usage and the research influence on practice, in: Use of Computers in Libraries and Information Centres, M. Bidmead, ed., London, Aslib, 3-13
1977
M F Lynch, Variety generation - a re-interpretation of Shannon's mathematical theory of communication, and its implications for information science, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 28(1), 19-25
1978
M F Lynch, P R Nunn and J Radcliffe, Production of printed indexes of chemical reactions using Wiswesser Line Notations, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 18, 94-96
M F Lynch and P Willett, The production of machine-readable descriptions of chemical reactions using Wiswesser Line Notations, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 18(3), 149-154
L A Evans, M F Lynch and P Willett, Structural search codes for on-line compound registration, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 18(3), 146-149
M F Lynch and P Willett, The automatic detection of reaction sites, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 18(3), 154-159
E V Brack, D Cooper and M F Lynch, The stability of symbol sets produced by variety generation from bibliographic data, Program, 12(2), 64-77
M F Lynch, The statistical microstructure of textual data-bases, Classification Society Bulletin, 4(2), 2-1O
M F Lynch, Computer-organised display of subject information, in: Indexers on Indexing, L M Harrod, ed., New York, Bowker
1979
D Bawden, T K Devon, F T Jackson, S Wood, M F Lynch and P Willett, Qualitative comparison of Wiswesser Line Notation descriptors of reactions and the Derwent Chemical Reaction Documentation Service, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 19, 90-93
D Cooper and M F Lynch, Compression of Wiswesser Line Notations using Variety Generation, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 19, 165-169
J E Burnett, D Cooper, M F Lynch, P Willett and M Wycherley, Document retrieval experiments, I. Variety Generation symbols assigned to the front of index terms, Journal of Documentation, 35, 197-206
1980
D Cooper, M E Dicker and M F Lynch, Sorting of textual data-bases using Variety Generation, Information Processing and Management, 16, 49-56
D Cooper, M A Emly, M F Lynch and A R Yeates, Compression of continuous prose texts using Variety Generation, Journal of the American Society for Information Sciences, 31, 201-207
D Cooper and M F Lynch, Variety Generation - A Review, British Library Research and Development Department Report No. 5586
1981
D Cooper, M F Lynch and A H W McLure, Hash coding of bibliographic data using techniques based on Variety Generation and on division, Program, 15, 66-72
E V Krishnamurthy and M F Lynch, Analysis and coding of generic chemical structures in patents, Journal of Information Science, 3, 75-79
M F Lynch, J M Barnard and S M Welford, Computer storage and retrieval of generic chemical structures, 1. Introduction and general strategy, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 21, 148-150
D Bawden, J T Catlow, T K Devon, J M Dalton, M F Lynch and P Willett, Evaluation and implementation of topological codes for on-line compound search and registration, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 21, 83-86
J. M. Barnard, M. F. Lynch and S. M. Welford, Computer storage and retrieval of generic chemical structures, 2. GENSAL: a formal language for the description of generic chemical structures, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 21, 151-161
S M Welford, M F Lynch and J M Barnard, Computer storage and retrieval of generic chemical structures, 3. Chemical grammars and their role in the manipulation of chemical structures, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 21, 161-168
D Cooper, M F Lynch and A H W McLure, Generation of fixed-length search codes from INSPEC words using techniques based on variety generation and on division-hashing, Program, 15, 226-232
1982
J M Barnard, M F Lynch and S M Welford, Computer storage and retrieval of generic chemical structures, 4. An extended connection table representation for generic structures, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 22, 160-164
D Cooper and M F Lynch, Text compression using variable- to fixed-length encodings, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 33, 18-31
J M Barnard, M F Lynch and S M Welford, Computer Storage, Retrieval and Searching of Generic Chemical Structures, in: Proceedings of the CNA(UK) Seminar on Chemical Structure Searching, Chemical Notation Association, London, pp. 213-233
1983
A F Harding, M F Lynch and P Willett, Document retrieval using a serial bit string search, Information Processing and Management, 19, 1-8
S M Welford, M F Lynch and J M Barnard, Towards simplified access to chemical structure information in the patent literature, Journal of Information Science, 6(1), 3-10
M F Lynch, Chemical Nomenclature: an Information Science View, in: Chemical Nomenclature Usage, R Lees and A F Smith, eds., Chichester, Ellis Horwood Ltd., 26-28
1984
M F Lynch, Generic Chemical Structures - An Introduction, in: Computer Handling of Generic Chemical Structures, Barnard, J, ed., Aldershot, Gower, 1-10
S M Welford, S Ash, J M Barnard, L Carruthers, M F Lynch, and A von Scholley, The Sheffield University Generic Chemical Structures Research Project, in: Computer Handling of Generic Chemical Structures, J M Barnard, ed., Aldershot, Gower, 130-158
D Cooper and M F Lynch, The use of binary search trees in external distribution sorting, Information Processing and Management, 20, 547-557
M F Lynch, J M Barnard and S M Welford, Computer Storage and Retrieval of Generic Chemical Structures in Patents, Final Report to the British Library Research and Development Department
S M Welford, M F Lynch and J M Barnard, Computer Storage and Retrieval of Generic Chemical Structures in Patents, 5, Algorithmic Generation of Fragment Descriptors for Generic Structure Screening, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 24, 57-66
J M Barnard, M F Lynch and S M Welford, Computer Storage and Retrieval of Generic Chemical Structures in Patents, 6, An Interpreter Program for the Generic Structure Language GENSAL, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 24, 66-70
1985
M F Lynch, J M Barnard and S M Welford, Generic Structure Storage and Retrieval, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 25, 264 - 270
W G Town, M F Lynch, P Willett, G C Ford and D W Rice, Advanced Computational Support for Biotechnology Research, Brussels, The Commissioners of the European Economic Community, ITT-TF/CUBE
1986
V J Gillet, G M Downs, G A Manson, J Thompson and P Willett, Computer Storage and Retrieval of Generic Chemical Structures in Patents, 7, Parallel Simulation of a Relaxation Algorithm for Chemical Substructure Search, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 26, 118-126
M F Lynch, Generic Chemical Structures in Patents (Markush Structures): the Research Project at the University of Sheffield, World Patent Information, 8, 85-91
1987
M F Lynch and P Willett, Information Retrieval Research in the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield: 1965-1985, Journal of Information Science, 13, 221-234
M F Lynch and P Willett, Current Research into Chemical and Textual Information Retrieval at the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, Information Processing and Management, 23(5), 447-463
A Griffiths and M F Lynch, Geographical Information Systems - a Library Perspective, London, British Library
V Brack, A Griffiths and M F Lynch, MAPFINDER - the Use of Computer Graphics in an Automated Map Retrieval System, London, British Library
M F Lynch, G A Manson, P Willett and G A Wilson, The Application of Reconfigurable Microprocessors to Information Retrieval Problems, London, British Library, Report No. 5941
V G Gillet, G M Downs, A Ling, M F Lynch, P Venkataram, J V Wood and W Dethlefsen, Computer Storage and Retrieval of Generic Chemical Structures in Patents. 8. Reduced Chemical Graphs and Their Applications in Generic Chemical Structure Retrieval, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 27(3), 126-137
1988
M F Lynch, Research and Development in Chemical Information Science: Retrospect and Prospect, in: W Warr, ed., Chemical Structures - the International Language of Chemistry, Berlin, Springer, pp. 1-10
G Downs, V Gillet, J Holliday and M F Lynch, The Sheffield University Generic Chemical Structures Project - A Review of Progress and of Outstanding Problems, in: W Warr, ed., Chemical Structures - the International Language of Chemistry, Berlin, Springer, pp. 151-167
A T Brint , V J Gillet, M F Lynch, P Willett, G A Manson and G A Wilson, Chemical Graph Matching using Transputer Networks, Parallel Computing, 8, 295-300
G M Downs, M F Lynch, P Willett, G A Manson and G A Wilson, Transputer Implementations of Chemical Substructure Searching Algorithms, Tetrahedron Computer Methodology, 1(3), 207-217
1989
M F Lynch, Aspects of Searching Generic Chemical Structures in Patents, in: Computer Applications in Chemical Research and Education, Heidelberg, J Brandt and I Ugi, eds., Huethig Verlag, pp. 317-343
M F Lynch, E M Rasmussen, P Willett, G A Manson and G A Wilson, Chemical database processing using parallel computer hardware, Biochemical Soc. Trans., 17, 856-858
J K Cringean and M F Lynch, Subgraphs of reduced chemical graphs as screens for substructure searching of specific chemical structures, Journal of Information Science, 15, 211-222
G M Downs, V J Gillet, J D Holliday and M F Lynch, A Review of Ring Perception Algorithms for Chemical Graphs, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 29, 172-187
G M Downs, V J Gillet, J D Holliday and M F Lynch, Theoretical Aspects of Ring Perception, and Development of the Extended Set of Smallest Rings (ESSR) Concept, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 29, 187-206
G M Downs, V J Gillet, J D Holliday and M F Lynch, Computer Storage and Retrieval of Generic Chemical Structures in Patents, Part 9. An Algorithm to find the Extended Set of Smallest Rings (ESSR) in Structurally Explicit Generics. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 29, 207-214
G M Downs, V J Gillet, J D Holliday and M F Lynch, Computer Storage and Retrieval of Generic Chemical Structures in Patents, Part 10. The Assignment and Local Bubble-up of Ring Screens for Structurally Explicit Generics, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 29, 215-224
F H Allen and M F Lynch, The storage and retrieval of chemical structures, Chemistry in Britain, 25(11), 1101-1108
M F Lynch, G M Downs, V J Gillet, J Holliday and W Dethlefsen, Generic Chemical Structures in Patents - an Evaluation of the Sheffield University Research Work, in: Proc. Montreux 1989 International Chemical Information Conference, Calne, Infonortics, pp. 161-171
H M Grindley, M F Lynch, G A Manson, E M Rasmussen, P Willett, G A Wilson and T Wilson, Processing of Chemical Structure Databases using Parallel Computer Hardware, in: Proc. Montreux 1989 International Chemical Information Conference, Calne, Infonortics, pp. 253-269
J K Cringean, M F Lynch, G A Manson, P Willett and G A Wilson, Parallel Processing Techniques for Information Retrieval Searching of Textual and Chemical Databases using Transputer Networks, in: Proc. 13th IOLM Conference.; Oxford, Learned Information, pp. 447-462
M F Lynch, The high information technology road to searching generic chemical structures, Mitteilungsblatt der Fachgruppe Chemieinformation, 16, 31-40
1990
M F Lynch and P Willett, The Effects of Hardware and Software Developments on Basic Research in Information Science, in: Information Technology and the Research Process, eds., Feeney, M. and Merry, K. Sevenoaks, Bowker-Saur, pp. 114-162
K J Lipscomb, M F Lynch and P Willett, Chemical Structure Processing, in: Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, M Williams, ed., pp. 189-238
M F Lynch and P Willett, Chemical structure retrieval - a review of current research in the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, Chimica Oggi, (Dec.) 55-63
M F Lynch, IT and Chemical Structure Databases, in: Trends in Information Technology, D A Linkens and R I Nicholson, eds., London, Peter Peregrinus, pp. 263-277
1991
W Dethlefsen, M F Lynch, V J Gillet, G M Downs, J D Holliday, and J M Barnard, Computer Storage and Retrieval of Generic Chemical Structures in Patents, 11. Theoretical aspects of the use of structure languages in retrieval, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 31(2), 233-253
W Dethlefsen, M F Lynch, V J Gillet, G M Downs, J D Holliday, and J M Barnard, Computer Storage and Retrieval of Generic Chemical Structures in Patents, 12. Principles of search operations involving parameter lists: matching-relations, user-defined match levels, and the transition from the reduced graph search to the refined search, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 31(2), 253-260
V J Gillet, G M Downs, J D Holliday, M F Lynch and W Dethlefsen, Computer Storage and Retrieval of Generic Chemical Structures in Patents, 13, Reduced graph generation, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 31(2), 260-270
D Ellis, F B Loughridge, M F Lynch, R C Usherwood, P Willett, T D Wilson, and F E Wood, Review of: Annual Review of Information Science and technology, vol. 25. Journal of Documentation, 47, 399-405
G C Chowdhury and M F Lynch, Natural Language Processing of the Text of Chemical Patent Abstracts, in: Proc. RIAO Conf. on Intelligent Text and Image Processing, Barcelona, April 2-5, ed. A. Lichnerowicz, pp. 740-753
M F Lynch and G M Downs, Chemical Patent Database Systems, in: Chemical Structure Systems: Computational techniques for representation, searching and processing of structural information, eds., J Ash, W Warr, and P Willett, Chichester: Ellis Horwood, pp. 126-153
1992
G G Chowdhury and M F Lynch, Automatic interpretation of the texts of chemical patent abstracts, 1. Lexical analysis and categorisation. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 32, 463-467
G G Chowdhury and M F Lynch, Automatic interpretation of the texts of chemical patent abstracts, 2. Processing and results. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 32, 468-473
J M Holliday, G M Downs, V J Gillet, and M F Lynch, Computer storage and retrieval of generic chemical structures in patents, 14. Fragment generation from generic structures, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 32, 453-462
G G Chowdhury and M F Lynch, Application of natural language processing techniques to the texts of chemical patent abstracts, Information Research News, 2, 9-19
J D Holliday, G M Downs, V J Gillet, M F Lynch, and W Dethlefsen, An evaluation of the screening stages of the Sheffield research project on computer storage and retrieval of generic chemical structures in patents, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 34, 39-46
1993
V J Gillet, G M Downs, J D Holliday, M F Lynch and W Dethlefsen, Searching a full generics database, in: Chemical Structures 2, ed., W. Warr, Berlin, Springer, pp. 87-103
M F Lynch, The Sheffield University Generic Chemical Structures Project, World Patent Information, 15(3), 135-41
J D Holliday, G M Downs, V J Gillet and M F Lynch, Computer storage and retrieval of generic chemical tructures in patents, Part 15, Generation of topological fragment descriptors from non-topological representations of generic structures, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 33, 509-511
1994
N Kemp and M F Lynch, Corpus linguistics and chemical patent applications, Information Research News, 5(1), 13-21
1995
J D Holliday and M F Lynch. Computer Storage and Retrieval of Generic Chemical Structures in Patents, Part 16, The Refined Search, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 35, 1-7
J D Holliday and M F Lynch, Computer Storage and Retrieval of Generic Chemical Structures in Patents, Part 17, Evaluation of the Refined Search, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 35, 659-662
C F Ekmekcioglu, M F Lynch and P Willett, Development and evaluation of conflation techniques for the implementation of a document retrieval system for Turkish text databases, New Review of Document and Text Management, 1, 131-146
1996
C F Ekmekcioglu, M F Lynch, A M Robertson,, T M T Sembok and P Willett, Comparison of n-gram matching and stemming for term conflation in English, Malay and Turkish Texts, Text Technology, 6(1), 1-14
M F Lynch and J D Holliday, The Sheffield Generic Structures Project - a Retrospective Review, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 36, 930-936
G G Chowdury, N Kemp, M Lawson and M F Lynch. Automatic extraction of citations from the text of English-language patents - an example of template mining, Journal of Information Science, 22(6), 423-436
G G Chowdury, N Kemp, M Lawson, and M F Lynch, Automatic extraction of citations from the text of English-language patents - an example of template mining, Journal of Information Science, 22(6), 423-436
F C Ekmekçioglu, M F Lynch and P Willett, Stemming and n-gram matching for term conflation in Turkish texts, Information Research News, 7(1), 2-6
1998
N Kemp and M F Lynch, The extraction of information from the text of chemical patents. 1. Identification of specific chemical names, Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 38(4), 544-551