Table 1
The periodicals used in the study.
| ORGANIZATION NAME(S) ENGLISH DESIGNATION (ABBREVIATION) | PERIODICAL NAME(S) | MAIN LANGUAGE | PERIOD STUDIED | NUMBER OF PAGES/WORDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riksförbundet för sockersjuka, Svenska Diabetesförbundet Swedish Diabetes Association (SDA) | Diabetes | Swedish | 1949–1990 | 8 891 2 413 710 |
| Deutscher Diabetiker Bund German Diabetes Association (DDB) | Der Diabetiker Diabetes-Journal | German | 1951–1990 | 19 324 9 694 764 |
| Association française des diabétiques French Diabetics’ Association (AFD) | Le Journal de l’AFD Le Journal des diabétiques Équilibre | French | 1947–1990 | 6 626 2 101 679 |
| British Diabetic Association (BDA) | The Diabetic Journal Balance | English | 1935–1990 | 11 127 5 741 862 |
Table 2
Data related to the output of the topic modelling algorithm.
| TYPE OF DATA | FILENAME |
|---|---|
| Top 20 most typical words for each topic | diabetes-topics.txt diabetiker-journal-topics.txt journal-des-diabetiques-topics.txt The-Diabetic-Journal-topics.txt |
| Year-based frequency count for the top 20 most typical words for the extracted topics | diabetes-1-gram.zip diabetiker-journal-1-gram.zip journal-des-diabetiques-1-gram.zip The-Diabetic-Journal-1-gram.zip |
| Year-based frequency count for 2-grams including the 20 most typical words for the extracted topics (that occur at least 5 times that year) | diabetes-2-gram.zip diabetiker-journal-2-gram.zip journal-des-diabetiques-2-gram.zip The-Diabetic-Journal-2-gram.zip |
| Year-based frequency count for 3-grams including the 20 most typical words for the extracted topics (that occur at least 3 times that year) | diabetes-3-gram.zip diabetiker-journal-3-gram.zip journal-des-diabetiques-3-gram.zip The-Diabetic-Journal-3-gram.zip |
Figure 1
Schematic overview of Topic timeline design and functionality.
Figure 2
Topic timeline of Diabetes, the journal of the Swedish Diabetes Association. The colors represent different thematic fields. The highlighted topics are the ones discussed specifically in the analysis.
Figure 3
Topic timeline of Der Diabetiker/Diabetes-Journal, the journal of the German Diabetes Association. The colors represent different thematic fields. The highlighted topics are the ones discussed specifically in the analysis.
Figure 4
Topic timeline of The Diabetic Journal/Balance, the journal of the British Diabetic association. The colors represent different thematic fields. The highlighted topics are the ones discussed specifically in the analysis.
Figure 5
Topic timeline of Le Journal de l’AFD/Le Journal des diabétiques/Équilibre, the journal of the French Diabetes Association. The colors represent different thematic fields. The highlighted topics are the ones discussed specifically in the analysis.