The h-index is a new metric for assessing the impact of research by an individual author. The h-index, developed by J.E. Hirsch, is based on the number of publications produced by an author and the distribution of citations in other publications. Hirsch defines the h-index as:
“A scientist has index h if h of his/her Np [...]

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NIH recently released new guidelines related to the revised NIH Public Access Policy. According to the NIH FAQs the revised NIH policy applies if your peer-reviewed article is based on work in one or more of the following categories:
1.  Directly funded by an NIH grant or cooperative agreement active in Fiscal Year 2008 (October 1, [...]

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Since 2001, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has provided free access to original research articles six months after publication to users who registered on the NEJM website.  Effective as of 10 December 2007, registration is no longer required in order to access the original research articles six months after publication.  Full text articles on [...]

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The revised guidelines for the NIH Public Access Policy (NOT-OD-08-033) are now available: Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research.
Compliance with this Policy is a statutory requirement and a term and condition of the grant award and cooperative agreement, in accordance with the NIH Grants Policy Stat
ement For Contracts.
Specifics:
 1. [...]

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There has been a great deal of confusion with the NIH Public Access Policy since the Appropriations Bill was signed in December 2007. The bill included language changing the current voluntary NIH Public Access Policy to mandatory. This language is a legislative mandate for NIH to develop guidelines to implement the new policy. NIH is [...]

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