Entries from March 27th, 2009
March 27th, 2009 by Cathy · No Comments
Washington University School of Medicine’s Becker Medical Library is pleased to announce the launch of a new website, Assessing the Impact of Research. Realizing that now, more than ever, researchers need to be aware of the impact of their biomedical research, a team at the library has developed a Model for Assessment of Research Impact that [...]
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Tags:Authors at WU, Clinical Impact, Impact Factors, Intellectual Impact, Research Impact, Support for Authors
March 19th, 2009 by Cathy · No Comments
Looking for journal impact and ranking information? Take a look at some of the following resources that allow users to rank, analyze, compare and/or create graphical charts based on a variety of journal parameters: eigenFACTOR Journal Citation Reports Red Jasper’s Center for Journal Ranking scienceWATCH SCImago SCOPUS Journal Analyzer
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Tags:Citation Analysis, Support for Authors
March 10th, 2009 by Cathy · 1 Comment
Two economists at Washington University, Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine, have recently published a book, Against Intellectual Monopoly, which asserts that the “current patent/copyright system discourages and prevents inventions from entering the marketplace. ” Video Press Release Against Monopoly (a blog maintained by Professors Boldrin and Levine)
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Tags:Authors at WU, Copyright
March 4th, 2009 by Cathy · 1 Comment
Are you looking for a tool to keep track of who is citing your work? There are several databases that offer tools for authors to track cited publications. SCOPUS SCOPUS offers a Citation Tracker feature that allows for a listing of articles, web sources and patents that cite a particular publication since 1996. What makes SCOPUS one of [...]
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Tags:Authors at WU, Citation Analysis, Support for Authors