Entries from August 26th, 2009
August 26th, 2009 by Cathy · No Comments
NIH recently announced a new timeframe for use of the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) as documentation of compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy when citing an applicable paper in an application, proposal or progress report. A PMCID is now required for demonstration of compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy for applicable papers [...]
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Tags:Authors at WU, NIH Public Access Policy, Uncategorized
August 19th, 2009 by Cathy · No Comments
Are you looking for a collaborator in your area of research? One tool to use to find a potential collaborator is SCOPUS. You can use SCOPUS to find other researchers who have cited your work to discover how they’ve used your research findings. By reviewing publications that cite your work you can learn if other researchers [...]
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Tags:Authors at WU, Research Data, Research Impact, Support for Authors
August 12th, 2009 by Cathy · No Comments
In conjunction with the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the libraries of Washington University, University of Missouri, and Southern Illinois University, Carbondale hosted a free day-long workshop that covered scholarly communication and strategies for author support on July 28, 2009. Materials and related information are available on the Workshop website.
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Tags:Authors at WU, Support for Authors, Uncategorized
August 6th, 2009 by Cathy · No Comments
PloS recently initiated a program to provide metrics for individual articles published in all PLoS journals. This program focuses on the impact of the article itself instead of the journal and includes metrics for assessing the impact of the article by using indicators such as cited-by citations, social bookmarks, blog coverage, to name a few. “. [...]
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Tags:Author Rights, Impact Factors, Research Impact