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Entries from April 30th, 2010

Where to Publish? Ask Jane

April 30th, 2010 by Cathy · No Comments

Need help deciding which journal to submit your work to? Check out Jane (Journal/Author Name Estimator). “Have you recently written a paper, but you’re not sure to which journal you should submit it? Or maybe you want to find relevant articles to cite in your paper? Or are you an editor, and do you need [...]

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Tags:Authors at WU, Publishing Models, Support for Authors

The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) Re-introduced

April 20th, 2010 by Cathy · No Comments

FRPAA was re-introduced in the House of Representatives last week by Representatives Doyle (D-PA), Waxman (D-CA), Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL), Harper (R-MS), Boucher (D-VA) and Rohrabacher (R-CA). The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) of 2010 (H.R. 5037) would apply to research from all federal agencies with annual extramural research budgets over $100 million. Related Readings: FRPAA’s [...]

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Tags:Public Access Mandates

Use of Twitter to Disseminate Health Information

April 13th, 2010 by Cathy · No Comments

Interesting articles about the use of Twitter and health information: Dissemination of Health InformationThrough Social Networks: Twitter and Antibiotics Medicine and Social Media: Why Do I Tweet? Medicine in the Age of Twitter

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Tags:Dissemination of Research