Did you publish a peer-reviewed journal article that is applicable under the NIH Public Access Policy in a journal published by Springer? Most Springer journals fall under the Method D form of submission method. Under the Method D form of submission, publishers submit the final peer-reviewed version of a manuscript to the NIHMS on behalf [...]

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Is sharing of data good science?
Too Many Researchers are Reluctant to Share Their Data
Do Academic Scientists Share Information with Their Colleagues? Not Necessarily
Special in Nature: Data Sharing

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Thought-provoking reading on citing of papers.
Citations: Too Many, or Not Enough? – The Scientist – Magazine of the Life Sciences
“Simply put, students, colleagues and coauthors must critically read each paper cited in its entirety. Cite only the best, strongest and most original publications. Cite review articles only if they offer unique perspectives, concepts, or synthesis.” [...]

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Interesting article by Elisabeth Pain published in Science Career Magazine: Feeding your Research into the Policy Debate that discusses the pros and cons of scientists sharing research findings with policy-makers. According to Troy Benn,
“The most important lesson that I’ve learned is that scientists do play a role, and it’s a very large role, in … [...]

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Sage Publishers offers recommendations for authors to increase the visibility of published works using social media outlets, “10 Ways to Increase Usage and Citation of your Published Article Using Social Media.”

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eRA Commons has partnered with the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in providing a link to My NCBI in Commons. My NCBI includes “My Bibliography,” a tool for users to maintain and manage a list of all of their authored works such as journal articles, manuscripts accepted for publication, books and book chapters.  A [...]

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Google Scholar announced a new tool for searching within cited works to trace the impact of a work.

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Tools for Authors libguide is now available. It contains resource for authors such as how to find collaborators, how to comply with the NIH Public Access Policy, how to find who is citing your work, and more.

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Scopus just announced the new launch of an application that can downloaded on iPhones.
Scopus Alerts (Lite) gives researchers mobile access to the Searching and Alerting features of Scopus. It’s designed to eliminate the need for you to seek out a desktop or laptop computer to search for quality research data while travelling, attending conferences or [...]

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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 to [...]

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