Authors are encouraged to anticipate their future use of the work and retain any or all of the rights they may need to achieve their academic and professional goals. Authors may want to retain rights to do the following:

Make copies of the work for educational use, including class notes, study guides or electronic reserves
Use part [...]

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PubMed (freely available database) and Web of Science  (subscription database) allow for searching of publications by NIH grant award numbers.
PubMed: Go to “Advanced Search.” In the “Search by Author, Journal, Publication Date, and more box,” select “Grant Number” from the drop down menu search box to search by grant award number. 
Web of Science: Go to “Advanced Search.” In the search [...]

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The Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF) is an outstanding example of a web-based application to advance  neuroscience research.  What is NIF?
The Neuroscience Information Framework is a dynamic inventory of Web-based neuroscience resources: data, materials, and tools accessible via any computer connected to the Internet. An initiative of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, NIF advances neuroscience research by [...]

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NIHMS servers will undergo maintenance and will be unavailable beginning November 13 (Friday) at 3:00 p.m. until November 16 (Monday) at 10:00 a.m. (EST). During this time previously-submitted manuscripts will be processed, although users will not be able to make new submissions, give approvals, or check the status of current submissions via the NIHS web [...]

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Each year, Thomson Reuters receives feedback from publishers after publication of the annual Journal Citation Reports in June. This feedback is carefully and systematically reviewed. As a result, selected JCR data may be modified and adjustments made to metrics such as the Journal Impact Factor. A re-evaluation of 2008 JCR data has been completed, and [...]

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Scopus: The Solution for Authors
Becker Medical Library is pleased to offer a lunch-and-learn workshop for WUSM authors, featuring Rebecca Brown from Scopus. Pizza and beverages will be provided, courtesy of Scopus.
Do you find yourself asking these questions?

Who is citing my work?
How is my research being used?
How can I identify potential research collaborators?
What metrics can I [...]

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Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy starts before NIH-funded authors submit an applicable manuscript for peer review. NIH-funded authors are highly encouraged to consider the following points:
• Does the manuscript apply under the NIH Public Access Policy?
• Which NIH grant awards supported the manuscript? Use the NIH Grants Lookup Tool to confirm grant award [...]

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The Public Library in Science (PLoS) articles now include a metrics tab– “Article-Level Metrics“–that allows for evaluation of research impact. Available data includes:

Article usage statistics – HTML pageviews, PDF downloads and XML downloads
Citations from the scholarly literature – currently from PubMed Central, Scopus and CrossRef
Social bookmarks – currently from CiteULike and Connotea
Comments – left by readers [...]

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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 that [...]

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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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