“The most important lesson that I’ve learned is that scientists do play a role, and it’s a very large role, in … contributing their research to policy deliberations…”

The partnership between eRA Commons and NCBI allows Commons users to benefit from My Bibliography’s ability to populate citation data from PubMed, PubMed Central, and the NIH Manuscript Submission system (NIHMS), and to readily maintain accurate, structured and up-to-date bibliographic information.

Important Dates:

As of April 2010, linking a Commons account to a new or existing My NCBI account allows references saved in My Bibliography to automatically appear in users’ Commons accounts.

As of July 23, 2010, PD/PIs will be unable to enter citations manually into eRA Commons and must use My NCBI’s “My Bibliography” tool to manage their professional bibliographies.

As of October 22, 2010, Commons will no longer display citations that a PI has manually entered into Commons. All citations previously entered manually into Commons will be removed from the Commons system. Therefore, these citations must be added to My Bibliography so that they will continue to appear in Commons and can be associated with future annual progress reports.

Guidance:

• My NCBI Tool to Replace eRA Commons for Bibliography Management (NIH Notice: NOT-OD-10-103)
• eRA: My NCBI How-to Steps
• Using My Bibliography to Manage Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy (Webcast: 17 minutes)
• My NCBI: Managing Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy Using My Bibliography (Step-by-step guidance including screenshots)

Help?
eRA Commons Help Desk: http://itservicedesk.nih.gov/eRA/ OR Toll-free: 1-866-504-9552

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 commuting to work.

This free mobile app is specifically for existing Scopus subscribers and includes some of the most popular features:

* Search across thousands of scholarly journals.

* Share search results and article links through e-mail or Twitter.

* Save important abstracts in one place for easy look-up.

* Set up and review e-mail alerts for favorite searches.

* Set up e-mail alerts for when an author cites a particular article.

* Annotate abstracts with your own notes.

“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 find reviewers for a particular paper? Jane can help!”

For more information on how to select a journal for publication, see Preparing for Publication: Factors to Consider in Selecting a Journal for Publication.

• Make copies of the work for educational use, including class notes, study guides or electronic reserves
• Use part of the work as a basis for a future publication
• Send copies of the work to colleagues
• Present the work at conference or meeting and give copies of the work to attendees
• Use a different or extended version of the work for a future publication
• Deposit the work in an institutional or funding agency repository
• Post the work on a laboratory or institutional web site on a restricted network or publicly available network
• Include the work in future derivative works, including a dissertation or thesis
• Use the work in a compilation of works or collected works
• Expand the work into a book form or book chapter

For more information on author rights, see Authors and Copyright.

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 box, use “FG=” to search by grant award number.

Searches in PubMed and WoS can be saved as email alerts. Registration is required to set up alerts.

Another resource to use is RePORTER. There are a number of options for searching of NIH grant awards including by “Principal Investigator.”  On the Project Information page, select the ”Results” tab to view publications affiliated with a grant award.

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 enabling discovery and access to public research data and tools worldwide through an open source, networked environment.

The NIF project is designed to serve the biomedical research community. The more participation from the community, the better the NIF. We welcome all feedback and suggestions and are actively looking for resource providers to make their resources accessible through the NIF. We offer a variety of methods for making resources searchable through the NIF. For more information or to recommend a resource, follow the link to Register Your Resource, or send us an e-mail at curation@neuinfo.org.

Collaborating institutions working on the current version of NIF include University of California, San Diego, California Institute of Technology, George Mason University, Yale University Medical College, and Washington University.