NIH recently issued a statement on implications of the NIH Public Access Policy. Points: NIH provides 32 billion dollars in support of biomedical research each year. Over 2.4 million articles are now in PubMed Central. Every weekday, one half million users access the database, retrieving over 1 million articles. An estimated 25% of users are [...]
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How can authors of books and book chapters track the impact of their published works? Several ways include: How many libraries hold the book in their collections? Check WorldCat to find how many libraries have a record for the book in their collections. Is the book noted on any Best Seller lists? Are there any [...]
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As stated by Eugene Garfield: “Citation analysis is not a substitute or shortcut for critical thinking; it is, instead, a point of departure for those willing to explore the avenues to thorough evaluation . . . citations tell us nothing about a researcher’s teaching ability, administrative talent, or other non-scholarly contributions. And they do not [...]
Elsevier issued a guidance document, Ways to Use Journal Articles Published by Elsevier: A Practical Guide, that outlines the rights of authors who publish in journals published by Elsevier.
Ivan Oransky of Retraction Watch posted the following: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: What Retractions Say About Scientific Transparency.
Need help with writing a scientific publication? There are a number of resources that offer guidance on preparing for publication. Some examples include: Estelle Brodman: How to Write a Paper Dr. Estelle Brodman, former director of Bernard Becker Medical Library, presented this paper to the Department of Dermatology at Columbia University in 1947. Many of [...]
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Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) includes standards for determining authorship and contributorship on publications. “Authorship credit should be based on 1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important [...]
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“Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities: A guide for academics and researchers” by Amy Mollett, Danielle Moran and Patrick Dunleavy. Check out this guide on how get started using Twitter to use for scholarly efforts.
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“The title of a paper acts as a gateway to its content. It’s the first thing potential readers of the paper see, before deciding to move on to the abstract or full text. As academic authors want to maximize the readership of their papers it is unsurprising that they usually take a lot of care [...]
RePORTER has been updated as of 18 August 2011. General Updates: A new “Similar Projects” tab has been added to the Project Information page (fiscal year 2007 and later projects only). This tab displays up to 100 projects similar to the selected project, based on overlap among the projects’ terms. The list of Similar Projects [...]
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