BioMed Central announced a new initiative: “Threaded Publications.” “Authors registering trials in any one of the four largest, global trial registration databases will, for all articles published from 2011, find seamless links between their trial record and study protocol published in a BioMed Central journal, and any subsequent article reporting the outcomes of the trial [...]

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* Authors are highly recommended to use the same variation of their name consistently throughout the course of their academic studies and future professional activities. If the name is a common name, consider adding a middle name to distinguish it from other authors. If the name is still a common name, consider changing the name. [...]

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eRA Commons has partnered with NCBI in providing a link to MyNCBI in Commons. MyNCBI includes “MyBibliography,” 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. The partnership between eRA Commons and NCBI allows Commons users [...]

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Interesting blog post titled “A Model for Alternative Scholarly Recognition Measures in Academic Librarianship?” by Eric Schnell contains a review of the promotion and tenure guidelines used by the New Media Department at the University of Maine. While these guidelines are specific to the field of new media, there are some compelling alternatives to the standard ” [...]

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The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research recently released a resource titled “Author’s Checklist for Preparation of Publications” which outlines a series of tips to consider when preparing a publication.

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If you are an author of a book that is in-copyright and registered with the U.S. Copyright Office prior to January 5, 2009, you may want to explore your options regarding books that are digitized by Google. Please see About the Google Book Settlement for more information.

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Interesting editorial on Nature. Nature 457, 1058 (26 February 2009) | doi:10.1038/4571058a; Published online 25 February 2009. “There are societal debates that have much to gain from the uncensored voices of researchers.” Why should researchers blog? See: “Why Do We Blog and Other Important Questions, Answered by 34 Science Bloggers.” This post summarizes responses from [...]

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