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Scholarly Publishing Round-Up May 2018
Advice for NIH-funded authors, Publons and taking credit for peer review activities are the topics for the May 2018 Round-Up.
Author: Cathy Sarli
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- NIH Public Access policy (PMCIDs) and other public access policies
- Selecting a journal, publishing and authorship issues
- Copyright, open access, fair use and author rights
- Research impact
- My Bibliography
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Spotlight on Washington University from SciVal: Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS)
Acknowledging your funding support on publications is a key component of responsible conduct of research but it is also a great tool to use when tracking the impact of your work. Centers and core facilities on campus work with multiple investigators; tracking funding awards can be crucial for getting accurate publication counts and insights to help [Read more]
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Scholarly Publishing Round-Up March 2018
Sharing of clinical trial results, the ORBIT project and scientific review are the topics for the March 2018 Round-Up. Who’s Not Sharing their Trial Results? Check out the new FDAAA TrailsTracker Tool. The tool was built by the Evidence-Based Medicine DataLab from the University of Oxford. The FDA Amendments Act 801 (FDAAA) is a law that requires certain clinical trials to [Read more]
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Invitation to Submit a Manuscript for Peer Review: What Should Authors Do?
Authors on campus report they are receiving emails inviting them to submit a manuscript for peer review. Some invitations may be from credible journals; others may be from unscrupulous journals seeking to exploit authors. In most instances, an invited publication is solicited by one’s peers and known colleagues, and from an established journal.
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Scholarly Publishing Round-Up December 2017
The NIH issued a notice: Statement on Article Publication Resulting from NIH Funded Research on November 3, 2017, that encourages authors to publish in journals from professional scholarly publishing organizations that follow best practices. Some indicators of journals that do not follow best practices are: misleading pricing (e.g., lack of transparency about article processing charges) [Read more]
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Enhancing Your Impact: Your Name is Key
The author name you use for publications and other research activities is key to enhancing the discoverability of your research and establishing a digital presence.
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Scholarly Publishing Round-Up October 2017
Scopus, open access books and the new Open Science Framework at Washington University are topics of the October Round-Up.
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Building your NIH Biosketch: Get the link you need for Section C
In your NIH Biosketch, you have the option of including a URL (link) to a full list of your published work. The link is optional but if you choose to use it, the link MUST be to a .gov website. You can’t use a link to your university webpage, lab website or other site. “My Bibliography” is [Read more]
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Spotlight on Washington University from SciVal
SciVal offers access to the research performance of 8,500 research institutions and 220 countries using publication, citation and usage data from Scopus. Scopus is a large database of peer-reviewed literature that contains 38 million publication records representing 21,915 journals worldwide covering the Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities. SciVal is built on an integrated [Read more]
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Scholarly Publishing Round-up July 2017: Citations and Metrics
The influence of a five-sentence letter, a review of author profiles in databases, a plea for objective metrics, and article title characteristics are among the topics of the Round-up for July 2017.