Cathy Sarli

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NIH Grant Support Index (GSI) and Other Metrics

By Cathy Sarli and Amy Suiter — June 9, 2017

NIH reviews the Grant Support Index (GSI) and encourages the use of metrics to assess the impact of NIH funding.

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Selecting a Journal for Publication – New Online Guide and Presentations Available

By Cathy Sarli and Amy Suiter — May 1, 2017

Recently the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) revised its instructions for authors stating that "authors have a responsibility to evaluate the integrity, history, practices and reputation of the journals to which they submit manuscripts.” The new instruction specifically calls out so-called predatory journals and decisively puts the onus on the author to be [Read more]

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Scholarly Publishing Round-up May 2017

By Cathy Sarli and Amy Suiter — May 1, 2017

Learn about our new guide for authors to help select a journal for publication, changes in Scopus, and readings that discuss preprints, peer review, dissemination of research findings, to name a few.

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NIH Encourages Use of Preprints and Other Interim Research Products

By Cathy Sarli and Amy Suiter — March 27, 2017

A new notice from the NIH (Reporting Preprints and Other Interim Research Products, NOT-OD-17-050) indicates that interim research products, including preprints, can soon be cited where other research products are cited. This includes the NIH Biosketch and Section C of the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR), among others. The change is effective for all applications [Read more]

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Scholarly Publishing Round-up March 2017

By Cathy Sarli and Amy Suiter — March 3, 2017

Learn about correcting records for your works in PubMed, upcoming classes on the NIH Policy, My Bibliography and the NIH Biosketch, and pre-prints.

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Selecting a Journal for Publication Class

By Cathy Sarli and Amy Suiter — February 9, 2017

Are you considering submitting a manuscript for publication but on the fence as to which journal to submit to?

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Altmetric: 100 Most-Discussed Journal Articles of 2016

By Amy Suiter and Cathy Sarli — December 14, 2016

In the past year, Altmetric has tracked over 17 million mentions of 2.7 million different research outputs and selected the top 100 most-discussed journal articles of 2016. Altmetric tracks mentions of works on social media, mainstream media, blogs, and other platforms. Four of the 100 articles were authored by authors from Washington University.