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Spotlight on Washington University from SciVal

By Cathy Sarli and Amy Suiter — September 8, 2017

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

By Cathy Sarli and Amy Suiter — June 26, 2017

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.

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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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Scholarly Publishing Round-up January 2017

By Becker Staff — January 30, 2017

Read about the revised ICMJE recommendations for authors, the new NIH Research Commitment Index, 100 Metrics to Assess and Communicate the Value of Biomedical Research, and more.

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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.

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