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Promote your research to new audiences by participating in the Scholarly Impact 5-Day Challenge. No class to attend. Simply sign up to receive one email a day for five days with an easy activity to complete on your own. Small outlay for big returns. Register here: emorylib.info/impact
If you are publishing a report of an unfunded research project and the recommended data repository charges a fee, check out the Emory libraries Research Data Distribution Fund.
Check out this great resource now available from the WHSC Library! NEJM Journal Watch summarizes the most important research from over 250 medical journals. Physician editors and authors address 12 specialty areas: Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, General Medicine, HIV/AIDS, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Oncology and Hematology, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Psychiatry, and Women’s Health. Read More …
The 2017 release of updated Journal Impact Factors are now available. Access to the new Impact Factors are made available through Journal Citation Reports via the Web of Science platform. These are the most recent Impact Factors reflecting journal citation data from 2016. Journal Impact Factors are a proprietary measurement of journal quality based on the Read More …
The BrowZine app, available for Apple, Android devices and a desktop version, allows for easier access to Emory’s online journal subscriptions. My Bookshelf allows users to create one’s own “library” of online journals. Up to 64 journals can be placed in My Bookshelf. BrowZine supports majority of publishers; the comprehensive list of publishers can be Read More …
The second seminar presentation in a scientific publishing series co-hosted by the WHSC Library and the Scholarly Communications Office, will be held Thursday, February 23rd at 11am till noon. No RSVP is required; refreshments will be served. Additional Seminars in the series: Publishing: Perspective of An Editor and an Author held Friday, February 3, 2017 Speaker Nadine Read More …
The first seminar presentation in a scientific publishing series co-hosted by the WHSC Library, the Scholarly Communications Office, and the Department of Medicine will be held this Friday, February 3rd at 12 noon. No RSVP is required; pizza and drinks will be served. Additional Seminars in the series are as follows: Friday, February 3, 2017 at Read More …
Citation counts are one way to measure of your impact; Altmetric.com and European PMC are now offering more. Europe PubMed Central (PMC) has now been freely integrated with Altmetric.com to offer citation-alternative impact measures for over 3 million life sciences and biomedical research articles. The altmetrics summary, shown below, highlights non-citation based impact of each Read More …
Oct 24-27, 2016 is Open Access Week. The Emory Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Communications is celebrating by highlighting recent blog posts and resources on all things open. Check out some of those listed below or visit their Scholar Blog to view more topics. Open Access at Emory Eight Good Reasons Why Emory Faculty Authors Should Read More …
The 2015 Journal Impact Factors are now available via Journal Citation Reports. These are the most recent Impact Factors. The 2016 metrics will become available in the summer of 2017. Journal Impact Factors are a proprietary measurement of journal quality based on the number of citations publications appearing in that journal have received in the Read More …