Coming this summer: A database of COH publications

Library Services is working with ITS Research and stakeholders throughout City of Hope to create a comprehensive database of City of Hope journal articles and other publication types.  This database, to be released this summer, will promote City of Hope research, both internally and externally, by making the products of the research readily accessible as well as eventually provide permanent access to publications and support a variety of uses throughout the organization.

Find Publications & Run Reports

• Search the database to find publications by specific criteria, such as:
  • publications by researchers, students and/or postdocs;
  • publications associated with specific departments, grants, core facilities, and/or clinical trials; and/or
  • publications by calendar year.
• Extract the citation information in a format that you can use, such as RIS format (for EndNote, Reference Manager, etc.), PDF, and RTF.
• Support measuring and reporting on published research output, required for grants (e.g. NCI Cancer Center Support Grant) and accreditation.

Verifying the Data

• We will load publication information from PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, and other databases .
• We will associate your name with your publications, but will need your help:
  • to make sure those publications associated with you are correct and that
  • they acknowledge the right grants and contracts as well as our core facilities.

Want to know more? Have questions? Please contact the library (library@coh.org or x68497) or stop by the Graff Library front desk to discuss the system with us.

Library Services poster at the 2012 Research Staff Organization Advance

I created a poster for the 2012 Research Staff Organization Advance held at the UCLA Conference Center in Lake Arrowhead, CA from April 29th through May 1st. The title “Using ResearcherID, My NCBI My Bibliography, and Scopus to market and promote your research and evaluate its impact” generated interest from some researchers  and two one-on-one consultations were scheduled in order to help our authors establish and update their author profiles.

You can see the poster here. Or, come into the Graff Library building and see the poster near the Library Conference Room.

Below you will find the handouts too!

• Principal Investigators: Link Your RePORTER Records to Your Own Websites (NIH Extramural Nexus; posted on January 26, 2011)
• My NCBI Help: My Bibliography
• Google Scholar Citations Help
• ResearcherID
• Scopus Help — Look for the “Viewing author details” sub-section

Have questions or want to chat about creating your own author profile? Contact me, Andrea Lynch, (alynch@coh.org or x60520) or stop by the front desk in the Graff Library building and ask for me.

Research impact assessment — A new tool available to help

Thinking about how to assess your research’s impact? A new tool on doing just that — Assessing the Impact of Research — was recently unveiled by Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

I recommend reviewing this tool in its entirety. And, please note that there is something for every one here: researchers, communication experts, administrators, etc. Here are some highlights from one librarian’s perspective:

• The “Strategies for Enhancing the Impact of Research” section has three focus areas:
  • Preparing for publication: This area outlines steps to consider taking before you publish an article. From consistently using the same variation of your name (i.e. Lynch, AE) in all your publications to having a very explicit statement about how your research may translate into the clinical setting, this area is a must read.
  • Dissemination: Submitting your article manuscript to a subject or institutional repository (e.g. PubMed Central) will help get the word out about your research. Consider publishing negative results so that others learn from your experience and don’t duplicate the study/hypothesis, etc. Create a research study web site in order to collocate your articles, presentations, and other published updates in one online space and be sure to have an area for patients and communities to learn what your study’s outcomes may mean for them. These three topics are just a few of the items discussed in this section.
  • Keeping track of your research: Sign up for ResearcherID or LinkedIn and include your publications, presentations, etc. Update your Scopus Author profile to make sure your published content is correctly associated with you and not someone else. Keep updated on your PLoS publication Article-Level Metrics, which goes far beyond who’s citing you in Web of Science and Scopus. Again, just a handful of great tips for tracking the use of your work and associating it with you as the author.

• Think of the Reporting Template as a working document to be updated throughout a study’s life cycle. The template contains a “Documented Evidence” column to help researchers track their study’s impact. The other two columns cover the “Indicators” and “Examples” of research outputs and activities.

Interested in discussing this tool? Contact me (alynch@coh.org; x60520). Interested in filling out the Reporting Template for your research study(ies)? Let me know…because I’d be glad to help you get started and the creators of the tool (Cathy Sarli and Kristi Holmes) would like to know too.

Find the Perfect Journal to Publish Your Research

Library Services can help you identify journals to consider submitting your manuscript. In my role of Scholarly Communication Librarian, I can search on your title and/or abstract using some free and library-purchased tools — such as Journal / Author Name Estimater (JANE), Web of Science, and Scopus — and provide you with information about the journals identified, like Journal Impact Factor and where the journal is indexed.

Here are some quotes from people who have used this service:

“Your service helped affirm some journals that I thought would be good homes for our work, but also brought up new journals that I had not considered before. Thanks” — Peter P. Lee, MD; Cancer Immunotherapeutics & Tumor Immunology

“We got our paper accepted in DCI [Developmental and Comparative Immunology].  It is 51 pages (51 pages are as submitted [double spaced] prior to “type-setting” for the journal printed pages) plus a huge set of files in the appendix.  Thank you very much.” — Marcia M. Miller, PhD; Molecular & Cellular Biology

Interested in knowing more? Have a title and abstract ready to send my way? Contact me at alynch@coh.org or x60520.

Want to do it yourself? Check out the blog post that outlines the steps.

Have your own method? Have a favorite tool you use? Share your method, tools, and ideas with your colleagues and peers by leaving a comment below.

Change of Location for Tuesday Scholarly Communication Office Hours

Effective October 4th, Tuesday Scholarly Communication Office Hours (11 am – noon) will move to the Bistro patio area (just outside Helford Clinical Research Hospital).

I hold weekly, in-person office hours. This service began on December 1, 2009. Come by the the Bistro patio Tuesdays from 11am-noon or the Beckman Center first floor patio area on Thursdays from 2:30-3:30pm to discuss:

• complying with the NIH Public Access Policy;
• finding a home for your research;
• open access publishing options;
• using copyrighted materials; and
• keeping track of your publications and the publications you’re reading using EndNote.

Bring questions with you…or just stop by to chat.

Would you prefer virtual office hours? Do these times not work with your schedule? Use the comments feature below to let us know your preferences.