LibGuides: Library Resolutions: Week 1: Publishing

Welcome to Week 1!

This week, we will focus on increasing your publishing skills to increase the discoverability of your research:

Monday: Get the most out of ORCiD

Create or Sign In to your ORiD Account
ORCiD in Action

ORCiD provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized.

Institutional sign-on is now available, making it easier than ever to create or login to your ORCID account.

Leveraging your ORCiD account is a great way to let others know about your work. You've probably noticed the little green ORCiD icons appearing next to authors names in some journals articles.

Clicking on that on that icon will take you to the author's ORCiD page.

Tuesday: Select Relevant Keywords for Your Manuscript

Are you ever stumped when a publisher asks you to assign keywords to your manuscript? Selecting the right keywords goes a long way towards getting your publication noticed. Here are some tips for selecting keywords:

Choose as keywords those words that are used repeatedly in the paper.
Include variants and abbreviations of terms.
Before you submit your article, type your keywords into PubMed or Google Scholar to check if the results match the subject of your paper.
Use PubMed’s Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) or Embase’s Emtree thesaurus.

MeSH on Demand
A tool from the National Library of Medicine to help you assign keywords to your manuscript or grant application.
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Enter your abstract or grant description. MeSH on Demand will generate a list of relevant MeSH (Medical Subject Heading) terms.
MeSH on Demand will also identify publications related to yours.

To use MeSH on Demand, paste your abstract in the search box and click Search.

MeSH on Demand will display a list of MeSH terms and similar articles indexed in PubMed.

Wednesday: Find the Right Journal to Submit Your Manuscript

If you've written a manuscript and are shopping around for a journal to submit to, the library has a few tools that can help:

Journal/Author Name Estimator (JANE)
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JANE is easy to use tool for finding journals that might be a good fit for your manuscript. Just enter the title and/or abstract of the paper in the box, and click on “Find journals.” Jane will then compare your document references in Medline to find the best matching journals. Article and author searches are also available. Open Access publications are highlighted.

Manuscript Matcher
From Web of Science, Manuscript Matcher helps you find journals related to the topic of your manuscript. Just enter the title and abstract of your paper. Manuscript Matcher will compare your document to articles indexed in Web of Science to find the best matching journals.
EndNote users can access Manuscript Matcher in EndNote Online.
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Access if free, but registration is required.

PubsHub This link opens in a new window
PubsHub helps researchers and clinicians decide where to publish. Biomedical journal information includes: Impact Factors, Eigenfactors, time to acceptance, rejection rate submission criteria, editorial and submission information including phone numbers and email address, publication turnaround times, etc. Conference information includes: meeting frequency, dates and locations, sponsorship and whether abstracts are published.

Thursday: Avoid Predatory Publishers

Is your inbox inundated with invitations from unfamiliar publishers to submit your manuscript to a journal you've never heard of? The number of journals in the biomedical sciences has increased exponentially in the past few years. How can you tell if a journal is legit?

Here are a few questions you can ask yourself to help guide your decision about publishing in a particular journal:

Does our library have a subscription?
Is the journal indexed in PubMed?
Can you find the journal’s website?
1. Is the explanation of fees clear?
2. Who is on the editorial board?
Is it listed in Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)?
Does it belong to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)?
Does it belong to the Open Access Scholarly Publishers’ Association (OASPA)?

Think Check Submit
Helps researchers identify trusted journals and publishers for their research. Through a range of tools and practical resources, this international, cross-sector initiative aims to educate researchers, promote integrity, and build trust in credible research and publications.

Friday: Follow Guidelines When Reporting Research

Equator Network
The EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the reliability and value of published health research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting and wider use of robust reporting guidelines.
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Provides esources and tools for effective writing and publishing with an emphasis on enhancing the quality and transparency of biomedical research.

Equator's resources include reporting guidelines you can follow to help you write up your research. Guidelines are available for most common study types:

Bonus: Create Better Figures

A recent article published in F1000 Research provides some useful tips and techniques for creating better graphics:

Schmied C and Jambor HK. Effective image visualization for publications – a workflow using open access tools and concepts [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research 2021, 9:1373 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27140.2)

Copyright: © 2021 Schmied C and Jambor HK. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.