Scholarly Communication is a term that represents the overall process by which scholars (researchers) publish in order to share the outcomes of their research. The scholarly communication continuum includes many aspects such as discovery, dissemination, and preservation of the intellectual output. We are also seeing less formal textual communications to include blog posts, tweets, videos, computer code, and data sets. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Publication Delays and Acceptance Times by Journal
In this edition of Blog Buzz, a great post sent me down a fascinating rabbit hole. Here we go!
Upon noticing a long delay between acceptance and publication of his paper in PLoS Computation Biology, Daniel Himmelstien analyzed the PLoS journal family for similar delays and found some notable patterns which are represented with great visuals in his post Publication delays at PLOS and 3,475 other Journals. He then looked at delays in 16 open access publications both in his field and in journals indexed in PubMed with usable data. In closing, he suggests a Yelp-type review site for publications in order to help authors make informed choices about where to publish.
There is a lively discussion in the comments, including similar studies focused on other disciplines (check out lags in Cell Biology Journals, for example), responses from people who have launched journal review sites, and more, .
If you are an author interested in average publication times in particular journals or looking for journals in your field for potential publication, the MSK Library can help you find what you need with tools like PubsHub and JANE (learn more in previous posts about these resources here and here). Reach out to our Reference Team for help!
Three Powerful Videos, Basket Trials, and More
• In an online June 30 article, Adweek highlights three powerful videos that tell inspirational, very personal cancer stories. At the end of each video story, the line “science saves more than lives” appears on the screen, “underscoring that MSK’s expertise played a key role in allowing the subjects to realize their post-cancer dreams and aspirations.”
• A recent article on myCentralJersey.com presents information on basket trials at MSK’s Basking Ridge center. A basket trial “focuses on a specific mutation that may be found in cancers that originate in different parts of the body”. There are currently six basket trials underway at MSK, with the first one launched in 2012.
• Dr. Lee Jones, PhD, exercise scientist at MSK, and Cara Anselmo, MS, RDN, registered dietician and nutritionist at MSK, are featured in an upcoming live web chat, “Exercise and Good Nutrition During and After Cancer Treatment: Your Questions Answered!”. The web chat is scheduled for August 4, 6:30-7:30 PM EST, on CancerConnect.