Author Archives: Dina

BMJ Best Practice

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BMJ Best Practice, a tool that “supports decision making at the point of care” and can be accessed via the MSK Library’s A-Z list of Databases, has replaced BMJ Clinical Evidence.

BMJ Clinical Evidence is now discontinued, however, starting in June 2018, the complete archive of the BMJ Clinical Evidence content can be searched via the PubMed database and is available in free full-text via PubMed Central (PMC). The PDF articles available via PMC are exactly the same as those that could be obtained previously from BMJ Clinical Evidence. For an example, see:

Pay A. Malignant melanoma (non-metastatic): sentinel lymph node biopsy. BMJ Clin Evid. 2016 Jan 19;2016. pii: 1705. Review. PubMed PMID: 26788739; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4720216.

On the BMJ Best Practice website, the publisher explains the change: Continue reading →

Three Questions for our Librarians – Dina

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This month I asked three questions to Dina Matsoukas, Research Informationist.

What areas can you help MSK users with?
As a Research Informationist, I can help MSK users with their research by conducting literature searches and providing citation management training and support. As a member of the MSK Library’s Systematic Review Service, I participate in and provide guidance on systematic review and evidence-based practice projects conducted at MSK. I also provide scholarly research/communication support, for example, by helping authors understand quality metrics when evaluating journals to submit their manuscripts to for publication or when documenting and assessing their own record of scholarly productivity.

What projects have you been working on recently?
Over the summer, the MSK Library sees an increase in use by young “researchers-in-training” as MSK offers a variety of student programs (eg. SCORE) and internship opportunities. I always enjoy helping these students navigate the MSK Library’s resources and training them on wonderful resources like PubMed and Endnote that they will hopefully continue using throughout their careers.

What is your favorite meal OR if you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
I recently traveled back to my home town of Montreal (Quebec, Canada) and was reminded of how much I miss Montreal bagels. Since you ask: A still-warm bag of St-Viateur bagels might just constitute my favorite meal…along with the cream cheese, smoked salmon, capers and onions that will go on them if you manage to get the bagels home before eating them!

2018 JCR Data Release (based on 2017 data)

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On June 26, 2018, the latest update of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) was released by Clarivate Analytics (previously Thomson Reuters).

It is important to note that this latest release of JCR provides 2017 data. The 2018 data will be made available in the 2019 JCR release next June.

According to Clarivate Analytics: “The latest update to the JCR includes 11,655 total journals across 234 disciplines and 80 countries. On average, Journal Impact Factor scores increased by 10%.”

A complete list of the journal titles covered in this year’s JCR can be viewed in their 2018 titles booklet (PDF) or by searching the database via the MSK Library’s subscription that may be accessed via the MSK Library’s A-Z database list.

Of greater interest to authors may be the list of 2018 journals that received their first Journal Impact Factor with this latest data release. Being assigned a JCR Impact Factor adds a certain degree of legitimacy to a journal title and is one of the quality indicators that should be considered when exploring journal options for submitting a manuscript to for publication.

Among the newly included titles for this year, these journals in particular appeared to be potentially of interest to the MSK community:

CANCER BIOLOGY & MEDICINE (Peoples R China)
CANCERS (Switzerland)
JOURNAL FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER (England)
JOURNAL OF GASTRIC CANCER (South Korea)
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY (Switzerland)
JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY (United States)
JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY PRACTICE (United States)
SEMINARS IN ONCOLOGY NURSING (United States)
WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL ONCOLOGY (United States)
ABDOMINAL RADIOLOGY (United States)
COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY (England)
HAND SURGERY & REHABILITATION (France)
HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY AND NUTRITION (Hong Kong)
OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY (United States)
QUANTITATIVE IMAGING IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY (Peoples R China)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OLDER PEOPLE NURSING (England)
PHILOSOPHY ETHICS AND HUMANITIES IN MEDICINE (England)
JAMA CARDIOLOGY (United States)
NATURE MICROBIOLOGY (England)
PSYCHOLOGY & SEXUALITY (England)
JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY (United States)
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL EDUCATION (United States)
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE (Switzerland)
JOURNAL OF CHILDRENS ORTHOPAEDICS (Germany)

For more information about JCR or other resources available via the MSK Library, feel free to Ask Us!