MSK Faculty Elected to National Academy of Medicine

An October 10, 2023, MSK press release shared the news that two of MSK’s faculty, Dr. Luis Diaz Jr., MD and Dr. Kojo S.J. Elenitoba-Johnson, MD were elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Recognition by the NAM “is considered one of the highest honors in the field of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.”  In celebration of this news, we would like to highlight the Synapse* profiles of both Dr. Diaz and Dr. Elenitoba-Johnson, bringing attention to their influential research publications.

Dr. Diaz, a medical oncologist and expert in applied cancer genetics and immuno-oncology has been with MSK since 2016. In that time, he has authored over 50 articles, including the landmark New England Journal of Medicine paper highlighted in the press release. Looking at our Altmetric and Citation Count trackers, you can see this paper has been cited over 450 times, and has an extremely high Altmetric Score, showing the paper’s popularity in both social media and news outlets.image from Synape showing Dimensions and Altmetric scores.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Elenitoba-Johnson, a physician-scientist and leader in the fields of hematopathology and molecular genomic pathology, as well as translational research utilizing genomics and mass spectrometry-driven proteomics, joined MSK in 2022. His Synapse profile reflects his publications authored with MSK since 2022, but using the “dashboard” tab of his profile, you can follow the link next to “Scopus Author ID” to link out to his full publication list captured by Scopus, showing 191 papers that have been cited over 10,000 times. image of Dr. Elenitoba-Johnson profile in Scopus.

We join the MSK community in congratulating both Dr. Diaz and Dr. Elenitoba-Johnson on their achievements. 

*Synapse is the authoritative database of MSK authors and their publications, managed by the Medical Library. 

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View the Impact of Your Research in Synapse

Whether for a grant proposal, annual review, CV, or just plain curiosity, authors often seek to measure the impact of their research. Synapse, our database of MSK authors and their publications, is a quick and reliable source for two common research metrics: citation counts (Dimensions), and online attention (Altmetrics).  From your author profile page, you can select any of your publications and quickly view the current research impact (if available) of your work via these two products from Digital Science.

CSF1/CSF1R signaling inhibitor pexidartinib (PLX3397) reprograms tumor-associated macrophages and stimulates T-cell infiltration in the sarcoma microenvironment. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 2021. DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.Mct-20-0591

Taking a look at this example record, you can see that the article has been cited 45 times, according to Dimensions. Clicking on the citation badge links out to the Dimensions page, allowing you to directly see the works that have cited your article.  The article was also mentioned by 5 news outlets, 1 tweet, and has 35 readers in Mendeley.

Altmetric detail page

If you click on the colored donut you will be taken to the Altmetric page where you can view additional information regarding the paper’s online attention, such as direct links to news stories and tweets. 

They also provide additional details comparing the article to other tracked outputs of a similar age and/or source journals. Our example is in the top 5% of all research outputs tracked by Altmetric, and the top 97th percentile of all outputs from the same source journal and age. 

For assistance on research metrics or questions about Synapse, contact us

New Synapse Feature: Export Your Publications Directly to an Excel Spreadsheet

Synapse is used by many of our faculty, staff, and departments to track their publications and collect bibliographies and statistics for annual reporting. While bibliographies can be formatted directly within Synapse, there are other instances where one might want to export the data for further organization and analysis. This new feature allows you to export your or your department’s publications directly to a CSV file (Excel spreadsheet). Previously, Synapse only allowed for export to RIS format, which can be read by citation management tools such as Endnote. While this is still a great option for many people and purposes, not everyone is familiar with using Endnote, and there are cases where a spreadsheet is the easier or more appropriate solution to our users’ needs:

  • Simple and quick way to see which of your publications have a PMCID, and which might still need to be submitted for grant compliance.
  • Keeping internal administrative notes such as the role of postdoctoral trainees in the publication, special grants, and awards that funded the research.
  • Quickly collect a list of identifiers (such as DOI, PMID) that can then be used to query an external database such as Web of Science, Scopus, or PubMed.
  • CSV files can be imported for use with data visualization and analytics tools, such as Tableau.

To export, simply select the “Export to Endnote/Excel” option from any “Works” section of an author or group profile page. Select “Export as CSV” on the following screen and the file will be automatically downloaded to your computer. 

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