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Highlights from our list of MSK-Authored COVID-19 Publications

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In April 2020, we started tracking MSK COVID-19 related publications looking to quickly highlight any research, guidelines, perspective, or commentaries about the pandemic  authored by our MSK staff. The list has now grown to include 429 publications, 214 of which are from this year alone. 

Here are some highlights from those works published in 2021 based on their Altmetric score, which tracks the engagement of a publication online through its mentions in news stories, policy documents, blogs, tweets, and other social media. 

Click on the colored donuts to view view full details (keep in mind that scores fluctuate in real time):

Anxiety levels among physician mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2021 February 01; 178(2): 203-204.

 

 

A molecular single-cell lung atlas of lethal COVID-19. Nature. 2021 July 01; 595: 114-119.

 

 

Elective cancer surgery in COVID-19 free surgical pathways during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: An international, multicenter, comparative cohort Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2021 Jan 01; 39(1): 66-78.

 

 

 

New eBook: Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology

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Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology has been added to the Library’s collection. This text is a practical tool and reference to assist radiation oncology practitioners in direct patient care with common palliative care issues and symptoms. Content includes recent advances in translational palliative care research, site and disease-specific evaluation, intervention, and management methods, and major symptom burdens, suggested assessment, and various management options.

Information of symptoms and disease is presented in a way to be a rapid, practical guide for clinicians on the floor.

Embase: A Refresher

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Embase, linked from the Library homepage under Top Databases, is a proprietary database, produced in Netherlands by Elsevier publishing company. It indexes journals in Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Science, Life Sciences, Public Health, Nursing, etc. While its coverage has significant overlap with PubMed (it actually indexes all of Medline), it also indexes a large number of international journals not found in PubMed. Embase also indexes supplements such as conference abstracts, clinical trials, and more.

Similar to PubMed’s MeSH terms, Embase also has the ability to map search terms to subject headings. Embase’s subject headings are called Emtree terms and their classification also has a hierarchical structure. One major difference between PubMed (MeSH) and Embase (Emtree) is that in PubMed narrower terms are automatically included, whereas in Embase, Emtree terms must be “exploded” to include all narrower terms found beneath a specific Emtree term.

Embase also includes some functions that are not found in PubMed, such as proximity searching, which besides AND, OR,and NOT, adds a layer to searches to make them more specific, using NEAR and NEXT.

Embase is typically one of the databases of choice used in searches when conducting a Systematic Review or a Meta-Analysis in biomedicine. It is recommended to specify the platform on which Embase was used. Embase is available on its native Elsevier platform (Embase.com) or on the OVID platform. MSKCC Library offers Embase on the Elsevier platform. The platform has an impact on the way the searches are conducted, so it is important to note when conducting systematic reviews.

Note: Starting July 1, 2021 Embase now requires signing into your Embase account to export citations to Endnote and other citation management tools. It is free to create an Embase/ Elsevier account and this login can be used for any Elsevier product (Embase, Scopus, etc.).