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. 

For more information, contact us.

Synapse Reaches a Milestone Achievement: 100,000 MSK Publications

On December 16, the Synapse team indexed it’s 100,000th MSK publication!

Synapse was launched by the library in 2008 with the goal of capturing the intellectual output of MSK via publications. Each month our team searches for newly authored MSK works, vets and enhances all of the citation metadata, creates linkages to PubMed Central, Altmetrics, Dimensions citation counts, and adds them to the correct MSK authors’ profiles.

Some facts about these 100,000 publications:

  • Spans published works from 1985 to current.
  • We add an average of 7,000 publications per year; more than 500 per month.
  • The five journals most frequently published in (excluding meeting abstracts), are: Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer, Clinical Cancer Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Blood.
  • 65.7% of these publications are Journal Articles, including reviews, editorials, correspondence etc.; 28.2%  Meeting Abstracts; 4.5% Book Chapters/Books; and 1.4% Conference Papers.

A special thanks to our team of dedicated librarians that work each day to ensure these publications are captured and discoverable. This resource supports MSK staff in effectively managing grant compliance, their annual reports, and helping them keep their CV’s up-to-date. To learn more about Synapse, check out our About or FAQ web pages, or better yet, please contact us