Co-First/Equal authorship is when two or more individuals are noted as providing the same or equal contribution(s) to a published work. To find this information in a full text or PDF article, first locate the article in PubMed (or another database), link to the publisher’s site (using the buttons in the upper right corner of a record), download the full text where possible, and check both the “Author Affiliation” and “Footnotes” sections (if one exists) to see if there is any mention of co-first/equal authorship for the research—this is where this information is usually listed.

Here’s an example of co-first authorship on a paper: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0000396. Notice the CO icon next to each of the first authors—hover over this icon to see a complete description. Continue reading →

Tracking papers published under a grant is common practice for those looking to be compliant under NIH Public Access Policy/internal organization policy, for tenure review and promotion purposes, or simply for the sake of transparency and reporting on the progress of a grant. Whatever the reason PubMed can help. The following example demonstrates how to find publications where MSK’s Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) has been acknowledged. [Note: be sure to search the grant number with and without the space… it’s the best way to ensure a comprehensive list of pubs is retrieved].

1. Launch PubMed via the Library website
2. Click on Advanced below the main search box
3. Under the search builder, choose Grant Number from the drop-down list of options
4. Key in the grant number: P30 CA008748
5. Click Search and see your results!

Another way of viewing a list of grant-specific publications is by first finding an article where the grant number is displayed, such as PMID: 24761985 -> scrolling down to the Grant Support section of the record -> choosing the grant number you desire -> and clicking on the Search in PubMed action. This will display a list of publications associated with the grant number.

** New instructions for downloading ASCO meeting abstracts at this blog post **         New Process for Downloading ASCO Meeting Abstracts

Meeting abstracts of ASCO, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, can be downloaded to EndNote via the Journal of Clinical Oncology interface – just follow the steps below:

• To start, open the EndNote library to which you want to add the abstract(s).
• From JCO interface, click on Archive, from the menu near the top of the page.
• Click on 2015, the most current year for which abstracts are accessible, then on Supplement under June.
• Select the subject category in which you are interested and check off the abstract to be exported (you can select multiple abstracts).
• Click on download to citation manager found above the citations and click GO. 
• On the next screen, under Citation Abstracts, click on Download all citations on this page to my citation manager.  
• Under Citation Manager Formats, click on the EndNote (Mac & Win) option. Once the records are deposited in the EndNote library, the abstracts can be viewed by clicking on each record, scrolling down to the URL field, and clicking on the URL.

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