Visualizing MSK Research Collaborations

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The 2017 Synapse Publications Report is now available and with a new feature–  research collaborations.

We looked at the author affiliation data* from 2,013 MSK research papers published in 2017, compiling the geographic locations of the collaborating authors. What did we learn? Not unsurprisingly, that collaboration is key! MSK researchers collaborated with outside researchers on 85% of of all papers, and only 6% of papers were authored by a single author.

The report includes two maps, International and United States, along with the top cities, states, and countries of our researchers’ co-authors outside the Center.

Additionally in the report you will find information about all MSK publications from 2017 including highly-cited papers, top Altmetric scores, top journals, and a full bibliography of works.

Look for the 2018 Publications Report later in the year.

*Data retrieved from Scopus citation database.

SportDiscus: Now Available at the MSK Library

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The MSK Library recently acquired the SportDiscus database, providing users access to over 2 million bibliographic records on a number of sports medicine related subjects that include: physical therapy, nutrition, occupation health, exercise physiology, kinesiology and more.  From your search results, you can click “FullText@MSK” to order any article you wish to obtain in full text (.PDF) from the library’s ILLiad Document Delivery Services.

Link to SportDiscus from the MSK Library’s Databases A-Z list and if you have any questions about this resource, please don’t hesitate to ASK US.

What is a Pulmonary Lobectomy?

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In late December, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a pulmonary lobectomy at MSK to remove two nodules on the lower lobe of her left lung. But what does this mean?

Newsweek answered this question in a recent article, referring to an MSK patient information page for information. Patients with non-small cell lung cancer that has not spread are typically treated with a pulmonary lobectomy, during which surgeons remove the lobe of the lung containing the cancer (the right lung has three lobes and the left has two). This surgery is the most common operation for patients with this type of cancer and offers the best chance of a cure for otherwise healthy people with cancer that has not spread.

Learn more about lung cancer from MSK’s patient information pages.