The 2017 JCR Release Is Here!

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Clarivate Analytics announced that the 2017 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), based on 2016 data, has been released. The latest update to the JCR includes 11,549 total journals across 236 disciplines and 81 countries.

On average, Journal Impact Factor scores increased by 9%. The JCR presents quantifiable statistical data allowing users to determine the relative importance of journals within a field.

You can access the 2017 JCR from the Library website by typing JCR or Journal Citation Reports in the search box. From the search results, select the resource link under Database Recommendations.

If you have any questions regarding the JCR, don’t hesitate to ASK US.

Old Cancer Case, Human Missions to Mars and More…

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The latest in Cancer Research News

  • The Smithsonian.com recently reported on the discovery of the oldest cancer case in Central America. The bones of the young teen, who died 700 years ago, were excavated in the province of Bocas Del Toro in Panama in 1970.  Recently, a bioarchaeologist and a postdoctoral fellow took a closer look at the bones and noticed a lumpy calcified mass.  See the featured story here.
  • Researchers at the Australian National University are working on a new treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) that outperforms standard chemotherapies. The compound under observation is CX-546. The full report has been published in the journal Blood.
  • A study conducted by researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas concludes that human missions to Mars poses a risk of cancer to astronauts exposed to cosmic rays. Read more on their findings in Scientific Reports.
  • New research coming out of Ohio State University found that changes among proteins that relay information from one immune cell to another are weakened in the blood of brain cancer patients within five years before the cancer is diagnosed. That information could one day lead to earlier diagnosis of brain cancer. Read more about this in ScienceDaily.

For #MensHealthWeek: Ebooks Focusing on Men’s Health, Prevention, and Wellness

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In support of Men’s Health week, the MSK Library is highlighting several ebooks in our collection on men’s health, focusing particularly on prevention and wellness:

Men’s Health: A Head to Toe Guide for Clinicians, edited by Jeannette M Potts, covers issues of men’s health, including screening, diagnosis and management of common disorders and opportunities for prevention and health maintenance.

 

 

Men’s Health in Primary Care, edited by Joel J Heidelbaugh, is the first book of its kind to present up-to-date information on all aspects of men’s health in the primary care​ setting. The book provides guidelines for performing evidence-based well male examinations on children, adolescents, and adults.

 

 

Urological Men’s Health: A Guide for Urologists and Primary Care Physicians, edited by Daniel A. Shoskes, Vinod H. Nargund, Derek Raghavan, and Howard M. Sandler, covers the major urologic conditions that have an impact on the health and well being of the adult male.