Springer Nature No Longer Providing Manuscript Deposition Service

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Effective immediately, Springer Nature has decided to no longer offer a full manuscript deposition service to their NIH-funded authors. Authors (usually the corresponding author) or their assigned delegate, will now be responsible for handling the task of depositing the accepted manuscript in the NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) system to fulfill any funder or institutional mandate. Instructions for this task can be found on the Memorial Sloan Kettering NIH Public Access Policy LibGuide. Look for the tab labelled, Submission Method C.

Springer Nature will continue to automatically deposit gold open access (OA) articles in PMC (PubMed Central) and EPMC (Europe PubMed Central) if the research paper meets the PMC deposition guidelines on publisher deposition of papers published open access. Authors can confirm if a journal has a full PMC deposition agreement by searching for the journal title here.

It is critical that authors provide details of the grant when submitting their manuscript for publication to enable Springer Nature to identify eligible OA NIH-funded articles for deposit in the NIHMS system.

Should you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to reach out to Donna Gibson, Director, Library Services.

ChatGPT and Fake Citations: MSK Library Edition

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Since the launch of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI, we at the MSK Library have seen an uptick in requests to track down what turn out to be fake citations for studies related to cancer research.

We decided to pick a topic we were recently asked to conduct a literature search on (survival outcomes, recurrence, and pathology characteristics of poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma) to see how ChatGPT handled it. Below are screenshots from our conversation. 

Looks pretty good, right? We asked for the full citations. 

Voila, ChatGPT delivered! We then attempted to verify these citations. We first looked them up in databases and citation indexes like PubMed and Google Scholar. Then we checked the DOIs, or digital object identifiers. Finally, we went directly to the journals these “articles” were “published” in to see if they appeared in the same journal, issue, and volume ChatGPT cited, or if they appeared in these journals at all. These citations didn’t appear to be legitimate, so we let ChatpGPT know.

ChatGPT gave the same incorrect citations again. We asked if it was fabricating this information.

Still no dice. It appeared that ChatGPT was “hallucinating.” Learn more about this phenomenon here and here. 

We asked ChatGPT why it was creating these fake citations, and its response was illuminating. 

Our interaction with ChatGPT isn’t surprising – it’s a large language model and not a database or citation index. ChatGPT is great for some aspects of research, but not others. Check out Duke University Libraries’ blog post ChatGPT and Fake Citations for more information. 

Learn more about AI by visiting our Artificial Intelligence guide.  Need help finding evidence based information? Ask Us. 

Did You Know? A Benefit of AAMC Membership

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As a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), MSK leaders, faculty, and staff have exclusive access to AAMC’s professional development resources, networking opportunities, and content.

Content Update: AAMC Faculty Salary Report
In 2023 the AAMC released its annual Faculty Salary Report in electronic format with no provision to offer a print version. AAMC is not currently offering an institutional subscription to this resource but online access is available to faculty and staff at member institutions for $50 from the AAMC Store. To receive the AAMC member discount, you can register using your MSK email for a free account on the AAMC website or login here if you are already registered. 

If you have any questions or want to learn more about other resources, don’t hesitate to Ask Us.