Tutorial: Scopus Offers Analyze Results Tool

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The SciVerse Scopus database has made a tool available which provides graphics and table displays of your search results.  You can display 7 metrics which will help you better understand your results: Year, Source Title, Author Name, Affiliation Name, Country, Document Type and Subject Area.

The tutorial (4.44 mins) shows you where to find the tool on the search results page and demonstrates what the metrics look like.

MSKCC in the News: June 14 – June 27

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  • In a New York Magazine article, MSKCC’s Dr. Robert C. Kurtz explores the topic of whether or not soy milk is healthier than skim milk.
  • A press release posted on MarketWatch announced that the Center for Medical Technology Policy (CMTP) published its official Effectiveness Guidance Document for how to better incorporate patient-reported outcomes into studies that enroll adult cancer patients. This guidance was developed in collaboration with Dr. Ethan Basch, of MSKCC, Dr. Amy Abernethy, MD, of Duke Cancer institute, and an expert working group of patient advocates, oncologists, researchers and life sciences and other experts.
  • Dr. Clifford A. Hudis of MSKCC is quoted in a New York Times article about a drug, known as T-DM1, which delivers a powerful poison to tumors without some of the side effects of traditional treatments and also appears to substantially prolong lives.

Funding: Patient-centered Research and Nutrition

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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has announced the approval of 50 funding awards, totaling $30 million over two years, through its Pilot Projects Program. The approved projects “will address a broad range of questions about methods for engaging patients in various aspects of the research and dissemination process”. The organization expects to announce another funding opportunity, Accelerating Patient-Centered Outcomes Research and Methodological Research, later this summer.

The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) has listed available grants for its 2013 grant cycle. The A.S.P.E.N. Rhoads Research Foundation funds “exceptional scientific research projects submitted by early-career investigators of nutrition therapy, metabolic support, and related clinical nutrition topics.”