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*NEW FEATURE* MSK Data Catalog and Synapse – Stronger Together 

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Explore the many-to-many relationship between MSK publications and datasets with the launch of this new enhancement! 

Synapse, our database of MSK authors and their publications, will now display a dynamically generated “Related Datasets” button at the top of publication records if that work has associated datasets cataloged in the MSK Data Catalog. 

 

Likewise, any record in the MSK Data Catalog which supports publications will have links to those publications in Synapse.  

As an example of the value added by this integration:

  • Consider this dataset record which identifies 3 associated publications.
  • Following the link to the first publication you find a Synapse record with a “Related Datasets” button. 
  • Clicking the “Related Datasets” button searches the Data Catalog to discover 6 datasets are in support of this publication.

By exposing these relationships, we hope to highlight the value of data as a research output and emphasize a broader perspective on MSK research. 

If you would like to see your datasets included in the MSK Data Catalog or have any questions about how the MSK Library is contributing to the development of data as a component of Scholarly Communication, please Ask Us! 

Celebrate International Open Access Week 2022 with the MSK Library

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International Open Access Week will be taking place October 24-30, 2022. Join us as we celebrate this year’s theme, “Open For Climate Justice” and seize the opportunity to help us raise awareness on how open access can support climate justice, as well as other areas of research interests.

The MSK Library promotes Open Access by adding relevant open access journals to our curated list of eJournals, managing the SKOAP fund which helps MSK authors who need financial support for article processing fees, and sharing information about this important topic to keep our interested library users in the know!

Synapse is another way we bring attention to open access publications. Visitors to the site are able to discover which open access journals MSK authors publish in by locating in the citation record the orange button (e.g., Synapse work record). Synapse is our public-facing and authoritative bibliographic database showcasing the intellectual output of all our researchers.

Throughout this week, the MSK Library will be featuring open access publications by MSK authors and will share one each day (Monday to Friday) as a Today’s Science Sparks on the Library Website. If you are curious about past Today’s Science Sparks, you can browse the Archives. In support of Open Access if you find a Today’s Science Sparks that has been marked as Open Access, feel free to click on the Tweet icon next to the highlighted paper to easily share this publication on Twitter.

Finally, another way to participate in the open access week experience, you can follow the conversation on Twitter, as well as share your thoughts. Don’t forget to include the official hashtag — #OAWeek.

If you have any questions about Open Access, don’t hesitate to contact me!

Donna Gibson
Director, Library Services

New Synapse Group: Graduate Medical Education

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Working with the Office of Graduate Medical Education, we’ve created a Synapse group to help track publications that include MSK trainees as authors. Over 150 trainees have been added to the group, who thus far in 2022 collaborated on at least 309 publications at MSK. We further broke down the trainees into 12 sub-groups relating to their clinical training program, such as Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery etc., to allow for more granularity in highlighting publications by training program. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MSK offers approximately 100 clinical training programs that range from residency level programs to advanced fellowship programs. “Our goal is to provide our trainees with top-notch clinical and scientific training and personalized guidance to become outstanding members of the medical community in their respective discipline.” 

If you are interested in creating a Synapse group for your department, or wish to learn more about how groups can help you track publications, please contact us.