MSK Library Guides: Critical Care Medicine: Research & Publishing

Author Tools

Cochrane Interactive Learning This link opens in a new window
Users may need to re-register with their MSKCC email on a yearly basis; your Cochrane Learning progress should be saved on your profile.

Cochrane Interactive Learning is an online introductory course on how to conduct a systematic review of interventions.

To gain access to learning modules users will need to register first. Cochrane recommends that users register for an account onsite. When offsite, users may be prompted with a proxy message. Users will need to click the “Please click here first” link within the proxy message to complete registration. Additional instructions are available here: https://help.cochrane.org/kb/article/102-cochrane-interactive-learning-register-with-ip-access/
Covidence This link opens in a new window
A web-based systematic review tool designed to facilitate the process of screening, data extraction, and analysis of published literature. MSK users need to have an account and should register here
iThenticate This link opens in a new window
iThenticate is a tool for researchers and writers to check their original works for potential plagiarism. This resource will check against 93% of Top Cited Journal content and 70+ billion current and archived web pages. Check out our Support for Authors guide for more writing and publishing resources.
JANE: Journal/Author Name Estimator This link opens in a new window
A free web tool for finding the most appropriate journals for submitting a manuscript (primarily for papers covering biomedical and clinical research). Allows users to enter the title, abstract, or keywords of an unpublished paper into a text box and find journals that best match their query.
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) This link opens in a new window
Offers a systematic, objective means to critically evaluate the world's leading journals, with quantifiable, statistical information based on citation data. By compiling articles' cited references, JCR measures research influence and impact factors at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing papers and citing journals.
Prospero This link opens in a new window
PROSPERO includes protocol details for systematic reviews relevant to health and social care, welfare, public health, education, crime, justice, and international development, where there is a health related outcome.

Systematic review protocols on PROSPERO can include any type of any study design. Reviews of reviews and reviews of methodological issues that contain at least one outcome of direct patient or clinical relevance are also accepted.
PubsHub This link opens in a new window
Contains details on biomedical journal impact factors, circulation numbers, acceptance rates, publication turnaround times, and links to author instructions for publishing. Authors can compare their manuscript with specific journal and congress/conference requirements.
Retraction Watch Database This link opens in a new window
Searchable online database that tracks retracted articles “as a window into the scientific process."
Ulrichsweb This link opens in a new window
Allows you to search more than 300,000 periodicals/serials of different types: academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.

MSK Library Publishing Resources

Copyright
MSK Library Guide on Copyright
Grants & Funding
MSK Library Guide with information about grants and funding opportunities.
NIH Public Access Policy
MSK Library Guide on the NIH Public Access Policy, including information and guidance on how to comply with the core grant.
Open Access
MSK Library Guide with information and resources on Open Access, including MSK paid subscriptions.
Sloan Kettering Open Access Publication (SKOAP) Fund
The Memorial Sloan Kettering Open Access Publication (SKOAP) Fund will underwrite reasonable article processing fees for open access journals when funds are not otherwise available. The fund is administered by the MSK Library and Research and Technology Management.
Support for Authors
MSK Library Guide with curated information and resources for publishing and authorship.

Analytics Databases

BIOSIS Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Database focused on life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more. This resource includes content from not only journals but relevant meetings, patents, and books.
Essential Science Indicators This link opens in a new window
Allows users to conduct on-going, quantitative analyses of research performance and trends in science. Users can also rank top scientists, institutions, countries, and journals in 22 specific fields of research based on journal article publication counts and citation data.
H1 Connect This link opens in a new window
In July 2023 H1 Connect became the new name for Faculty Opinions reflecting its evolution as an expert-led knowledge sharing community for professionals in medicine and life sciences. The new strategic initiative, which includes the expansion of clinical trial and medical research evaluations by leading experts, will bridge the gap between research and clinical practice, delivering unique insights to healthcare practitioners worldwide.
Highly Cited Researchers This link opens in a new window
A searchable web-based product that collects the work of the world's most cited and influential researchers from a broad array of subject categories in life sciences, medicine, physical sciences, engineering and social sciences based on citation metrics.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
One of the largest abstract and citation databases containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. Scope of subjects include: medicine, chemistry, physics, psychology, health sciences and more.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary resource covering open access materials, conference proceedings, and scholarly publications. Access is also available to the Science Citation Index, and social sciences, arts, and humanities fields.

Data and Datasets

MSK Data Catalog
The MSK Data Catalog is a searchable and browsable online collection of records describing the contents of datasets and providing access instructions for those wishing to explore the data for their own research.
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As a user, the data catalog is designed to help you identify data resources that may inform your project or research question. Some data resources may be immediately available to you from the catalog. Others may require you to complete a data use application form or contact the data set owner to explore your options.
MSK Data Policy Finder
The Data Policy Finder was created as part of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Library's Research Data Management program in response to researcher requests for publication assistance regarding research data.
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The database contains descriptions of and links to Publisher and Publication data management, sharing, and availability policies. We have initially focused on publications in which MSK researchers most frequently publish. We plan to grow this content over time and monitor changes to the policies on a regular basis.

NIH Data Sharing Repositories This link opens in a new window
This table lists NIH-supported data repositories that make data accessible for reuse. Most accept submissions of appropriate data from NIH-funded investigators (and others), but some restrict data submission to only those researchers involved in a specific research network. Also included are resources that serve as a portal for information about biomedical data and information sharing systems.
Open-i Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the images (charts, graphs, clinical images, etc.) and related abstracts from the open source literature, and biomedical image collections. Includes images from PubMed Central® articles; chest x-rays; images from NLM History of Medicine collection; and orthopedic illustrations.
Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) This link opens in a new window
A program providing authoritative reports and information on cancer incidence and survival in the U.S. Collects statistics and datasets from cancer registries nationwide and publishes free statistical reports and monographs on cancer incidence and survival.

Critical Appraisal

BMJ Best Practice: Critical Appraisal Checklists
Since these pragmatic issues always need to be borne in mind when critically appraising study data, here we present some checklists for different study types and
examples of how they can be applied to a specific study. We also present some information for tricky critical appraisal scenarios.
BMJ Best Practice: Statistical Calculators
There are numerous statistical calculators available. These should be used as a guide only. Medical and other decisions should NOT be based on the results of these calculators. Although they have been tested, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of their calculations or results.