Writing & Publishing

Supporting developing country researchers in publishing their work

(BioMed Central)

Comparison of BioMed Central’s article processing charges with those of other publishers

in: Macrina FL. Scientific Integrity; 4th ed. Washington, DC, ASM Press, 2014: 83-134.

(VUB & Canvas)

(Max Planck Society)

Open access means that scientific literature should be publicly available, free of charge on the internet so that those who are interested can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, refer to and, in any other conceivable legal way, use full texts without encountering any financial, legal or technical barriers other than those associated with Internet access itself. The Max Planck Society is a co-founder of the international Open Access movement.

(National Library of Medicine)

The NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers; 2nd ed. 2007

CLIR forges strategies to enhance research, teaching, and learning environments in collaboration with libraries, cultural institutions, and communities of higher learning. We foster collaboration by investing in cross-disciplinary intellectual leadership, strategic programs, and professional development opportunities.

COAR is an international association that brings together individual repositories and repository networks in order to build capacity, align policies and practices, and act as a global voice for the repository community.

Guidelines on reporting on randomized clinical trials

COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) is committed to educating and supporting editors, publishers and those involved in publication ethics with the aim of moving the culture of publishing towards one where ethical practices become a normal part of the publishing culture. Our approach is firmly in the direction of influencing through education, resources and support of our members, alongside the fostering of professional debate in the wider community.

(JISC / SURF)

Copyright management for authors and publishers

Find research guides created by Cornell library staff. Browse through the categories below…

Counting Online Usage of NeTworked Electronic Resources

Honoring 20 years of open sharing using CC licenses, join us in 2022 to celebrate Better Sharing — advancing universal access to knowledge and culture, and fostering creativity, innovation, and collaboration.

(PILA)

The central source for reference linking

The Council of Science Editors (CSE) is an international membership organization for editorial professionals publishing in the sciences. Our purpose is to serve over 800 members in the scientific, scientific publishing, and information science communities by fostering networking, education, discussion, and exchange. Our aim is to be an authoritative resource on current and emerging issues in the communication of scientific information.

(DCMI)

Making it easier to find information

A database of highly similar and duplicate citations

(Bibliothèque Médicale – CHU de Rouen – France)

Information francophone sur la recherche de littérature

(International DOI Foundation)

Electronic linking technology

(ASCB et al.)

Putting science in the assessment of research

EBLIDA is the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations. We are an independent umbrella association of library, information, documentation and archive associations and institutions in Europe, gathering some 110 members – library associations and institutions – from 34 countries representing 65,000 public libraries in Europe. Subjects on which EBLIDA concentrates are European library legislation, including copyright & licensing, library impact on society, and Sustainable Development Goals in Europe. We support unhindered access to information in the digital age and promote the role of archives and libraries within an equitable, democratic and sustainable society.

The EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the reliability and value of published health research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting and wider use of robust reporting guidelines. It is the first coordinated attempt to tackle the problems of inadequate reporting systematically and on a global scale; it advances the work done by individual groups over the last 15 years.

Global faculty of over 10,000 experts recommend biomedical articles

(NLM)

Searching databases, finding information, …

(Karla Tonella, University of Iowa)

Links to several citation styles guides

The web form below will enable you to resolve individual handles and view their associated values. It uses a proxy server, which understands both the Handle protocol and HTTP protocol.

HIFA is a global health network with more than 20,000 members (health workers, librarians, publishers, researchers, policymakers…) committed to the progressive realisation of a world where every person has access to the healthcare information they need to protect their own health and the health of others.

(FigShare)

How Can I Share It can help you get the most out of scholarly sharing. Find relevant information and practical tools to ensure your articles can be shared with your colleagues quickly and easily. Discover how sharing can be simple and seamless and enhance scholarly collaboration.

(Bournemouth University Library, UK)

Inc. Harvard Style, Citing Internet sources, …

Guide to “Vancouver Style” and various other recommendations

Examples of “Vancouver Style” references

The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) is an informal group comprising approximately 200 library consortia from around the world.

IFLA’s vision & mission: A strong and united global library field powering literate, informed and participatory societies. To inspire, engage, enable and connect the global library field.

We are an international development organization with 30 years’ experience of working with a global network of partners in Africa, Latin America and Asia. We believe that contributing to stronger and more equitable ecosystems will enable and empower knowledge producers and users to address the key development challenges and improve lives. To realize this potential, we work in partnership to strengthen the capacity of individuals and institutions to produce, share and use research and knowledge, in support of national development.

A selection of JAMA articles on peer review issues

Explore journals matched to your manuscript’s title, abstract and references

Searching databases, finding information, …

A new framework for assessing publishing practices and standards

KR21 calls on Europe’s national governments and the European Union to introduce Secondary Publishing laws enabling immediate access to publicly funded research, in article or book chapter form. Secondary Publishing Rights should also cover the right of the author, funder or educational establishment who employs the researcher to give access to the work when it arises from public funds.  

LIBER supports and speaks up on behalf of university, national and special libraries – their institutions and their users – across Europe.

The Medical Library Association (MLA) is a global, nonprofit educational organization, with a membership of more than 400 institutions and 3,000 professionals in the health information field. Since 1898, MLA has fostered excellence in the professional practice and leadership of health sciences library and information professionals to enhance health care, education, and research throughout the world. MLA educates health information professionals, supports health information research, promotes access to the world’s health sciences information, and works to ensure that the best health information is available to all.

(NPG)

Contributions on various aspects of peer review

(NLM)

Includes Index Medicus Journal Abbreviations, ISSN, …

The Open Access Directory (OAD) is a compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large. By bringing many OA-related lists together in one place, OAD makes it easier for everyone to discover them, use them for reference, and update them. The easier they are to maintain and discover, the more effectively they can spread useful, accurate information about OA.

Representing a diverse community of organisations engaged in open scholarship, OASPA works to encourage and enable open access as the predominant model of communication for scholarly outputs.

Reference linking and citation analysis for open archives

Behind Open Access Belgium is a collaboration between the Open Science teams of the Belgian universities. Apart from keeping this webpage up to date and writing blogposts about Open Science in Belgium, we also organise a yearly event during Open Access Week for the Belgian Open Science community.

University College London (UCL) library teams provide a number of services and resources to assist students and staff with research projects.

(SHERPA – JISC)

OpenDOAR is the quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories. You can search and browse through thousands of registered repositories based on a range of features, such as location, software or type of material held. Try it out for yourself:

Independent community effort to standardize researcher identification

The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) oversees and directs Public Health Service (PHS) research integrity activities on behalf of the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the exception of the regulatory research integrity activities of the Food and Drug Administration.

cOAlition S is committed to delivering content that informs and explains in a concrete manner the research and publishing community towards the aim of accelerating full and immediate open access. The following page provides practical advice and additional details about the Plan S principles, implementation and technical guidance in order to help researchers, institutions, publishers and others understand better the Plan S and its requirements. Further explanations will be added as necessary.

Plan S for shock: the open access initiative that changed the face of global research.

This is the story of open access publishing – why it matters now, and for the future.

In a world where information has never been so accessible, and answers are available at the touch of a fingertip, we are hungrier for the facts than ever before – something the Covid-19 crisis has brought to light. And yet, paywalls put in place by multi-billion dollar publishing houses are still preventing millions from accessing quality, scientific knowledge – and public trust in science is under threat.

A digital preservation and Electronic Archiving Service

PRISMA Statement and related documents

Get credit for peer review

Rayyan makes collaborative systematic reviews faster, easier, and more convenient. Training, VIP support, and access to new features maximize your productivity.

Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process

The Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies (ROARMAP) is a searchable international registry charting the growth of open access mandates adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders that require their researchers to provide open access to their peer-reviewed research article output by depositing it in an open access repository.

Advice on scientific, medical and general proofreading and editing

What’s hot and cooking in scholarly publishing

(European Commission)

The European Commission adopted today a European Media Freedom Act, a novel set of rules to protect media pluralism and independence in the EU. The proposed Regulation includes, among others, safeguards against political interference in editorial decisions and against surveillance. It puts a focus on the independence and stable funding of public service media as well as on the transparency of media ownership and of the allocation of state advertising. It also sets out measures to protect independence of editors and disclose conflicts of interest. Finally, the Act will address the issue of media concentrations and create a new independent European Board for Media Services, comprised of national media authorities. The Commission also adopted a complementary Recommendation to encourage internal safeguards for editorial independence.

(JISC, UK)

Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access. Helping authors and institutions make informed and confident decisions in open access publication and compliance.

SPARC is a non-profit advocacy organization that supports systems for research and education that are open by default and equitable by design. We believe everyone should be able to access and contribute to the knowledge that shapes our world.

SPARC Europe is one of Europe’s key and long-standing voices advocating for unfettered access to research and education — for the academic and education community; for the whole of society. More openness in research and education, we believe, will lead to an accelerated rate of discovery in academia and in the private sector, and of learning at every strata of education.

The global voice of scholarly publishing

Choose the right journal for your research

As scholarly, not-for-profit publishers, we reaffirm our commitment to innovative and independent publishing practices and to promoting the wide dissemination of information in our journals. Not-for-profit scientific, technical, and medical publishers are an integral part of the broader scholarly communities supporting scientists, researchers, and clinicians. We work in partnership with scholarly communities to ensure that these communities are sustained and extended, science is advanced, research meets the highest standards, and patient care is enhanced with accurate and timely information.

The WHO Library is the world’s leading library on public health. It provides access to knowledge from WHO as well as to other sources of scientific literature produced around the world. WHO Library resources and expertise also provide scientific evidence and knowledge to low- and middle- income countries through a set of low-cost/high-use initiatives.

WiderNet is dedicated to improving digital education and communications for all communities and individuals around the world.