Library Guides: Epidemiology Research Guide: EpiSeminar

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Article: Eight reasons I accepted your article
Article: Eight reasons I rejected your article
Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics: A publisher's perspective
Components of a Research Paper
Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching; Grand Canyon University
Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
Links to Web sites which provide instructions to authors for over 6,000 journals in the health and life sciences. Source: Mulford Health Science Library, University of Toledo
JANE (Journal/Author Name Estimator)
Allows researchers to enter the title and/or abstract of their paper to find the best matching journals, authors or articles.
Article: The Structured Abstract: An essential tool for researchers
Originally appeared as: Bayley L, Eldredge J. The structured abstract: an essential tool for researchers. Hypothesis 2003 Spring; 17 (1): 1, 11-13.
Liz Bayley, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
bayleyl@mcmaster.ca
Jonathan D. Eldredge, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
jeldredge@salud.unm.edu
Article: What are structured abstracts?

Have you recently written a paper, but you're not sure to which journal you should submit it? Start here:

BMJ Author Hub: Get your research published, discovered and cited.
Sections include: Before you submit, Writing and formatting, After submitting, Promoting your paper…
JANE (Journal/Author Name Estimator),
A tool that compares your title and/or abstract to citations already in Medline and recommends potential journals in which to publish.

InCites Journal Citation Reports
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Available years: 2003-2018. Find impact factors for journals using InCites Journal Citation Reports.

GH Journal Search! (Global Health Journals)
Database to locate a journals that publish global public health research.
Journal Metrics from Elsevier
Explains journal metrics: Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), The Impact per Publication (IPP), SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Journals Recently Accepted by NLM for Inclusion in MEDLINE
Periodically updated with new journals added to MEDLINE/PubMed.
NLM Catalog - Journals referenced in the NCBI Databases
Journals referenced in the NCBI Databases (PubMed, Protein, Gene, etc). Includes publication dates, abbreviations, full titles and more.

Ulrichsweb: Global Serials Directory
To identify and find periodicals, such as scholarly journals, magazines. Provides publisher information and information on rights and permissions. Links are available for online titles and also to publishers. Search for "information for authors".

Instructions for Authors in the Health Sciences
These pages provide links to Web sites which provide instructions to authors for over 6,000 journals in the health and life sciences. All links are to "primary sources" - that is, to publishers and organizations with editorial responsibilities for the titles.

Standards for publications, websites, and other communication vehicles of Tulane University

School logos
Tulane University: Brand Assets
Tulane guidelines for editorial style, creative style (including color palette), and logos.
Tulane Color Palette
Tulane Copyright Notice
See Introduction for campus copyright guidelines. Investigate before you summarize research so as to give credit where it is due.