New Faculty Academy Resources: Scholarly Writing
Collaborations & Processes
- Academia.eduA commercial network, Academia.edu is designed to facilitate finding and sharing of papers. Does not support long-term preservation.
- EndNoteEndNote is a citation manager that enables you to create a library of references, store and organize your references, and collaborate with co-authors to compile references and cite them.
- Google Scholar ProfileGoogle Scholar Profiles provide a simple way for authors to showcase their academic publications. You can check who is citing your articles, graph citations over time, and compute several citation metrics.
- ORCID | RegisterOpen Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) is a global, not-for-profit, community-built organization. ORCID strives to ensure that all who participate in research, scholarship, and innovation are uniquely identified and connected to their contributions across disciplines, borders, and time.
- ResearchGateA commercial network, ResearcgGate is designed to facilitate finding and sharing of papers. Does not support long-term preservation.
- Snippets for Success— an ebook from Faculty FactorySnippets for Success highlights key takeaways of 42 Faculty Factory “snippet” episodes and provides questions for self-reflection based on these discussions regarding communication, education, leadership, mentorship, research & scholarship, and wellness.
- Writing Accountability Groups (WAGs)WAGs (Writing Accountability Groups) are a habit-building method originally developed for busy faculty members in academic medicine. WAGs aims to make scholarly writing automatic, mechanical and routine.
- ZoteroZotero is a free, easy-to-use citation manager to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research.
Library resources
Publishing & Metrics
- AMWA – EMWA – ISMPP Joint Position Statement on Predatory PublishingThe American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA), and the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) recognize the challenges to scientific publishing being posed by predatory journals and their publishers, which employ practices undermining the quality, integrity, and reliability of published scientific research. This joint position statement complements several other sets of guidelines that have helped define the characteristics of a predatory journal.
- Best Tips for Publishing Research: Advice from Global Researchers Here are tips from other researchers on how to overcome different challenges when publishing your researchTips from other researchers on how to overcome different challenges when publishing your research
- Cabells Journalytics Medicine and Predatory Reports This link opens in a new windowJournalytics Medicine and Predatory Reports can help UB health sciences authors select journals for article submission and avoid predatory journals. It is a continually growing collection which currently includes 7,000+ medical journals that meet the criteria for quality publications and 17,000+ predatory journals.More InfoData UB ONLY
- An integrated paradigm shift to deal with ‘predatory publishing’ by J. A. Teixeira de Silva et al.Abstract: The issue of ‘predatory publishing’, and indeed unscholarly publishing practices, affects all academics and librarians around the globe. However, there are some flaws in arguments and analyses made in several papers published on this topic, in particular those that have relied heavily on the blacklists that were established by Jeffrey Beall. While Beall advanced the discussion on ‘predatory publishing’, relying entirely on his blacklists to assess a journal for publishing a paper is problematic. This is because several of the criteria underlying those blacklists were insufficiently specific, excessively broad, arbitrary with no scientific validation, or incorrect identifiers of predatory behavior. The validity of those criteria has been deconstructed in more detail in this paper. From a total of 55 criteria in Beall's last/latest 2015 set of criteria, we suggest maintaining nine, eliminating 24, and correcting the remaining 22. While recognizing that this exercise involves a measure of subjectivity, it needs to advance in order to arrive – in a future exercise – at a more sensitive set of criteria. Fortified criteria alone, or the use of blacklists and whitelists, cannot combat ‘predatory publishing’, and an overhaul of rewards-based academic publishing is needed, supported by a set of reliable criteria-based guidance system.
- Tenure MetricsA guide to the various resources useful to identifying relevant metrics around research impact.
- Think. Check. Submit."Sharing research results with the world is key to the progress of your discipline and career. But with so many publications, how can you be sure you can trust a particular journal? Follow this check list to make sure you choose trusted journals for your research."
- Understanding Predatory PublishersA guide from Iowa State University Library that introduces the concept of predatory publishing and provides advice on how to identify a potential predatory publisher
Some guides developed at UB Libraries relevant to publishing, impact factors, and scholarship metrics.
Non-traditional Scholarship
- Humanities for AllA showcase of over 2,000 projects focusing on public engagement
- HuMetricsHSSFrom the Human Metrics Initiative, a focus on values-based academic research and publishing
- MLA's Guidelines for Evaluating Work in Digital Humanities and Digital MediaGuideline to help faculty evaluate digital projects for hiring, tenure, and promotion
- AHA Guidelines for the Professional Evaluation of Digital Scholarship by HistoriansMore on how to evaluate digital projects, this time from the American Historical Association
- Guidelines for the Evaluation of Digital Scholarship in Art and Architectural HistoryMore guidelines, but for architects!
- Peer Review GuidelinesA collection of more peer-review guidelines and readings from DH scholars
- Amanda Visconti's Zotero Library on DH Guidelines for Dissertations and TenureDH scholar Amanda Visconti's Zotero library, in case you need more readings!
- Programming HistorianIf you're curious about alternative publishing methods, and want to learn how to make it happen, the Programming Historian's collection of peer-reviewed tutorials is for you!
Don't forget to check out our Digital Scholarship @ UB and Digital Humanities guides!