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Comment search and alert: A PubMed Commons guide
Some authors are now adding comments to PubMed records in the pilot PubMed Commons project. Soon, these comments will be visible. How can you find these needles in the giant PubMed haystack? How can...
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Expanding and updating the record: Authors using PubMed Commons
Soon, the comments being made in PubMed’s pilot scientific discussion forum will be visible to all PubMed users. You can read about that in a previous post. In the meantime, let’s look at how authors...
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Meet PubMed Commons: The new comments forum in PubMed
If you are one of the millions of people who visit PubMed today, be on the look-out for something different. On each abstract page, there’s now a section called PubMed Commons. It’s a forum for...
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“You found this helpful:” What people like in comments on PubMed
Rating is a critical function for a commenting system. It’s a key way a forum’s members can encourage the kind of discussion they want to see – and discourage what they don’t find helpful....
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Blogs and their links with PubMed Commons
Blogs grew quickly into a dynamic and substantial element in the way we discuss, criticize and share information about scientific publications. Science blogs are one of the filters many now use for...
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Spotlight on… Amanda Capes-Davis, setting the cell line record straight
You think you’ve found what you need – a cell model for a specific type of cancer you’re studying. But the label on those cells may have you fooled. In labs around the world, many cell lines are...
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Unveiling a new look – and more – for PubMed Commons
PubMed Commons set the stage for commenting on any publication in PubMed, the world’s largest searchable database of biomedical literature. Lately we’ve been tackling infrastructure and design to...
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Refining & revising research on the public record
The life of a research project often doesn’t end when a publication appears in a journal. Experiments continue. Errors are found. Supporting or refuting data is published. Alternative explanations...
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Introducing PubMed Commons Journal Clubs
Around the world, the journal club is a cornerstone engagement with the scholarly literature. Whether in face-to-face meetings or on social media platforms, researchers, physicians, and trainees...
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Signposts from research to resources
From repositories to blogs, the web has expanded means to share information and resources widely. Access to data and code enables other researchers to check published analyses and undertake new ones....
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Commenting on PubMed: A Successful Pilot
We are pleased to announce that PubMed Commons is here to stay! After developing and piloting the core commenting system for PubMed, a pilot of journal clubs was added. And we have completed a major...
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PubMed comments & their continuing conversations
We have many options for communication. We can choose platforms that fit our style, approach, and time constraints. From pop culture to current events, information and opinions are shared and discussed...
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Authors alerting readers via PubMed Commons
Journals can issue correction and errata notices to notify readers of errors and, as necessary, revise text and data in publications. Yet these processes can take time. Authors sometimes encounter...
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Critiquing systematic review search strategies on PubMed
More than 1.1 million publications were indexed in PubMed in 2016, bringing the total number of PubMed records to more than 27 million. It’s no wonder that systematic reviews have become popular...
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Collaborating to bring journal clubs to PubMed Commons: A librarian’s...
Journal clubs can be a great tool in graduate and medical education. They provide opportunities for students to practice important skills: literature searching, critical reading, scholarly debate, and...
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As announced in early February, PubMed Commons has been discontinued effective March 2, 2018. PubMed Commons has been a valuable experiment in supporting discussion of published scientific literature....
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