Need help publishing in scholarly journals? The publication support service, offered by the Medical Library, is available to support the research and publishing activities of Yale’s biomedical community.  The suite of services includes assistance in the areas of publishing; researching, writing and submitting papers.  For personal assistance with your publishing needs, please contact library staff at publishing.support@yale.edu.

Researching

Getting Started

• Searching the Literature
• AutoAlerts
  An autoalert is a search strategy saved and automatically run each time the database is updated. This allows you to construct a search and receive regular updates of the most current articles on your topic. Any new citations will be emailed directly to you.
• Consultation with your Library Liaison
• Search Tips Blog

Tutorials

• Library 101
  Basic library research skills and an introduction to the available services.
• OvidSP MEDLINE
  Guide to using OvidSP MEDLINE. Learn how to develop a strategy, perform searches using MeSH terms, save searches and export to a citation manager.
• Online tutorial on scholarly publishing, free from the University of Colorado Library System

Library Classes

Organizing Your References

Compare the two citation managers supported by the Library; EndNote and RefWorks.

• RefWorks or EndNote: Which one is for me?
• EndNote and RefWorks: A comparison
• Video Tutorials
• Link directly to RefWorks

Build Online Bibliography

• Staff will create a bibliography in EndNote or RefWorks using your reference list.

Check a Reference

Writing

• General and Specialized Writing Guides
  
• Online Style Manuals
  
• Journal Abbreviations
  
  PubMed’s Journal Browser
  Genamics JournalSeek
• Grants and Funding Guide
  
• Editorial Referral Service
  
  The Publication Support staff maintains a list of qualified freelance biomedical editors available to authors at the Medical Center. The services provided by the editors are fee-based and negotiated directly between the editor and the researcher.
  
• Electronic Resource Style Guide (IFLA)
• YSM Templates for PowerPoint
  
  Templates, Views, Logos

Submitting

• Choosing a Journal for your Paper

  • Impact Factors for Journals (JCR)

  • Directory of Open Access Journals

  • Open Access and Author’s Rights

• Formatting the Manuscript

  • Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences (University of Toledo)

  • Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals

  • National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation
• Format a Manuscript

Staff will completely format a paper according to the Instructions for Authors for a selected journal. 

• Submit a Manuscript
  Staff will submit a paper supported on research funded by NIH to PubMed Central. 
• Copyright and Intellectual Property
  
  Copyright Guide (Cushing/Whitney Medical Library)

  Copyright Resources for Authors (SPARC)

  Publisher Copyright Policies (SHERPA)

• National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy

Submit to NIH Digital Archive
Library staff will help you submit your final paper or results to the National Institutes of Health's digital archive of journal literature, if your published work is based on an NIH grant. 

NIH Public Access Policy (NIH)

NIH Manuscript Submission System

Tutorial on how to submit your paper to NIH archive

NIH Q&As on Public Access Policy

NIH Policy- Guide for Research Universities (ARL)