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Cycle of Success: Marybeth Bohn, Orthopedic Surgery

By Taira Meadowcroft   Posted in Cycle of Success J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library
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Cycle of Success is the idea that libraries, faculty, and students are linked; for one to truly succeed, we must all succeed. The path to success is formed by the connections between University of Missouri Libraries and faculty members, between faculty members and students, and between students and the libraries that serve them. More than just success, this is also a connection of mutual respect, support, and commitment to forward-thinking research.

 

 

Maryboth Bohn is the executive assistant to Dr. James P. Stannard, MD. in the Missouri Orthopedic Institute.  Marybeth works in the academic office and assists with administrative paperwork. With a tight deadline approaching, and needing the information by the end of the business day, Marybeth contacted the health sciences library to ask for help in gathering metrics for promotion and tenure. Katy Emerson, Library Specialist Sr. in Interlibrary Loan, gave Marybeth some information on the possible metrics she could use for the Promotion and Tenure packet, while Taira Meadowcroft, Information Services Librarian, and Rachel Alexander, Graduate Library Assistant, gathered the metrics. It was definitely a great collaborative effort!

 

“I work in a fast-paced office assisting Dr. Stannard with his administrative work. Much of that includes academic activities such as reviewing P&T packets, writing letters, and gathering articles for research. If it weren’t for the help of the librarians in the Health Science Library, I would be in dire straits! They come to my rescue often! They are quick, upbeat, and always helpful. Recently, I needed publication metrics for a P&T review. Two of the librarians stopped what they were doing to help me and speed things along. They also took the time to explain what everything meant. I also appreciate their helpfulness in pulling articles for me when I am not able to access the articles myself. I have used the online request system and their online chat system quite easily and have always received excellent assistance. Don’t hesitate to ask a friendly librarian!”

 

 

If you would like to submit your own success story about how the libraries have helped your research and/or work,
please use the Cycle of Success form. 

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Featured Article from Medicine and Related Fields: February 2017

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Each month we feature one article from a School of Medicine author with the highest journal impact factor.

This month’s article, entitled Uniform low-level dystrophin expression in the heart partially preserved cardiac function in an aged mouse model of Duchenne cardiomyopathy, was co-authored by Dr. Nalinda B. Wasala, Yongping Yue, Jenna Vance, and Dr. Dongsheng Duan of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology (impact factor 4.874 in 2015).

Note: Dr. Michael LeFevre did co-author a publication in Annals of Internal Medicine (impact factor 16.593), but this article was not featured as it was a “note”.

For the list of University of Missouri publications in medicine and related fields published this month, view results here (in Firefox or Chrome).

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Recent University of Missouri Publications in Medicine and Related Fields: February 2017

By Taira Meadowcroft   Posted in J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library Resources and Services Zalk Veterinary Medical Library
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See below for University of Missouri authored articles added to Scopus in the last 30 days from medicine and related fields. Click here for an explanation on how these searches are run monthly to identify articles and how the lists are compiled.

 View the rest of the list in Scopus, or view recent MU authored articles from other disciplines (in Firefox or Chrome).

Recent University of Missouri Publications- Medicine and Related Fields:

  1. Schulz, D.J., Lane, B.J.Homeostatic plasticity of excitability in crustacean central pattern generator networks​
  2. Mohebbi, M.R., Bernard, R.L., Stickles, S.P. 60 year old man with loss of vision in one eye
  3. Chen, H., Li, X.P., Chen, Y.Y., Huang, G.L. Wave propagation and absorption of sandwich beams containing interior dissipative multi-resonators
  4. Radford, L., Gallazzi, F., Watkinson, L., Carmack, T., Berendzen, A., Lewis, M.R., Jurisson, S.S., Papagiannopoulou, D., Hennkens, H.M. Synthesis and evaluation of a 99mTc tricarbonyl-labeled somatostatin receptor-targeting antagonist peptide for imaging of neuroendocrine tumors
  5. Merrill, A.M., Karcher, N.R., Cicero, D.C., Becker, T.M., Docherty, A.R., Kerns, J.G. Evidence that communication impairment in schizophrenia is associated with generalized poor task performance
  6. Biggerstaff, M.T., Lashley, M.A., Chitwood, M.C., Moorman, C.E., DePerno, C.S. Sexual segregation of forage patch use: Support for the social-factors and predation hypotheses
  7. Marković, M., Daković, A., Rottinghaus, G.E., Kragović, M., Petković, A., Krajišnik, D., Milić, J., Mercurio, M., de Gennaro, B. Adsorption of the mycotoxin zearalenone by clinoptilolite and phillipsite zeolites treated with cetylpyridinium surfactant
  8. Papenberg, G., Becker, N., Ferencz, B., Naveh-Benjamin, M., Laukka, E.J., Bäckman, L., Brehmer, Y. Dopamine receptor genes modulate associative memory in old age
  9. Huang, L., Zheng, D., Zalkikar, J., Tiwari, R. Zero-inflated Poisson model based likelihood ratio test for drug safety signal detection
  10. He, Y., Deng, H., Hu, Q., Zhu, Z., Liu, L., Zheng, S., Song, Q., Feng, Q. Identification of the binding domains and key amino acids for the interaction of the transcription factors BmPOUM2 and BmAbd-A in Bombyx mori
  11. Khowal, S., Siddiqui, M.Z., Ali, S., Khan, M.T., Khan, M.A., Naqvi, S.H., Wajid, S. A report on extensive lateral genetic reciprocation between arsenic resistant Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus pumilus strains analyzed using RAPD-PCR
  12. Kern, R.J., Zarek, C.M., Lindholm-Perry, A.K., Kuehn, L.A., Snelling, W.M., Freetly, H.C., Cunningham, H.C., Meyer, A.M. Ruminal expression of the NQO1, RGS5, and ACAT1 genes may be indicators of feed efficiency in beef steers
  13. Yang, X., Dong, G., Palaniappan, K., Mi, G., Baskin, T.I. Temperature-compensated cell production rate and elongation zone length in the root of Arabidopsis thaliana
  14. Wang, J., Peng, Y., Xiao, K., Wei, B., Hu, J., Wang, Z., Song, Q., Zhou, X. Transcriptomic response of wolf spider, Pardosa pseudoannulata, to transgenic rice expressing Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab protein
  15. Wang, X., Nichols, L., Grunz-Borgmann, E.A., Sun, Z., Meininger, G.A., Domeier, T.L., Baines, C.P., Parrish, A.R. Fascin2 regulates cisplatin-induced apoptosis in NRK-52E cells
  16. Toomey, R.B., Huynh, V.W., Jones, S.K., Lee, S., Revels-Macalinao, M. Sexual minority youth of color: A content analysis and critical review of the literature
  17. Phillips, L.J., DeRoche, C.B., Rantz, M., Alexander, G.L., Skubic, M., Despins, L., Abbott, C., Harris, B.H., Galambos, C., Koopman, R.J. Using Embedded Sensors in Independent Living to Predict Gait Changes and Falls
  18. Benthall, K.N., Hough, R.A., McClellan, A.D. Descending propriospinal neurons mediate restoration of locomotor function following spinal cord injury
  19. Kolicheski, A., Barnes Heller, H.L., Arnold, S., Schnabel, R.D., Taylor, J.F., Knox, C.A., Mhlanga-Mutangadura, T., O’Brien, D.P., Johnson, G.S., Dreyfus, J., Katz, M.L. Homozygous PPT1 Splice Donor Mutation in a Cane Corso Dog With Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
  20. Ruegsegger, G.N., Toedebusch, R.G., Braselton, J.F., Childs, T.E., Booth, F.W. Left ventricle transcriptomic analysis reveals connective tissue accumulation associates with initial age-dependent decline in V˙o2peakfrom its lifetime apex

 View the rest of the list in Scopus, or view recent MU authored articles from other disciplines (in Firefox or Chrome).

 

Here’s the list of Top Ten Journals by Impact Factor:

 

Journal Title Impact Factor
Nature Reviews Immunology 39.416
Annals Of Internal Medicine 16.593
Plos Genetics 6.661
Current Opinion In Neurobiology 6.373
Plant Physiology 6.280
Plant Cell And Environment 6.169
Bioinformatics 5.766
FASEB Journal 5.299
Journal Of Molecular And Cellular Cardiology 4.874
Statistical Methods In Medical Research 4.634
home J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, Resources and Services Featured Article from Medicine and Related Fields: January 2017

Featured Article from Medicine and Related Fields: January 2017

By Taira Meadowcroft   Posted in J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library Resources and Services
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Each month we feature one article from the School of Medicine with the highest journal impact factor.

The article, titled Statin use for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults: US preventive services task force recommendation statement, was co-authored by Dr. Michael LeFevre, Professor of Family & Community Medicine, and published in JAMA (impact factor: 37.684 in 2015).

For the list of University of Missouri publications in medicine and related fields published this month, view results here (in Firefox or Chrome).

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Recent University of Missouri Publications in Medicine and Related Fields: January 2017

By Taira Meadowcroft   Posted in J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library Resources and Services Zalk Veterinary Medical Library
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See below for University of Missouri authored articles added to Scopus in the last 30 days from medicine and related fields. Click here for an explanation on how these searches are run monthly to identify articles and how the lists are compiled.

View the list in Scopus, or view recent MU authored articles from other disciplines (in Firefox or Chrome).

 

Recent University of Missouri Publications- Medicine and Related Fields

  1. Robinette, C., Saffran, L., Ruple, A., Deem, S.L.Zoos and public health: A partnership on the One Health frontier
  2. Kruse, S.G., Bridges, G.A., Funnell, B.J., Bird, S.L., Lake, S.L., Arias, R.P., Amundson, O.L., Larimore, E.L., Keisler, D.H., Perry, G.A.Influence of post-insemination nutrition on embryonic development in beef heifers
  3. Crim, J.Medial-sided Ankle Pain: Deltoid Ligament and Beyond
  4. Sun, X., Qian, M.-D., Guan, S.-S., Shan, Y.-M., Dong, Y., Zhang, H., Wang, S., Han, W.-W., Bush, C.Investigation of an “alternate water supply system” in enzymatic hydrolysis in the processive endocellulase Cel7A from Rasamsonia emersonii by molecular dynamics simulation
  5. Popescu, L., Gaudreault, N.N., Whitworth, K.M., Murgia, M.V., Nietfeld, J.C., Mileham, A., Samuel, M., Wells, K.D., Prather, R.S., Rowland, R.R.R.Genetically edited pigs lacking CD163 show no resistance following infection with the African swine fever virus isolate, Georgia 2007/1
  6. Gajaraj, S., Huang, Y., Zheng, P., Hu, Z.Methane production improvement and associated methanogenic assemblages in bioelectrochemically assisted anaerobic digestion
  7. Xiong, J., JiJi, R.D.Insights into the aggregation mechanism of Aβ(25–40)
  8. Curtis, A.K., Scharf, B., Eichen, P.A., Spiers, D.E.Relationships between ambient conditions, thermal status, and feed intake of cattle during summer heat stress with access to shade
  9. Cabandugama, P.K., Gardner, M.J., Sowers, J.R.The Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System in Obesity and Hypertension: Roles in the Cardiorenal Metabolic Syndrome
  10. Michelin, E.C., Massocco, M.M., Godoy, S.H.S., Baldin, J.C., Yasui, G.S., Lima, C.G., Rottinghaus, G.E., Sousa, R.L.M., Fernandes, A.M.Carryover of aflatoxins from feed to lambari fish (Astyanax altiparanae) tissues. Article in Press.
  11. Segal, S.S.Enhanced functional sympatholysis through endothelial signalling in healthy young men and women
  12. Sanchez, N.Suitability of the National Health Care Surveys to Examine Behavioral Health Services Associated with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Article in Press.
  13.  Adhikari, B., Nowotny, J., Bhattacharya, D., Hou, J., Cheng, J.ConEVA: A toolbox for comprehensive assessment of protein contacts
  14. Cao, R., Bhattacharya, D., Hou, J., Cheng, J.DeepQA: Improving the estimation of single protein model quality with deep belief networks
  15.  Zheng, Y., Hivrale, V., Zhang, X., Valliyodan, B., Lelandais-Brière, C., Farmer, A.D., May, G.D., Crespi, M., Nguyen, H.T., Sunkar, R.Small RNA profiles in soybean primary root tips under water deficit
  16. Williams, A., Howenstine, D.Case report: Worsening of longstanding headaches, dizziness, visual symptoms · Dx
  17. Vuong, T.D., Walker, D.R., Nguyen, B.T., Nguyen, T.T., Dinh, H.X., Hyten, D.L., Cregan, P.B., Sleper, D.A., Lee, J.D., Shannon, J.G., Nguyen, H.T.Molecular characterization of resistance to soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi Syd. & Syd.) in soybean cultivar DT 2000 (PI 635999)
  18. Jia, G., Sowers, J.R.Targeting CITED2 for angiogenesis in obesity and insulin resistance
  19. Kwong, E., Burns, M.K.Preliminary study of the effect of Incremental Rehearsal with a morphological component for teaching Chinese character recognition
  20. Stiers, K.M., Lee, C.B., Nix, J.C., Tanner, J.J., Beamer, L.J.Synchrotron-based macromolecular crystallography module for an undergraduate biochemistry laboratory cours

View the rest of the list in Scopus, or view recent MU authored articles from other disciplines (in Firefox or Chrome).

Top ten journals by impact factor are:

JAMA Journal Of The American Medical Association 37.684
Science Translational Medicine 16.264
Annual Review Of Genetics 12.235
Diabetes 8.784
Frontiers In Immunology 5.695
JAMA Surgery 5.661
Advances In Nutrition 5.201
Annals Of Emergency Medicine 5.008
Journal Of Physiology 4.731
Journal Of Molecular Biology 4.517
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Changes to journal packages from Wiley, Springer, Sage and Elsevier – impact on the Health Sciences

By E. Diane Johnson   Posted in J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library Resources and Services
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Negotiations have been completed with Wiley, Springer, Sage and Elsevier on the journal packages that we license with these publishers, reducing our total spend by $550,000, which will be applied to the $1.2 shortfall in the MU Libraries collections budget.  The cancellation decisions were informed by usage, cost, and user feedback.

 

As previously noted, these cuts are in addition to the $150,000 cuts already made from the Health Sciences Library resource budget.

 

Delayed access

As a result of these cuts, instant article access will not be available for these health sciences titles from Wiley, Springer and Sage.  While we will retain online access to back issues for the cancelled titles, articles from 2017 forward will need to be requested via Interlibrary loan.  Most articles arrive within two business days.

 

Alternate online access

Despite being removed from their respective packages, we will maintain complete online access to current issues for the following titles through alternate routes:

Clinical Rehabilitation (Sage)

The Neurohospitalist (Sage)

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics (Wiley)

 

Pay more, keep less

Instant access will be maintained to all of the Elsevier titles.  However,  in order to balance the budget, 90 titles, amounting to about $300,000 in subscriptions,  are being converted from purchase to rental access.  Seven of these  titles are health sciences journals.

Despite the loss of permanent archival access to articles in these 90 journals from 2017 forward, the total cost of the Elsevier package  is still over $1 million dollars a year, and will continue to increase by $50,000+ per  year for each of the next 3 years under the terms of the new contract.

 

We will be reviewing our Oxford University and University of Chicago journal packages during the spring semester of 2017 as steps towards preparing for an anticipated cancellation process in FY2018.

These cuts are especially difficult for us in the Health Sciences realm, since prior to this reduction our collections spending lagged a half of a million dollars below our peer health sciences libraries, and was only about one half the amount our aspirational peer health sciences libraries have available to spend on their collections.

Cuts this deep will undoubtedly be felt.  We will continue to monitor usage and impact,  and to address collection needs to the extent that our budget allows.

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Promoting Open Access Research @ MU

By Taira Meadowcroft   Posted in Cycle of Success J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library Resources and Services
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Open Access week is an important week. A week dedicated to highlighting the importance of Open Access and advocating for free, and immediate online access to scholarly research. This year’s theme, “Open in Action,” is all about taking concrete steps to open up research and scholarship and encouraging others to do the same. This was the purpose in creating an open access blog; a way to share research MU faculty choose to publish open access.

Every few weeks, I post about an open access article, right here on our library news page. When typing up the post, I focus on the research itself, the academic accomplishments of the faculty, and the most important, the reasons why they chose to publish in open access. I’ve received several insightul thoughts on why they think open access is important, and to my great delight, all look fantastic as graphics. 😉 Marketing material aside, they are profound thoughts that I hope will strike a chord with other MU faculty, and scholars outside the university, further engaging others and promoting the open access initiative.

 

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October 22nd-October 24th, I presented a poster at Merge&Converge’16, the 2016 Mid-Continent Medical Library Association conference. I wanted to show others that promoting open access, and engaging faculty is easier than we think. Faculty can be open access champions.

 

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Some Taylor & Francis journal prices increasing as much as 25% in 2017

By E. Diane Johnson   Posted in Budget J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library Resources and Services
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Pricing for 2017 subscriptions is starting to come in, and once again, their prices are increasing. These journals are among a list of 21 subscriptions that will cost the University Libraries $6000 more in 2017 than a year ago. That’s an increase between 15-25%. 

Meanwhile, US inflation for 2017 is projected to be about 2%; nowhere near the average increase of journal subscriptions featured in the list. 

Many disciplines are impacted by these subscription price increases, not just the health sciences:

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Libraries Budget Update: Journal Cancellations

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3 May 2017

The University Libraries are finalizing the previously announced 1.2 million dollar reduction to our collections expenditures for FY17.

The May update to the University Libraries – FY17 Collections Budget page includes an list of titles recommended for cancellation from some of our main journal packages. It also includes a request for feedback on journals in our Chicago Complete package.

If you have any questions about the process or the titles recommended for cancellation, please do not hesitate to contact Kate Anderson

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Open Access in Action: University OA Policies

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Open Access

Celebrating Open Access Week: University Open Access Policies

Did you know that several of our peers have Open Access policies (even KU!)? These policies help ensure that faculty make the products of their research freely available to all.

For example, the KU’s Faculty Open Access Policy grants the University the right to deposit scholarly works to KU ScholarWorks, KU’s institutional repository.

In its OA Policy, the University of Arizona notes its land-grant mission and its “dedicat[ion] to making its scholarship available to the people of Arizona and the world to maximize its impact.”

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign states that “Open Access, by providing the widest possible dissemination of research, enhances benefits to the state, region, and world while also raising the visibility and profile of the researcher at the University.”

The University of California’s OA Policy applies not only to faculty but to all “authors who write scholarly article while employed at UC.”

Under these university OA policies, authors retain copyright and can receive waivers in order to opt out of the policy for specific articles. Find out more about faculty-led Open Access policies from the Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions.

While MU does not currently have an Open Access policy, the University Libraries encourage you to retain your rights; make your work Open Access; and deposit your work to MOspace, MU’s institutional repository. Find out how.

Read more about the benefits of Open Access