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SPI-Hub™: a gateway to scholarly publishing information
Taneya Y Koonce1, Mallory N Blasingame2, Jerry Zhao3
1Associate Director for Research, Center for Knowledge Management, Strategy and Innovation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, taneya.koonce@vumc.org, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4014-467X.
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA
|April 8, 2020
Summary
A new tool, Scholarly Publishing Information Hub (SPI-Hub), aids health sciences professionals in journal selection. It uses a data framework to assess publication practices, improving research dissemination and trustworthiness.
Area of Science:
- Health Sciences
- Medical Research
- Scholarly Communication
Background:
- Advances in health sciences necessitate effective research and data sharing through publication.
- Information professionals play a key role in guiding clinicians and researchers in journal selection.
- The development of a decision support tool was identified as a need to leverage collective publishing knowledge.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop SPI-Hub (Scholarly Publishing Information Hub™), a decision support tool for journal selection.
- To capture and organize collective publishing industry knowledge.
- To maintain a high quality of service in assisting researchers.
Main Methods:
- SPI-Hub utilizes a data framework with a novel metadata structure (Knowledge Management Journal Record™) to describe journal policies and practices.
- Metadata fields are populated via a semi-automated process accessing multiple content sources.
- The database contains over 24,000 health sciences journal records, with 25 metadata fields per record representing best practices.
Main Results:
- Automated and semi-automated data collection methods significantly reduced the time required for record completion.
- An internal study assessed time requirements for different automation stages to ensure project sustainability.
- The database provides a comprehensive compilation of journal data from diverse sources.
Conclusions:
- SPI-Hub offers a centralized platform for assessing publication practices and journal trustworthiness.
- The tool provides recommendations for journal selection based on a holistic assessment of quality points.
- By compiling and structuring journal information, SPI-Hub enhances the process of publishing research and acquiring reliable knowledge.
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