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Does Tweeting Improve Citations? One-Year Results from the TSSMN Prospective Randomized Trial

Does Tweeting Improve Citations? One-Year Results from the TSSMN Prospective Randomized Trial

This study aims to evaluate the 1-year results of a prospective randomized social media trial to determine the effect of tweeting on subsequent citations and non-traditional bibliometrics.

NIH to Host Webinar on Sharing, Discovering, and Citing COVID-19 Data and Code in Generalist Repositories on April 24 | Data Science at NIH

NIH to Host Webinar on Sharing, Discovering, and Citing COVID-19 Data and Code in Generalist Repositories on April 24 | Data Science at NIH

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health is hosting a free webinar for researchers to learn how to share, discover, and cite COVID-19 data and code in generalist repositories on April 24 from 2-3:45 p.m. ET.

NIH Clinical Trial of Investigational Vaccine for COVID-19 Begins | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

NIH Clinical Trial of Investigational Vaccine for COVID-19 Begins | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

A Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine designed to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun in Seattle.

HEAL Public Access and Data Sharing Policy

HEAL Public Access and Data Sharing Policy

In response to the public health emergency of opioid misuse, the NIH intends to maximize the availability of Publications and the sharing of underlying data for NIH-Supported HEAL research projects.

PubMed Commons to be Discontinued

PubMed Commons to be Discontinued

PubMed Commons has been a valuable experiment in supporting discussion of published scientific literature. The service was first introduced as a pilot project in the fall of 2013.

NIH Awards to Test Ways to Store, Access, Share, and Compute on Biomedical Data in the Cloud

NIH Awards to Test Ways to Store, Access, Share, and Compute on Biomedical Data in the Cloud

NIH Data Commons Pilot Phase to seek best practices for developing and managing a data commons.

New NIH Approach to Grant Funding Aimed at Optimizing Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars

New NIH Approach to Grant Funding Aimed at Optimizing Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars

NIH puts forward a new approach to make sure that it is exercising optimum stewardship of the funds.

Reminder of New Policies Now – Or Soon To Be – In Effect

Reminder of New Policies Now – Or Soon To Be – In Effect

A number of NIH policies became effective in January. Here’s a brief recap.

NIH Supports International Effort to Create a Central Service

NIH Supports International Effort to Create a Central Service

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is working with an international group of research funders to explore the value and feasibility of establishing a Central Service for preprints. This is a unique opportunity to encourage sharing of preprints in the life sciences and to support the development of a core infrastructure to ensure the benefits of pre-printing are fully realized.

Recommendations for the New Administration

Recommendations for the New Administration

Driving progress and building on success at the National Institutes of Health

Citations Per Dollar as a Measure of Productivity

Citations Per Dollar as a Measure of Productivity

Funding more scientists or more projects increases NIH ability to maximize the number of discoveries as a function of the dollars invested.

NIH Common Fund announces 2014 high-risk, high-reward research awardees

NIH Common Fund announces 2014 high-risk, high-reward research awardees

NIH to fund 85 awards to support highly innovative biomedical research.