Pubmed Recent changes

 PubMed has made some recent changes. In the "Abstract display", A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) link is displayed if available. And the "Items per page" selection has been moved to the bottom of the results page. To see illustrations click here  
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Thirty one things to consider when choosing which journal to submit your paper to.

Patrick Dunleavy. Thirty one things to consider when choosing which journal to submit your paper to. An online article - read the full text hereCheck out 31 factors for choosing a journal to submit your paper - categorised under five heads - scope of a journal; its review processes; open or closed access; coverage, scale and style issues; and lastly, the journal’s dissemination and impact. For every category, the author provides a table - with the heads - criterion, key question and best answer, and covers every factor in good detail. Really worth investing time and understanding each one of these. To see…
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A wonderful two days with UG students – at Quest Unplugged

A wonderful two days with UG students – at Quest Unplugged

June 1 and 2 of 2016 were two wonderful and rewarding days I spent. Quest Medical Academy - the brainchild of Dr Sushant Shinde had organized an event - Quest Unplugged.This is an annual event (this was the second) where  small groups of students chose topics, did some research on them and then presented the topics, based mainly on one core article that they chose, but also quoted others.The topics ranged from broad ones like Nutrition in the ICU, to very specific ones like Asthma - COPD overlap syndrome! Overall eight topics were presented on each day. Majority were equivalent…
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