Scientific & Medical LinksTo assist our colleagues in navigating the Web and finding what they are looking for we would like to encourage members to submit URLs (links) that they have found useful. Together with the name of the site, a short review, a rank (1 - 5) and a list of keywords should be included.All submitted links are subject to review by Science Advisory Board staff. Members are asked to submit no more than five Website reviews per month so that the postings reflect the diversity of The Science Advisory Board. Links are organized alphabetically by category and accessible to all visitors. Multiple reviews are encouraged. Members submitting links and reviews will be rewarded through the ViewPoints system. Additional discussion of external links on The Science Advisory Board site may be conducted via the Discussion Forum. To submit a Website link and review click here. The Faculty of 1000 www.facultyof1000.com Rating:  It is said that there are at least 20,000 medical journals alone (other biological sciences not included) producing more than 2 million articles every year. How would one keep in touch with all the new happenings in ones field of interest? Faculty of 1000 an initiative from the BIOMED Central is a new online research tool that highlights the most interesting papers in biology, based on the recommendations of over 1000 leading scientists. The important features of the service are listed below. ¨ Provides scientists with a continuously updated insider's guide to the most important papers within any given field of research ¨ Highlights papers on the basis of their scientific merit rather than the journal in which they appear ¨ Offers the researcher a consensus of recommendations from well over 1000 leading scientists ¨ Systematically organizes and evaluates the mass of information within scientific literature ¨ Offers an immediate rating of individual papers by the authors' peers, and an important complement to the indirect assessment provided by the journal impact factor. There are many other useful features in the website like personalisation through my F1000, daily top ten, etc. ‘Hidden Jewels’ is an interesting feature where top tens are generated every day using only papers that have been picked from less widely read journals. The list is ordered by the number of times they have been viewed over the past 30 days. The site offers various subscription models for individuals and institutions and also provides free/subsidised access to developing countries as per the HINARI (Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative – of the WHO) criteria. Review by Nabeel.M.K. [ Back to Link Categories ] [ To Database Categories ] |
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