Early Release Articles
The Sladen Library professional staff has collected articles which are published on the internet prior to their publication in print journals. The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine frequently do this because of the potential clinical implications of the subject matter.
New England Journal of Medicine / Upcoming in Print
In addition, the National Library of Medicine has an NIH Clinical Alert web site which expedites the release of findings from the NIH-funded clinical trials where such release could significantly affect morbidity and mortality.
Journal Pre-Print Sites:
NetPrints / Clinical Medicine & Health Research- The British Medical Journal launched this web site in December 1999 in order to provide a place for authors to archive their completed studies - before, during, or after peer review by other agencies. Its scope is original research in clinical medicine and health.
PubMed Central- The National Institutes of Health is making the full-text of life science research articles available on the internet.
PrePrint Network- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information has mounted a searchable gateway to preprint services in the field of science and technology.
BioMed Central- The Current Science Group will offer all research reports in medicine and biology free of charge on the internet. The journals that they publish will also begin a pre-print service for research reports this summer.
European E-BioSci- This site will be launched later this year and will be modeled after PubMed Central. This will be a European endeavor, organized by European science publishers, research organizations, and the various governments involved.
Fast-Track Publication- The Lancet can publish a peer-reviewed manuscript within four weeks of receipt, after full clinical / scientific and statistical review for selected articles, early reports and research letters.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences Preprints
Chemistry Preprint Server- This web site is a permanent web archive and distribution medium for research articles in the field of chemistry.
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