USF St. Petersburg Library: Faculty Services: For Your Research

Library Research Help

Having trouble finding information on a topic? Or locating a specific source? While faculty are the experts in their subject disciplines, librarians are experts in finding sources, formats, and information about sources, knowledgeable about database content and search capacities, and other bibliographic tools. Email, call, or schedule an appointment with your liaison librarian.

Faculty Research Help Links

Assistance with Copyright
Use this information to answer your basic questions about copyright.
Open Access
Check out these resources to identify ways that you can publish and share your research with anyone.
USF Libraries Data Management Planning
USF St. Petersburg campus: Office of Research
We help faculty apply for external funding and provide support for research activities.

Journal Metrics & Selection Tools

Incites Journal Citation Reports This link opens in a new window

Google Scholar Journal Metrics
SCImago Journal & Country Rankings
Journal metrics from Elsevier's Scopus® database

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Includes CiteScore metrics to track journal impact.
Cabell's Directories This link opens in a new window
Journal acceptance rates, peer review information, etc for journals in the fields of business, psychology, and education

APA journal statistics
Yearly pdf of acceptance rates, etc for psychology journals

MLA Directory of Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Provides editorial and contact information on a variety of journal titles.
Ulrich's Periodical Directory This link opens in a new window
Confirm a journal is academic, scholarly, and/or peer-reviewed by looking up the journal title in Ulrich's

Researcher Profiles: Increase your Visibility

Suggested Reading:

Ale Ebrahim, N., Salehi, H., Embi, M. A., Habibi, F., Gholizadeh, H., Motahar, S. M., & Ordi, A. (2013). Effective strategies for increasing citation frequency. International Journal Studies, 6(11), 93-99.

http://eprints.rclis.org/20496/1/30366-105857-1-PB.pdf

Bernard Becker Medical Library. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Quantifying the Impact of My Publications.

http://beckerguides.wustl.edu/content.php?pid=452951&sid=3711776
(note: although you will not be able to link directly to most of the resources listed on this page, USF subscribes to most of the same resources. This web site is included here for its depth of information on how to tell your story)

Nature: Special Issue on Science Impact:

www.nature.com/news/specials/impact/index.html

University of California, Office of Scholarly Communication: A Social Networking Site is not an Open Access Repository,

https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2015/12/a-social-networking-site-is-not-an-open-access-repository/