Do you know the five features of highly cited articles?
1) A title of 7-13 words
2) Common words in the titles
3) Six authors or more
4) 25,000 characters at a minimum (no spaces) - that's approximately 5,600 words.
5) Six figures and two tables at a minimum
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Don't pay to publish (because the library already did)!
The Journal Search Tool by SciFree is web-based software that provides a means for University of South Dakota researchers to easily determine what journals they may publish in without having to pay Article Processing Charges (APCs). The University Libraries currently participates in seven transformative agreements that have provisions for corresponding authors from USD to publish APC-free in over 2500 publications. Use the tool to find journals you can publish in for free!
Consider using a citation management software such as EndNote to simplify the process of collecting, organizing, and formatting your citations. EndNote is available to USD faculty, staff, and students. The Libraries offers group instruction or individual consultation for EndNote. For additional EndNote trainings, visit the EndNote Training Guide by Clarivate Analytics.
To download and get started using EndNote, please visit our EndNote LibGuide.
ORCID is a not-for-profit organization; its name is an acronym which stands for "Open Research and Contributor ID." An ORCID identifier is a unique personal ID. Using an ORCID iD will uniquely distinguish you and your contributions whether you change your name, begin work at a different institution, move to another country, or retire.
Creating your ORCID profile:
Connect other identifiers:
Unlike other closed systems, ORCID works well with a variety of other systems. Connect your ORCID iD with:
OA refers to peer-reviewed publications that are accessible online to any reader without requiring a journal subscription or other fees from readers (See The state of U.S. S&E 2024, NSF, p. 37).
Gold OA denotes articles published in journals that are entirely OA as a matter of journal policy.
Hybrid OA refers to articles appearing in closed-access journals where the authors have paid a fee to make the article OA.
Bronze OA denotes articles in closed-access journals that become OA after an embargo period of closed access or articles that appear available as OA despite lacking the license information to guarantee OA in the long term.
Green OA denotes articles that are self-archived by authors in OA repositories, which are often maintained and administered by universities or other institutions.
