Scholarly Publishing Information Hub (SPI-Hub™)
Consultation on the use of a one-stop site to inform responsible publishing decisions by providing prospective authors with information on journals' quality, rigor, and transparency. SPI-Hub™ also includes guidance on preprint servers, data repositories, research ORCID and SciENcv profiles including creating an NIH Common Form-compliant biosketch, open access policy changes for federally-funded research, systematic reviews, and retracted publications. Vanderbilt Health faculty can find the iThenticate homepage on SPI-Hub™, where they can also access training and support for the iThenticate academic integrity tool.
Objective
The publishing industry is continuously changing and there is a clear challenge in evaluating the quality, rigor, and transparency of scholarly journals. The Center for Knowledge Management (CKM) developed the Scholarly Publishing Information Hub: SPI-Hub™ to guide researchers and prospective authors through this dynamic publishing landscape.
For SPI-Hub™, CKM actively manages approximately 1.4 million data points for over 50,000 journal records. Indicators of journal scholarship are expressed through metadata in 25 fields (e.g., indexing status in biomedical databases, stated adherence to publishing policies/best practices, reporting of open access policies such as fees and licensing options) and allows prospective authors the ability to holistically gain insights into each journal. Journals can be identified through several search features, including by specific research topic/area of interest.
Preprint services and data repositories can be browsed in SPI-Hub™ by name or discipline covered. Under "Learn More about" users can find training material on research profiles, open access policy changes for federally-funded research, and a comprehensive overview of systematic reviews. A retraction search feature allows users to identify publications retracted (withdrawn) from the published literature. SPI-Hub™ is available at https://spi-hub.app.vumc.org/.
Training
Online asynchronous training: https://spi-hub.app.vumc.org/overview#guides_tools.
Request a virtual synchronous training: Request form
Primary Contact(s) Credentials
Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH
Annette M. Williams, MLS