This section describes caNanoLab features associated with caNanoLab's publication features. Topics discussed in this section include:

Publications Overview

When you click the Publications menu, from Manage Publications you can

You can also perform the following functions with a publication.

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Creating a Publication

Create Publication allows you to identify a publication and associate it with one or more samples.

To create a sample publication

  1. Choose a method of initiating the process: 

  2. Fill in the following information. Fields may change, depending upon your launching point and your selection of Publication Type. 

    Sample Publication CriteriaDescription

    Publication Type*

    		Select (or review) the type of publication from the drop-down list. Pre-selected if starting from within a sample.
    Publication Status*

    Title*

    Enter the title. (Refer to PubMed ID description for how to auto-populate this field)

    Year of PublicationEnter the year that the publication was published.

    Authors

    To add an author to the publication, click Add. In the panel, enter the Last Name, First Name, and Initials of the author. Confirm that you have read and understood the following message. Click Save. 

    To edit an author, click Edit, make changes to the name, and click Save. The changes are saved.

    To remove an author, click Edit next to the author's name, and click Delete in the panel. 

    Keywords

    Enter a term that can be used in a search query to find the publication. Enter one keyword on each line.

    Description

    Enter the description for the publication.

    Research Category

    To select multiple categories, you can Shift-click or Ctrl-click.

    Upload
    or
    Enter File URL

    Click Browse to navigate to the publication to be associated with the sample, or enter the URL where the publication is located.

    Sample Name

    There are two options to add samples to a publication:

    Enter one sample name per line in the Sample Name box.

    OR

    Click Search Samples and a list of samples appears in a list box.  Select one or more samples. To select multiple samples, you can Shift-click or Ctrl-click. Click Select, and the selected samples are added to the Sample Name box.

    Access to the PublicationFor more information, refer to Sharing a Publication with a User or Group or Making the Publication Public.

  3. When you are done entering information, click Submit.

    After saving, the publication is listed on My Workspace where you can manage all of your saved publications, and view any publications that a user has shared with you.

  4. Once you save the publication,  the Edit Publication page opens. With the appropriate security permissions you can

    1. Edit the publication information.

    2. Share a publication.

    3. Make it public.

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Editing a Publication

To edit a publication

  1. Perform a publication search.
  2. From the search results, click Edit in the Actions column.

  3. From the Edit Publication page, edit the following information as needed.

    Publication Criteria

    Description

    Publication Type*

    		Review the type of publication in the drop-down list.


    The criteria displayed varies depending on the Publication Type that you select.

    Publication Status*

    In the drop-down list, review the status.

    PubMed ID

    PubMed ID (can be a hyperlink).

    Digital Object ID

    Appropriate DOI.

    Title*

    Enter text for the title of a publication. 

    Journal

    Journal in which publication occurs.

    Year of Publication

    Year of the publication.

    Volume

    Volume of the publication

    Start/End Page

    Page range for the publication

    Authors

    To add an author to the publication, click Add. In the panel, enter the Last Name, First Name, and Initials of the author. Confirm that you have read and understood the following message. Click Save. 

    To edit an author, click Edit, make changes to the name, and click Save. The changes are saved.

    To remove an author, click Edit next to the author's name, and click Delete in the panel. 

    Keywords

    Enter one or more logical terms that can be used to find the publication. Enter one term per line.

    Description

    Enter a description for the publication.

    Research Category

    To select multiple categories, you can Shift-click or Ctrl-click.

    Upload
    or
    Enter File URL

    Click Browse to navigate to the publication to be associated with the sample, or enter the URL where the publication is located.

    Sample Name

    There are two options to add samples to a publication.

    Enter one sample name per line in the Sample Name box.

    OR

    Click Search Samples and a list of samples appears in a list box. Select one or more samples. To select multiple samples, you can Shift-click or Ctrl-click. Click Select, and the selected samples are added to the Sample Name box.

    Access to the Publication

    		For more information, refer to Sharing a Publication with a User or Group or Making the Publication Public.

  4. When you are done editing the publication, click Submit.

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Sharing a Publication with a User or Group

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Making a Publication Public

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Searching for Existing Publications

To search for existing saved publications

  1. Click Publications. The Manage Publications page appears.

  2. Click Search Existing Publication.

  3. From Search Publications, fill in the following information as needed.

    Publication Search OptionsDescription

    Publication Type

    		Select the type of publication from the drop-down list.

    Research Category

    PubMed ID

    Enter the PubMed ID, if known.

    Digital Object ID

    Enter the name of the digital object ID, if known.

    Publication Title

    Enter text for the title of a publication. Select Contains (for search using partial text) or Equals (for exact text search).

    Authors

    Enter the last name of an author. For more authors, add one author's last name per line.

    Keywords

    Enter one or more logical terms that can be used to find the publication. Enter one term per line.

    Sample Name

    Enter text for the name of a sample. Select Contains (for search using partial text) or Equals (for exact text search).

    Composition

    Nanomaterial Entity

    Select the nanoparticle category to which the sample targeted by the search belongs. Example: Dendrimer

    Functionalizing Entity

    Select the functionalizing category to which the sample targeted by the search belongs.

    Function

  4. Click Search. The Publication Search Results page appears.

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Publication Results

Publications Search Results display sorted by Creation Date with information appropriate for the publication type.

The following table lists and describes the Publications Search Results columns.

Publications Search Results ColumnsDescription
Actions

Click View in the first column to display the publication abstract and information on the PubMed web site.

Edit is only available for people that have an account and are logged into the system and are associated with the publication.

Click Add to Favorites to add a bookmark for the publication on your My Favorites. When the system has successfully added the publication to your favorites, the Added to Favorites message appears in the column.

Bibliography Info

Lists bibliography information about the publication and provides a link to the publication abstract at PubMed.gov.

Type

The publication category you selected when you created the report.

Research Category

The research category you selected when you created the document. 

Associated Sample Names

Names of sample(s) associated with the publication

DescriptionClick View to display a popup with a complete description of the Publication.

Status

Review the status.

Created

Date the publication was submitted

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Searching for Samples by Publication

To search for publications associated with one or more samples

  1. Click Publications. The Manage Publications page appears.
  2. Click Search for Samples by Publication.

  3. Enter the ID number.

  4. From Sample Search by Publications, specify the Type of sample ID, PubMed or DOI.

  5. Click Search. The Sample by Publication Search Results page appears.

Sample by Publication Search Results

The following table lists and describes the Sample Information by Publication Search Results columns.

Publications Search Results Columns

Description

Publication REF

Click the hyperlink to open PubMed.gov for that Publication.

Authors

The author(s) of the publication.

Title

The title of the publication.

Sample Composition

Click the link to open the caNanoLab Sample Composition form.

Sample Characterization

Click the link to the open the caNanoLab Sample Characterization form.

Journal

The journal where the publication was published.

Year

The year that the journal was published.

Vol(Lss)Pg

The volume and page number in the journal where the publication was  published.

For any entry, click on the hyperlink in the Publication REF column (first) to open the associated file.

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Additional Publication Tasks

The following table lists how to edit a publication with the following techniques. 

Once data is made Public, you can update the data, but it will be retracted from Public and you will need to resubmit it to the curator again for review.

If a button does not display, you have read-only access to the data.
TaskHow to

Printing Publication(s)

To print the publication(s)

  1. Click Sample and Search Existing Samples.
  2. Click Edit in the search results.
  3. In the Navigation Tree, click Publication. The All tab displays the summary of any publications associated with the sample.
  4. Click Print at the top right of the page.

Exporting Publication(s) to a Spreadsheet


To export the publication(s) to a spreadsheet

  1. Click Sample and Search Existing Samples.
  2. Click Edit in the search results.
  3. In the Navigation Tree, click Publication. The All tab displays the summary of any publications associated with the sample.
  4. Click Export at the top right of the page.

To export all publication information to JSON or XML, refer to Exporting Sample Information to JSON or XML



Deleting a Publication from a Sample

Deleting a publication from a sample removes its association with the open sample. The publication remains in the database and is available for other samples.

To delete a publication from a selected sample

  1. Click Sample and Search Existing Samples.
  2. Click Edit in the search results.
  3. In the Navigation Tree, click Publication. The All tab displays the summary of any publications associated with the sample.
  4. Click Edit at the right of the section you want to delete.
  5. From Publication, click Delete. 
  6. Confirm the deletion.

Bookmarking a Publication to My Favorites

My Favorites displays samples, protocols, and publications that you bookmark for quick access.

To add a publication to My Favorites

  1. Click Publication and Search Existing Publication.
  2. From the search results, click Add to Favorites in the Actions column. 
    Bookmarking a publication from Publication Search Results
    When the system has successfully added the publication to your favorites, the Added to Favorites message appears in the column.

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Managing Publications From an Open Sample

Once a publication is saved and associated with one or more samples, when you search for and edit the sample, you can view the publication(s) from the Navigation Tree, Publications option.

If you use the Publications menu, you can associate multiple samples with one publication. If you open a sample first from the Navigation Tree, you can copy the publication to additional samples the same way you copy characterizations to multiple samples. Refer to Copying Characterizations.

To access publications function in the Navigation Tree

  1. Click Samples and Search Existing Samples. The Sample Search page appears. 
  2. Fill in criteria, and click Search. The Sample Search Results page appears. 

  3. In the search results, in the row for the sample you want to edit, click Edit. The Update Sample page appears, with the Navigation Tree on the left sidebar. The Navigation Tree comprises functions which you can use to add annotations to the sample.

    NAVIGATION TREE
    GENERAL INFO
    COMPOSITION
    CHARACTERIZATION
    PUBLICATION
    SYNTHESIS

  4. In the Navigation Tree, click Publication. The All tab displays publications associated with the sample, and the publication identifier, title, authors and year, where appropriate. Additionally, each publication category tab displays its corresponding publications.

    Publications Summary

    With read-only access, you can review a summary of the publications added to the sample on the All tab.

  5. To open a publication, click the Abstract/Download hyperlink.
  6. To add a publication to the open sample, click the Add button corresponding to the publication type on the All tab or select a publication type tab and add a publication to the sample.

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