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Writing and Publishing Resources

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Grants & Funding Opportunities

Use the resources listed below when looking for current or past grants in your research areas:

  • NIH RePORTER: find grants awarded by the National Institute of Health by researcher and organization, keywords, or project details.
  • MSU Libraries Guide to Grant Funding Opportunities
  • MSU Scholars: Utilizing information from Academic Analytics, this tool can be used to link researchers and promote collaboration, find experts, and locate funding opportunities at Michigan State University.

Where to Publish

When deciding where to publish there are a few ways to pick a journal. You cane use the Journal/Author Name Estimator or try finding a journal that publishes a specific type of article. 

Lists of journals that publish specific types of articles:

  1. Journals that accept case reports
  2. Journals that accept narrative medicine writing

You may also want to look at our existing open access fee waiver agreements to find a journal that will give you an open access option, without the costly author publication charges. More information on this can be found in our open access publishing section.

Open Access Publishing & Reduced Publication Fee Agreements For MSU Authors

OA publishing and reduced publication fee agreements for MSU authors is available on our Scholarly Communications webpage.

MSU Libraries has an insitutional fellowship membership with BMJ Case Reports . To utilize our fellowship code and publish for free in this journal contact Chana Kraus-Friedberg.

Avoiding Publishing Scams

We have great tips on avoiding publication scams on our scholarly communications page.

Publication & Research Metrics

Before you publish you may want to consider the Journal Impact Factor of the publications you submit to. Journals with a stronger impact factor may offer a broader audience and more opportunities to be cited. We have a guide to research metrics that includes how to find the JIF and other metrics.