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What contextual links would make full-text journal articles more useful? [closed]

After searching PubMed or Google Scholar researchers often arrive at a publisher's full-text article page. Assuming that you have access to the full-text access, what contextual links should be ...
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Plotting publication-quality ball-and-stick models of brain connectivity in 3D

I'm working on brain imaging (fMRI) and I'm looking for a way to plot brain effective connectivity (dynamic causal modeling) parameters between different brain regions in a 3D plot. The plotting ...
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When is it best to use PsycINFO versus Google Scholar?

PsycINFO is a abstracting service provided by the APA dedicated to research in the behavioural sciences to which many universities subscribe. Google Scholar provides a free abstracting service that ...
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How do you refer to something in APA-style that is not submitted to be published?

I'm writing a paper in APA-style. At the end of it, I have my references. There is this one paper (actually an internship report) that I refer to, but it hasn't been submitted for publication. How ...
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Are there any open access journals in the cognitive sciences with impact factor >1

Impact factors are scores assigned to journals which indicate how often, on average, articles are cited. Impact factors are published in Journal Citation reports of Thomson Reuters. These reports ...
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How can I find open access journals for cognitive science research?

What open access journals that publish research in cognitive science/psychology exist? Apart from PLOS ONE, are there any other open access journals that publish research in cognitive ...
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What are the major changes in the APA Publication Manual from 5th to 6th editions?

A lot of journals use APA style for journal article submissions. In 2009 APA released the 6th edition with several changes to the 5th edition. What's a good summary of the important changes in the ...