Developed by the Center for Knowledge Management at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, SPI-Hub™ enables you to:

1. Search by:
   I. "Journal" -- retrieves an individual title and identifies 25 scholarly criteria for quality assessment
   II. "Topic" -- identifies journals in which to publish based on users' research topics
   III. "Author" -- allows users to identify scholarly journals in which colleagues in their field of interest/research publish
   IV. "My Citations" -- retrieves journals from both a personal citation library and a curriculum vitae
   
   

   Options II., III., and IV. retain the capability of reviewing the 25 scholarly criteria described on the search by "Journal" option I.

2. Explore other free "Resources" available to prospective authors


3. View Tutorials
   • Scholarly Publishing Information Hub (SPI-Hub™) User Guide
   • Creating Your ORCID Profile
     • Starting Your ORCID Profile: Creating an ID, Entering Basic Profile Information, Adding Publications
     • Enhancing Your ORCID Profile and Establishing Delegate Access
   • Creating an NIH Biosketch using SciENcv


4. "Contact Us" -- allows users to suggest journals to add to our database, send us feedback, and view users' frequently asked questions


5. View SPI-Hub™ news and new features on the "What's New" page

SPI-Hub™ provides indicators of journal scholarship 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), which can be viewed throughout SPI-Hub™ by simply selecting a journal title.

Note: Informational icons are used throughout the SPI-Hub™ site to provide additional needed details.

A yellow button SPI-Hub™ feature allows authors to identify journals that may require careful review due to the information reported in either key SPI-Hub™ data fields and/or journal publication site(s). The team's plan is to regularly review these journals for any change of status, as some of the SPI-Hub™ data fields (e.g., MEDLINE indexing status, inclusion in the Directory of Open Access Journals) may take years to fully implement.

• Blasingame MN (presenter), Giuse NB. The Scholarly Publishing Information Hub (SPI-Hub™): Offering Solutions to Researchers' Publishing Challenges. Special Library Association (SLA) 2020 Annual Conference Solutions Showcase [virtual]. October 2020.
• Blasingame MN, Koonce TY, Su J, Williams AM, Zhao J, DesAutels SJ, Giuse DA, Clark JD, Giuse NB. Engaging Colleagues for Feedback on a Journal Identification Decision Support Tool. Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, August 2020. Based on information gleaned from CKM's attendance as exhibitors where team members provided promotional materials and information about and live demonstrations of SPI-Hub™.
• Koonce TY, Blasingame MN, Zhao J, Williams AM, Su J, DesAutels SJ, Giuse DA, Clark JD, Fox ZE, Giuse NB. SPI-Hub™: A Gateway to Scholarly Publishing Information. J Med Libr Assoc. 2020 Apr;108(2):286-294. doi:dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2020.815

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