Publications (AMCAS)

[TheDappGoesWild]

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When is it appropriate to use the publications heading on the AMCAS application? Is it only for pubmed indexed articles? Or can it also be used for:

News/online website articles?
School newspaper articles?
Peer-reviewed abstracts published in a journal?

 

[Catalystik]

When is it appropriate to use the publications heading on the AMCAS application? Is it only for pubmed indexed articles? Or can it also be used for:

1) News/online website articles?
2) School newspaper articles?
3) Peer-reviewed abstracts published in a journal?

1) & 2) No, consider using the tag Artistic Endeavors or Teaching instead, depending on the purpose of the writing you did.

2) Yes, in which case it probably has a PMID#.

 

[PentuPenguin]

I listed a publication that showed up in a peer-reviewed journal published within my university as a little book and online - not about science at all but there was a link and a citation that I could include. Several interviewers were very interested about it and they called it "your publication" so I think that there is some degree of wiggle room. When in doubt, ask your pre health advisor !

 

[TheDappGoesWild]

1) & 2) No, consider using the tag Artistic Endeavors or Teaching instead, depending on the purpose of the writing you did.

2) Yes, in which case it probably has a PMID#.

The peer-reviewed abstract publication I have doesn’t show up on pubmed. Should I still list it under the heading: publications?

 

[Catalystik]

The peer-reviewed abstract publication I have doesn’t show up on pubmed. Should I still list it under the heading: publications?

Maybe you could explain what you meant in your first post by a "journal." If it was a conference booklet or a campus bulletin, I wouldn't call it a "journal,"but if it was a nationally or regionally published paper journal, I would. If the latter, can you cite a link to the abstract?

 

[TheDappGoesWild]

Maybe you could explain what you meant in your first post by a "journal." If it was a conference booklet or a campus bulletin, I wouldn't call it a "journal,"but if it was a nationally or regionally published paper journal, I would. If the latter, can you cite a link to the abstract?

It's a peer-reviewed journal (Journal of Neuroscience). And yes, I can cite a link to the abstract. The abstract was peer-reviewed. However, again it does not appear on PubMed.

My concern is, will it hurt me if I list it with the publications heading? I don't want adcoms to think I was trying to trick them if they try to pubmed search it.

 

[PentuPenguin]

It's a peer-reviewed journal (Journal of Neuroscience). And yes, I can cite a link to the abstract. The abstract was peer-reviewed. However, again it does not appear on PubMed.

My concern is, will it hurt me if I list it with the publications heading? I don't want adcoms to think I was trying to trick them if they try to pubmed search it.

I think you are fine. Just include the full citation and if space permits the link. If space does not permit, my advisors say that you can include something like "Link available upon request". I sent an abstract that was published on an emergency med journal as an update and similarly one interviewer asked me: tell me more about this abstract publication? Just make it clear that its an abstract 🙂

 

[Catalystik]

I agree with @PentuPenguin that you'll be fine listing it as a pub using the word [abstract] in your citation and including a link if possible.

 

[seanm028]

Not to hijack, but I have a similar question. I have an article published in an undergraduate research journal that uses a network of college professors across the country to provide blind peer review (although technically not truly "peer", since the authors are undergraduates and the reviewers are professors). It is published online and I believe in print as well, but it is not indexed in PubMed. What are your thoughts?

 

[md_mph_applicant_EY19]

Not to hijack, but I have a similar question. I have an article published in an undergraduate research journal that uses a network of college professors across the country to provide blind peer review (although technically not truly "peer", since the authors are undergraduates and the reviewers are professors). It is published online and I believe in print as well, but it is not indexed in PubMed. What are your thoughts?

I was in a similar position and included those articles under the "Publications" heading for AMCAS. If you include the description that you provided here, you should be good. If you're still unsure, you can also ask your school's pre-med advisor (that's what I did) so you have 100% confidence in the app before submitting.

 

[Catalystik]

Not to hijack, but I have a similar question. I have an article published in an undergraduate research journal that uses a network of college professors across the country to provide blind peer review (although technically not truly "peer", since the authors are undergraduates and the reviewers are professors). It is published online and I believe in print as well, but it is not indexed in PubMed. What are your thoughts?

It is my thought that a campus publication is unlikely to carry much weight with adcomms. And that it would be better to mention it in your Research description or in the same space as you list Presentations/ Posters (if the same data was shared in that sort of venue).

 

[DameJulie]

I think a citation and link is sufficient. An example format:

Author, title, The Washington Post, Year/Date, Link (or doi)