Founded in October 2006, the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is the first of its kind: a peer-reviewed, PubMed-indexed online journal dedicated to video publication of life sciences research. For the first time, this method allows researchers to not just read about research protocols, but actually submit and view videos of those protocols online. The journal aims to use the video medium to advance two important goals: (1) improving transparency and reproducibility of experiments and (2) improving the efficiency of knowledge transfer regarding experimental techniques.
As of January 2012, JoVE has published 59 issues and over 1500 video articles; most video articles are between 10 and 15 minutes in length. The JoVE Editorial Board consists of 28 scientists from across academia and government. If you find the JoVE video format useful, you may want to consider publishing your own research in JoVE. The journal offers publication options for both author-produced videos as well as an option for JoVE to film and produce the video; San Antonio is included in their coverage area for video production services. To learn more about publishing in JoVE, read their “Publishing Basics for Authors”.
The Health Science Center Libraries subscribe to JoVE General; other sections of JoVE require a separate subscription, but those videos are freely available through PubMed Central if the video is greater than 24 months old. You can also get a good sense of the kind of research covered in JoVE by looking at their “This Month in JoVE” series of “video tables of contents.”
Librarians will monitor use of JoVE during 2012 to determine if this new format journal is used frequently and we welcome your comments about JoVE. JoVE can be accessed through the library’s E-Journal page or through a catalog search; access is available both on and off-campus.
