Know Your Funders: Identifying Funding From Journal Citation Records
Some citation databases include a field for grants that have funded
the research reported by the article. When searching the literature
on your topic, look for this field so you can identify potential sources
of funding
To see the grants field, view the full version of your results:
In PubMed, request the CITATION display.
In Ovid databases, request the "complete reference."
MEDLINE
Records include the grant number for reports on research funded by any
U.S. Public Health Service program.
PubMed
Descriptive Name: Grant Support
Sample Entry: R01 DK 27121/DK/NIDDK
Searchable Field Tag: [GR] |
Ovid MEDLINE
Descriptive Name: Grant Number
Sample Entry: RO1 DK 27121 (NIDDK)
Searchable Field Tag: .no. |
An online guide
to acronyms can translate which agencies funded the research. The
grant number from these fields can be entered into a funded research
database (such as CRISP) to find
out more about the original grant application.
CINAHL
CINAHL citations include a searchable text field for Grants Information
[GI].
Samples:
Grant Information
Funded by the ONS Foundation and the East Carolina University School
of Nursing Research Initiative.
Grant Information
Swedish Society against cancer, The Swedish Association for Cancer
and Traffic Victims, and the Lions Cancer Research Foundation at Umea
University
ERIC
ERIC records include a field for Grant Number [NO] which contains an
alphanumeric code identifying the contract supporting the project and/or
publication.