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NW NARCH: Population, Family, and Reproductive Health Epidemiology: Open-Source Sites, Platforms, Databases: Peer Reviewed Literature

Sites & Platforms

Here are some suggestions for open-source peer reviewed sources and platforms for your course on public health research and epidemiology focusing on Native American/Alaska Native communities:

  • PubMed Central (PMC) - A free archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature operated by the National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine. Contains millions of full-text peer-reviewed journal articles.
  • BioMed Central - An open access science publisher that offers peer-reviewed articles across all areas of biology and medicine.
  • PLOS (Public Library of Science) - A nonprofit open access scientific publishing project covering all areas of science and medicine. Publications include PLOS Medicine and PLOS ONE.
  • BMJ Open - An open access medical journal published by the British Medical Journal covering all medical disciplines. Articles go through peer review.
  • SAGE Open - An open access journal from SAGE Publishing covering quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research in the social and behavioral sciences and humanities.
  • JMIR Public Health and Surveillance - An open access journal focusing on digital public health research methods and surveillance. Published by JMIR Publications.
  • Open Science Framework (OSF) - A free open-source project management platform to collaborate on research projects and share articles, data, and materials. Can connect with GitHub to share code.