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PhD-Trained Medical and Scientific Writer and Editor | Systematic Reviewer | Expert Literature Searcher

Profile Summary

I have authored over 80 journal articles in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Science, Nature Communications, and PNAS; helped hundreds of researchers prepare well-polished conference abstracts, manuscripts, and grant proposals that are well positioned for acceptance or funding; and possess expert literature searching skills and first-hand experience performing systematic reviews. Let's work together to meet your research and publishing goals!

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Medicine
• ★ Systematic Literature Review
• ★ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Behavioral Neuroscience
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Psychology
• ☆ Publishing
• ☆ Medical Education
• ☆ Medical Sciences
• ☆ Research
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Market Research, Meta-Research, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Systematic Literature Review

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Research Scientist

PRECISIONheor

2021 - Present

Scientific Writer and Editor

BioScience Writers, Inc.

2012 - Present

Biomedical Research and Data Specialist

Wayne State University

2014 - 2021

Adjunct Faculty

Wayne State University

2020 - 2020

eScience Librarian

University of Michigan Library

2013 - 2014

eScience Librarian

Emory University Libraries

2012 - 2013

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Hospital for Sick Children

2008 - 2012

Education

PhD Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience/Quantitative Methods)

University of New Mexico

2005 - 2008

MS Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience/Quantitative Methods)

University of New Mexico

2002 - 2005

BS Psychology

Missouri State University

1998 - 2002

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

O'Leary, B.F., Hill, A.B., Akers, K.G., Esparra-Escalera, H.J., Lucas, A., Raoufi, G., Huang, Y., Mariscal, N., Mohanty, S.K., Tummala, C.M., et al.(2022). Air quality monitoring and measurement in an urban airshed: Contextualizing datasets from the Detroit Michigan area from 1952 to 2020 . Science of the Total Environment. 809.

Cheung, R., Shukla, M., Akers, K.G., Farooqi, A., Sethuraman, U.(2022). Bicycle handlebar injuries – a systematic review of pediatric chest and abdominal injuries . American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 51. p. 13-21.

Charbonneau, D.H., Akers, K.G.(2022). Information Needs and Sources for Family Members of Individuals Living with Mental Disorders . Library Trends. 70. (2). p. 133-148.

Solberg, L.M., Sehgal, M., Patel, P., Akers, K.G., Pomputius, A., Schwartz, A., Scheiner, S.R., Small, A., Hidlebaugh, E., Johnson, T.M., et al.(2022). Updating the landmark literature for the practice of geriatrics: Notable articles from 2012–2019 . Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Sara Saymuah Stone, Capricia Bell, Ashleigh Peoples, Manvir Sandhu, Suma Alzouhayli, Katherine G. Akers (2021). Racism in medicine: A qualitative study on the impact of discussion among medical students . MedEdPublish.

Kristine M. Alpi, Katherine G. Akers(2021). CRediT for authors of articles published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 109. (3). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Katherine G. Akers, Ellen M. Aaronson, Kathleen Amos, Kelsa Bartley, Alexander J. Carroll, Thane Chambers, John W. Cyrus, Erin R. B. Eldermire, Brenda Linares, Beverly Murphy, et al.(2021). Striving for equity: An update from the Journal of the Medical Library Association . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 109. (3). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Katherine G. Akers, JJ Pionke, Ellen M. Aaronson, Thane Chambers, John W. Cyrus, Erin R.B. Eldermire, Melanie J. Norton(2021). Racial, gender, sexual, and disability identities of the Journal of the Medical Library Association’s editorial board, reviewers, and authors . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 109. (2). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Katherine G. Akers (2021). Thank you to the Journal of the Medical Library Association reviewers in 2020 . Journal of the Medical Library Association.

Akers, K.G., Pionke, J.J., Aaronson, E.M., Chambers, T., Cyrus, J.W., Eldermire, E.R.B., Norton, M.J.(2021). Racial, gender, sexual, and disability identities of the journal of the medical library association’s editorial board, reviewers, and authors . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 109. (2). p. 167-173.

Akers, K.G., Aaronson, E.M., Amos, K., Bartley, K., Carroll, A.J., Chambers, T., Cyrus, J.W., Eldermire, E.R.B., Linares, B., Murphy, B., et al.(2021). Striving for equity: An update from the journal of the medical library association . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 109. (3). p. 359-361.

Alpi, K.M., Akers, K.G.(2021). Credit for authors of articles published in the journal of the medical library association . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 109. (3). p. 362-364.

Dijkers, M.P., Akers, K.G., Dieffenbach, S., Galen, S.S.(2021). Systematic Reviews of Clinical Benefits of Exoskeleton Use for Gait and Mobility in Neurologic Disorders: A Tertiary Study . Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 102. (2). p. 300-313.

Katherine G. Akers, Jill Barr-Walker, Kathleen Amos(2020). The state of the journal: the Journal of the Medical Library Association in 2020 . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 108. (4). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Mahsa Sadeghi, Mehdi Eshraghi, Kathrine G. Akers, Shahram Hadidchi, Mihir Kakara, Morad Nasseri, Advait Mahulikar, Rohit Marawar(2020). Outcomes of status epilepticus and their predictors in the elderly—A systematic review . Seizure. 81. p. 210--221. Elsevier {BV}

Katherine G. Akers(2020). Report from the Medical Library Association’s InSight Initiative Summit 3: Bridge Building: What Bridges to Build and How . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 108. (2). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Katherine G. Akers(2020). Thank you to the Journal of the Medical Library Association reviewers in 2019 . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 108. (2). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Abigail Goben, Katherine G. Akers(2020). Sharing your work by self-archiving: encouragement from the Journal of the Medical Library Association . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 108. (1). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Goben, A., Akers, K.G.(2020). Sharing your work by self-archiving: Encouragement from the journal of the medical library association . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 108. (1). p. 1-4.

Shafi, I., Hassan, A.A.I., Akers, K.G., Bashir, R., Alkhouli, M., Weinberger, J.J., Abidov, A.(2020). Clinical and procedural implications of congenital vena cava anomalies in adults: A systematic review . International Journal of Cardiology. 315. p. 29-35.

Akers, K.G.(2020). Thank you to the journal of the medical library association reviewers in 2019 . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 108. (2). p. 163-166.

Akers, K.G.(2020). Report from the medical library association’s insight initiative summit 3: Bridge building: What bridges to build and how . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 108. (2). p. 321-333.

Sadeghi, M., Eshraghi, M., Akers, K.G., Hadidchi, S., Kakara, M., Nasseri, M., Mahulikar, A., Marawar, R.(2020). Outcomes of status epilepticus and their predictors in the elderly—A systematic review . Seizure. 81. p. 210-221.

Akers, K.G., Barr-Walker, J., Amos, K.(2020). The state of the journal: The journal of the medical library association in 2020 . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 108. (4). p. 523-526.

Katherine G. Akers, Kristine M. Alpi, Jonathan D. Eldredge, Heather N. Holmes, Kimberly R. Powell, Margaret A. Hoogland(2019). Research Roadmap Part 2 . Hypothesis. 31. (1). {IUPUI} University Library

Katherine G. Akers, Kevin B. Read, Liz Amos, Lisa M. Federer, Ayaba Logan, T. Scott Plutchak(2019). Announcing the Journal of the Medical Library Association’s data sharing policy . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 107. (4). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

(2019). Resuscitation Guided by Volume Responsiveness Does Not Reduce Mortality in Sepsis . Critical Care Explorations.

Katherine G. Akers(2019). Thank you to the Journal of the Medical Library Association reviewers in 2018 . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 107. (2). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Katherine G. Akers(2019). Report from the Medical Library Association’s InSight Initiative Summit 2: Meeting the Evolving Information Needs of Library Stakeholders . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 107. (2). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

(2019). Report from the Medical Library Association's InSight Initiative Summit 2: Meeting the Evolving Information Needs of Library Stakeholders . Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA.

(2019). Systematic Reviews of Clinical Benefits of Exoskeleton Use for Gait and Mobility in Neurologic Disorders: A Tertiary Study . Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

(2019). Scientific Letter to the Editor: Need for a Definitive Study of Global Longitudinal Strain for Prognostication in Septic Cardiomyopathy . Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography.

(2019). Memory consolidation during sleep and adult hippocampal neurogenesis . Neural regeneration research.

Koyanagi, I., Akers, K., Vergara, P., Srinivasan, S., Sakurai, T., Sakaguchi, M.(2019). Memory consolidation during sleep and adult hippocampal neurogenesis . Neural Regeneration Research. 14. (1). p. 20-23.

Ehrman, R.R., Moore, S.C., Favot, M.J., Akers, K.G., Gallien, J.Z., Welch, R.D., Abidov, A., Sherwin, R.L., Levy, P.D.(2019). Scientific Letter to the Editor: Need for a Definitive Study of Global Longitudinal Strain for Prognostication in Septic Cardiomyopathy . Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 32. (4). p. 549-552.e3.

Akers, K.G.(2019). Report from the medical library association’s insight initiative summit 2: Meeting the evolving information needs of library stakeholders . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 107. (2). p. 137-150.

Akers, K.G.(2019). Thank you to the Journal of the Medical Library Association reviewers in 2018 . Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA. 107. (2). p. 125-128.

Akers, K.G., Read, K.B., Amos, L., Federer, L.M., Logan, A., Scott Plutchak, T.(2019). Announcing the journal of the medical library association’s data sharing policy . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 107. (4). p. 468-471.

Katherine G. Akers, Molly Higgins, Jennifer A. DeVito, Sally Stieglitz, Robert Tolliver, Clara Y. Tran(2018). Collaboration between health sciences librarians and faculty as reflected by articles published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 106. (4). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Katherine G. Akers(2018). Report from the Medical Library Association’s InSight Initiative Summit 1: Engaging Users in a Disruptive Era . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 106. (4). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

(2018). Report from the Medical Library Association's InSight Initiative Summit 1: Engaging Users in a Disruptive Era . Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA.

(2018). Collaboration between health sciences librarians and faculty as reflected by articles published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association . Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA.

Kevin B. Read, Liz Amos, Lisa M. Federer, Ayaba Logan, T. Scott Plutchak, Katherine G. Akers(2018). Practicing what we preach: developing a data sharing policy for the Journal of the Medical Library Association . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 106. (2). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Katherine G. Akers(2018). Thank you to the Journal of the Medical Library Association reviewers in 2017 . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 106. (2). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

(2018). Practicing what we preach: developing a data sharing policy for the Journal of the Medical Library Association . Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA.

(2018). Concise Review: Regulatory Influence of Sleep and Epigenetics on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Cognitive and Emotional Function . Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio).

Akers, K.G., Chérasse, Y., Fujita, Y., Srinivasan, S., Sakurai, T., Sakaguchi, M.(2018). Concise Review: Regulatory Influence of Sleep and Epigenetics on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Cognitive and Emotional Function . Stem Cells. 36. (7). p. 969-976.

(2018). F1000Prime: Expert Recommendations of Journal Articles in Biology and Medicine . Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship.

Akers, K.G.(2018). Electronic resources reviews: F1000prime: Expert recommendations of journal articles in biology and medicine . Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. 2018. (90).

Pepin, M.E., Akers, K.G., Galen, S.S.(2018). Physical activity in individuals with lower extremity amputations: a narrative review . Physical Therapy Reviews. 23. (2). p. 77-87.

(2018). Research roadmap: Understanding the research process (part 1) . Hypothesis.

Read, K.B., Amos, L., Federer, L.M., Logan, A., Scott Plutchak, T., Akers, K.G.(2018). Practicing what we preach: Developing a data sharing policy for the journal of the medical library association . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 106. (2). p. 155-158.

Akers, K.G.(2018). Thank you to the journal of the medical library association reviewers in 2017 . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 106. (2). p. 159-161.

Akers, K.G.(2018). Report from the medical library association’s insight initiative summit 1: Engaging users in a disruptive era . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 106. (4). p. 554-572.

Akers, K.G., Higgins, M., Devito, J.A., Stieglitz, S., Tolliver, R., Tran, C.Y.(2018). Collaboration between health sciences librarians and faculty as reflected by articles published in the journal of the medical library association . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 106. (4). p. 416-419.

Katherine G. Akers(2017). Introducing altmetrics to the Journal of the Medical Library Association . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 105. (3). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Katherine G. Akers(2017). Introducing altmetrics to the Journal of the Medical Library Association . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 105. (3). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

(2017). Introducing altmetrics to the Journal of the Medical Library Association . Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA.

Katherine G. Akers, Kathleen Amos(2017). Publishing case studies in health sciences librarianship . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 105. (2). University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Van Loon, J.E., Akers, K.G., Hudson, C., Sarkozy, A.(2017). Quality evaluation of data management plans at a research university . IFLA Journal. 43. (1). p. 98-104.

Akers, K.G.(2017). Introducing altmetrics to the Journal of the Medical Library Association . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 105. (3). p. 213-215.

Akers, K.G.(2017). Being critical and constructive: A guide to peer reviewing for librarians . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 105. (1).

Akers, K.G., Amos, K.(2017). Publishing case studies in health sciences librarianship . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 105. (2). p. 115-118.

Katherine Akers, Marcel P Dijkers, Sujay S Galen, Diane E Patzer, Phuong T Vu(2016). Letter to the editor regarding "Clinical effectiveness and safety of powered exoskeleton-assisted walking in patients with spinal cord injury: systematic review with meta-analysis" . Medical Devices: Evidence and Research. Volume 9. p. 419--421. Dove Medical Press Ltd.

(2016). CytoJournal Quiz Cases: Publishing open-access, PubMed-searchable cytopathology cases with educational messages . CytoJournal.

(2016). ORCID author identifiers: A primer for librarians . Medical Reference Services Quarterly.

Akers, K.G., Sarkozy, A., Wu, W., Slyman, A.(2016). ORCID Author Identifiers: A Primer for Librarians . Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 35. (2). p. 135-144.

Dijkers, M.P., Akers, K.G., Galen, S.S., Patzer, D.E., Vu, P.T.(2016). Letter to the editor regarding "Clinical effectiveness and safety of powered exoskeletonassisted walking in patients with spinal cord injury: Systematic review with meta-analysis" . Medical Devices: Evidence and Research. 9. p. 419-420.

Akers, K.G., Shidman, V.B.(2016). CytoJournal Quiz Cases: Publishing open-access, PubMed-searchable cytopathology cases with educational messages . CytoJournal. 13. (1).

Akers, K.G.(2016). New journals for publishing medical case reports . Journal of the Medical Library Association. 104. (2). p. 146-149.

(2014). Building Support for Research Data Management: Biographies of Eight Research Universities . International Journal of Digital Curation.

Akers, K.G., Hamilton, D.A.(2014). Effect of high-frequency stimulation of the perforant path on previously acquired spatial memory in rats: Influence of memory strength and reactivation . PLoS ONE. 9. (6).

Akers, K.G.(2014). Going beyond data management planning: Comprehensive research data services . College and Research Libraries News. 75. (8). p. 435-436.

Akers, K.G., Martinez-Canabal, A., Restivo, L., Yiu, A.P., De Cristofaro, A., Hsiang, H.-L., Wheeler, A.L., Guskjolen, A., Niibori, Y., Shoji, H., et al.(2014). Hippocampal neurogenesis regulates forgetting during adulthood and infancy . Science. 344. (6184). p. 598-602.

Arruda-Carvalho, Maithe, Akers, Katherine G, Guskjolen, Axel, Sakaguchi, Masanori, Josselyn, Sheena A, Frankland, Paul W(2014). Posttraining ablation of adult-generated olfactory granule cells degrades odor-reward memories . The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 34. (47). p. 15793-803.

Arruda-Carvalho, M., Akers, K.G., Guskjolen, A., Sakaguchi, M., Josselyn, S.A., Frankland, P.W.(2014). Posttraining ablation of adult-generated olfactory granule cells degrades odor–reward memories . Journal of Neuroscience. 34. (47). p. 15793-15803.

(2014). Towards a symbiotic relationship between academic libraries and disciplinary data repositories: A Dryad and University of Michigan case study . International Journal of Digital Curation.

Benjamin J. Clark, James P. Rice, Katherine G. Akers, Felicha T. Candelaria-Cook, Jeffrey S. Taube, Derek A. Hamilton(2013). Lesions of the dorsal tegmental nuclei disrupt control of navigation by distal landmarks in cued, directional, and place variants of the Morris water task . Behavioral Neuroscience. 127. (4). p. 566--581. American Psychological Association ({APA})

Martinez-Canabal, A., Akers, K.G., Josselyn, S.A., Frankland, P.W.(2013). Age-dependent effects of hippocampal neurogenesis suppression on spatial learning . Hippocampus. 23. (1). p. 66-74.

Katherine G. Akers (2013). Disciplinary differences in faculty researcher practices and perspectives on research data management . International Journal of Digital Curation.

Clark, B.J., Rice, J.P., Akers, K.G., Candelaria-Cook, F.T., Taube, J.S., Hamilton, D.A.(2013). Lesions of the dorsal tegmental nuclei disrupt control of navigation by distal landmarks in cued, directional, and place variants of the morris water task . Behavioral Neuroscience. 127. (4). p. 566-581.

Katherine G. Akers (2012). Differences among faculty ranks in views on research data management . IASSIST Quarterly.

Rice, J.P., Suggs, L.E., Lusk, A.V., Parker, M.O., Candelaria-Cook, F.T., Akers, K.G., Savage, D.D., Hamilton, D.A.(2012). Effects of exposure to moderate levels of ethanol during prenatal brain development on dendritic length, branching, and spine density in the nucleus accumbens and dorsal striatum of adult rats . Alcohol. 46. (6). p. 577-584.

Akers, K.G., Arruda-Carvalho, M., Josselyn, S.A., Frankland, P.W.(2012). Ontogeny of contextual fear memory formation, specificity, and persistence in mice . Learning and Memory. 19. (12). p. 598-604.

Niibori, Y., Yu, T.-S., Epp, J.R., Akers, K.G., Josselyn, S.A., Frankland, P.W.(2012). Suppression of adult neurogenesis impairs population coding of similar contexts in hippocampal CA3 region . Nature Communications. 3.

Akers, K.G., Candelaria-Cook, F.T., Rice, J.P., Johnson, T.E., Hamilton, D.A.(2011). Cued platform training reveals early development of directional responding among preweanling rats in the Morris water task . Developmental Psychobiology. 53. (1). p. 1-12.

Akers, K.G., Kushner, S.A., Leslie, A.T., Clarke, L., Van Der Kooy, D., Lerch, J.P., Frankland, P.W.(2011). Fetal alcohol exposure leads to abnormal olfactory bulb development and impaired odor discrimination in adult mice . Molecular Brain. 4. (1).

Leslie, A.T., Akers, K.G., Krakowski, A.D., Stone, S.S.D., Sakaguchi, M., Arruda-Carvalho, M., Frankland, P.W.(2011). Impact of early adverse experience on complexity of adult-generated neurons . Translational Psychiatry. 1.

Leslie, A.T.F.S., Akers, K.G., Martinez-Canabal, A., Mello, L.E.D.A., Covolan, L., Guinsburg, R.(2011). Neonatal inflammatory pain increases hippocampal neurogenesis in rat pups . Neuroscience Letters. 501. (2). p. 78-82.

Arruda-Carvalho, M., Sakaguchi, M., Akers, K.G., Josselyn, S.A., Frankland, P.W.(2011). Posttraining ablation of adult-generated neurons degrades previously acquired memories . Journal of Neuroscience. 31. (42). p. 15113-15127.

Savage, D.D., Rosenberg, M.J., Wolff, C.R., Akers, K.G., El-Emawy, A., Staples, M.C., Varaschin, R.K., Wright, C.A., Seidel, J.L., Caldwell, K.K., et al.(2010). Effects of a novel cognition-enhancing agent on fetal ethanol-induced learning deficits . Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 34. (10). p. 1793-1802.

Varaschin, R.K., Akers, K.G., Rosenberg, M.J., Hamilton, D.A., Savage, D.D.(2010). Effects of the cognition-enhancing agent ABT-239 on fetal ethanol-induced deficits in dentate gyrus synaptic plasticity . Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 334. (1). p. 191-198.

Akers, K.G., Sakaguchi, M., Arruda-Carvalho, M.(2010). Functional contribution of adult-generated olfactory bulb interneurons: Odor discrimination versus odor memory . Journal of Neuroscience. 30. (13). p. 4523-4525.

Hamilton, D.A., Candelaria-Cook, F.T., Akers, K.G., Rice, J.P., Maes, L.I., Rosenberg, M., Valenzuela, C.F., Savage, D.D.(2010). Patterns of social-experience-related c-fos and Arc expression in the frontal cortices of rats exposed to saccharin or moderate levels of ethanol during prenatal brain development . Behavioural Brain Research. 214. (1). p. 66-74.

Hamilton, D.A., Akers, K.G., Rice, J.P., Johnson, T.E., Candelaria-Cook, F.T., Maes, L.I., Rosenberg, M., Valenzuela, C.F., Savage, D.D.(2010). Prenatal exposure to moderate levels of ethanol alters social behavior in adult rats: Relationship to structural plasticity and immediate early gene expression in frontal cortex . Behavioural Brain Research. 207. (2). p. 290-304.

Katherine G. Akers, Felicha T. Candelaria-Cook, James P. Rice, Travis E. Johnson, Derek A. Hamilton(2009). Delayed development of place navigation compared to directional responding in young rats . Behavioral Neuroscience. 123. (2). p. 267--275. American Psychological Association ({APA})

Hamilton, D.A., Akers, K.G., Johnson, T.E., Rice, J.P., Candelaria, F.T., Redhead, E.S.(2009). Evidence for a Shift From Place Navigation to Directional Responding in One Variant of the Morris Water Task . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 35. (2). p. 271-278.

Derek A. Hamilton, Katherine G. Akers, Travis E. Johnson, James P. Rice, Felicha T. Candelaria, Edward S. Redhead(2009). Evidence for a shift from place navigation to directional responding in one variant of the Morris water task . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 35. (2). p. 271--278. American Psychological Association ({APA})

Akers, K.G., Frankland, P.W.(2009). Grading gradients: Evaluating evidence for time-dependent memory reorganization in experimental animals . Journal of Experimental Neuroscience. 2009. (2). p. 13-22.

Akers, K.G., Candelaria-Cook, F.T., Rice, J.P., Johnson, T.E., Hamilton, D.A.(2009). Delayed Development of Place Navigation Compared to Directional Responding in Young Rats . Behavioral Neuroscience. 123. (2). p. 267-275.

Derek A. Hamilton, Katherine G. Akers, Travis E. Johnson, James P. Rice, Felicha T. Candelaria, Robert J. Sutherland, Michael P. Weisend, Edward S. Redhead(2008). The relative influence of place and direction in the Morris water task . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 34. (1). p. 31--53. American Psychological Association ({APA})

Tal, I.R., Akers, K.G., Hodge, G.K.(2008). Effect of Paper Color and Question Order on Exam Performance . Teaching of Psychology. 35. (1). p. 26-28.

Akers, K.G., Yang, Z., DelVecchio, D.P., Reeb, B.C., Romeo, R.D., McEwen, B.S., Tang, A.C.(2008). Social competitiveness and plasticity of neuroendocrine function in old age: Influence of neonatal novelty exposure and maternal care reliability . PLoS ONE. 3. (7).

Hamilton, D.A., Akers, K.G., Johnson, T.E., Rice, J.P., Candelaria, F.T., Sutherland, R.J., Weisend, M.P., Redhead, E.S.(2008). The Relative Influence of Place and Direction in the Morris Water Task . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 34. (1). p. 31-53.

Katherine G. Akers, Felicha T. Candelaria, Derek A. Hamilton(2007). Preweanling rats solve the Morris water task via directional navigation . Behavioral Neuroscience. 121. (6). p. 1426--1430. American Psychological Association ({APA})

Akers, K.G., Hamilton, D.A.(2007). Comparison of developmental trajectories for place and cued navigation in the Morris water task . Developmental Psychobiology. 49. (6). p. 553-564.

Hamilton, D.A., Akers, K.G., Weisend, M.P., Sutherland, R.J.(2007). How Do Room and Apparatus Cues Control Navigation in the Morris Water Task? Evidence for Distinct Contributions to a Movement Vector . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 33. (2). p. 100-114.

Derek A. Hamilton, Katherine G. Akers, Michael P. Weisend, Robert J. Sutherland(2007). How do room and apparatus cues control navigation in the Morris water task? Evidence for distinct contributions to a movement vector . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 33. (2). p. 100--114. American Psychological Association ({APA})

Akers, K.G., Candelaria, F.T., Hamilton, D.A.(2007). Preweanling Rats Solve the Morris Water Task via Directional Navigation . Behavioral Neuroscience. 121. (6). p. 1426-1430.

Akers, K.G., Nakazawa, M., Romeo, R.D., Connor, J.A., McEwen, B.S., Tang, A.C.(2006). Early life modulators and predictors of adult synaptic plasticity . European Journal of Neuroscience. 24. (2). p. 547-554.

Reeb, B.C., Akers, K.G.(2006). Is neuroplasticity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis maternally mediated? . Journal of Neuroscience. 26. (21). p. 5589-5590.

Tang, A.C., Akers, K.G., Reeb, B.C., Romeo, R.D., McEwen, B.S.(2006). Programming social, cognitive, and neuroendocrine development by early exposure to novelty . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 103. (42). p. 15716-15721.

Akers, K.G., Hodge, G.K.(2006). The virtual cola challenge . Teaching of Psychology. 33. (2). p. 125-127.

Akers, K.G., Reeb, B.C., Tang, A.C.(2004). Developmentally stable sex-dependent modulation of turning asymmetry by neonatal novelty exposure . Behavioural Brain Research. 155. (2). p. 257-263.

BOOK CHAPTER

(2016). Raising researchers’ awareness of biomedical data journals to promote data sharing. The Medical Library Association Guide to Data Management for Librarians.

DATA SET

(2014). Data from: Hippocampal neurogenesis regulates forgetting during adulthood and infancy . Dryad.

(2013). Emory University research data management faculty survey . Emory University Dataverse.

NEWSLETTER ARTICLE

Katherine G. Akers (2013). Looking out for the little guy: Small data curation . Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.

Katherine G. Akers (2013). Data curators at work: Focus on projects and experiences . Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Kouper, I., Akers, K.G., Nicholls, N.H., Sferdean, F.C.(2013). A roadmap for data services . Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries. p. 375-376.