Membership FAQs

How can I apply for membership?
Membership in the ACNP is by nomination only.  You must be nominated by an eligible ACNP member.
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Which ACNP members are eligible to nominate?

Members who have held Member status 3 or more years, Fellows, Life Fellows and Life Members.

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How do I know a Member's status?
You will need to ask the member.
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Can an eligible ACNP member nominate more than one person for membership?
Yes.  However, a member can nominate only one person per category of membership (Associate, Regular Scientific, Foreign Corresponding Fellow, or Promotion) per calendar year.
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How do I submit a nomination for membership?
Go to http://www.acnp.org/membership/applications.aspx  to access procedures for submitting your nomination on-line.
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How are nomination letters submitted?
Nomination letters must be submitted on-line with the nomination package.
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Can I save my nomination submission and access it later?
No.  You must have all documents ready before starting the submission process.  Submissions cannot be saved and accessed later for completion.
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I am applying for a promotion; how do I get my ACNP activities information?
Upon request, the ACNP Executive Office will provide this information.  Forward requests to acnp@acnp.org
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What is an h-index?

 The h-index was proposed by physicist Jorge E. Hirsch as a metric to quantify the amount and  impact of a scientist's contribution to the literature. If a person has published 15 papers, each of which has been cited at least 15 times, then their h-index would be 15.  The h-index augments traditional measures of productivity such as number of citations (which may be skewed by one or two works accounting for most of the citations) and number of publications (which may be large but of minimal impact if they are not often cited). 

The use of an h-index is not meant to replace subjective judgment based upon multiple aspects of the applicant, but to aid the Credentials Committee evaluation process by providing a reasonably objective measure of an author's impact on the literature.

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How do I determine my h-index for this ACNP application? 

H-indexes rely on comprehensive citation databases, such as those of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), which underlie the subscription services Web of Science or Scopus. Because not everyone has access to these subscription services and numbers can vary slightly depending on the specific data base used, we ask that all applicants use freely available Harzing's Publish or Perish to calculate their h-index for this application. Note: This program is not available for Mac users.

When calculating your h-index, utilize Harzing's Publish or Perish accessed through the following link:

http://www.harzing.com/resources.htm#/pop.htm

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When is the submission deadline?

The deadline for 2009 submissions is September 17, 2008.

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I don't remember what meetings I attended and what I presented.  Can you get this information for me?

You may contact the ACNP Executive office and request this information at acnp@acnp.org  The Executive Office can provide the information housed in its database, though can not guarantee that the information is complete. 

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