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Professional Identity

• Investigate your Online Identity
• Explore Scholarly Profiles
• Develop Online Profiles

Profiles and Networking

• Visibility
• Repositories for Sharing
• Publication & Citation Accuracy
• Showcase your Work
• Social Academic Networking

Metrics (and Altmetrics)

• Metrics Toolkit
• Citations
• Altmetrics
• Journal Metrics

Fill out a consultation form or email impactservices@vt.edu. Consultations can cover but are not limited to:

• Accurately and adequately assessing the engagement and impact of your research outputs
• Setting up and maintaining researcher profiles (as well as the advantages of specific ones)
• Improving the reach and engagement of your scholarly outputs
• Assessing scholarship on a larger scale, such as at a departmental or college level
• Research assessment & impact for promotion and tenure
• Alternative metrics, or altmetrics (i.e., online attention to research & public engagement with research)
• Qualitative methods of assessment
• Retaining author rights when publishing in order to have more rights to share/post your work

Welcome!

Whether you are a researcher or scholar, teacher, extension agent, staff, student, or all of the above, this guide highlights options for sharing your work and connecting with others. Using these tools can support your success in:

• Professional Networking
• Getting Noticed for your work and expertise
• Collaboration opportunities with others who share your interests
• Metrics to learn about others' interest in your work and for documenting your impact and engagement with your work