Scholarly Profiles and Identifiers
Learn how to set up, maintain, and link together key researcher profiles and identifiers, such as ORCID iD and Scopus Author Profile.
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- ORCiD
- Scopus Author Profile
- Web of Science ResearcherID
- Google Scholar Profile
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- ResearchGate & Academia.edu
- Professional & Personal Websites
- GitHub
- Kudos (SciComm Tool)
- Sage Policy Profiles
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- Research Impact Metrics This link opens in a new window
- Research Impact & Intelligence Department This link opens in a new window
Video Tutorials
How to Setup your Google Scholar Profile
- Video length: 2:58
How to make the most of your Google Scholar Profile
- Video starts at 1:55
- Entire video length: 6:24
Learn More about Google Scholar
- Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus: Which is best for me?This blog post (based on a recent journal publication) analyzes the relative coverage of the three main research databases, Google Scholar, Web of Science and Scopus, finding significant divergences in the social sciences and humanities and suggest that researchers face a trade-off when using different databases: between more comprehensive, but disorderly systems and orderly, but limited systems.
- The next generation discovery citation indexes — a review of the landscape in 2020Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar represent the "Big 3" citation indexes. However, other unique citation tools have emerged in recent years and challenge these Big 3 in unique ways.
Benefits of Google Scholar Profile
Benefits of Google Scholar Profile
- Increased online visibility and discoverability
- Potential increase in research impact via publication views, downloads, and citations
- Control your online presence, such as:
- What people find when they Google or search for you
- What scholarly works are attributed to you on Google Scholar
- Potentially appear in Google Knowledge Graph
When researchers/users find your works on Google Scholar, they will be able to click on your name and view your profile as well as discover other scholarly works authored by you.
In addition to browsing other works by the author, the user can also choose to follow the author and receive email alerts when new works are added to the author's profile:
They'll also be able to discover your co-authors and discover more related research in your collaborative networks:
- Last Updated: Feb 7, 2025 3:04 PM
- URL: https://guides.lib.vt.edu/researcher-profiles
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