Scholarly Profiles and Identifiers
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Research Impact Coordinator
Profiles & Why They Matter
When we talk about research impact, we should focus on visibility rather than impact. Visibility can boost impact, so long as the scholarship has the potential to make an impact*, but what boosts visibility? Three primary factors influence visibility:
- Openness
- Making sure others outside large research institutions can access, read, and cite your work
- Through publishers and/or Open Access repositories
- Profiles & Identifiers
- Making sure that you are properly identified and attributed for your work
- Helps you control your own online identity and image, professionally and academically
- Communication & Promotion
- Through the publisher, news media, social media, and/or science communication tools like Kudos
This video will give a brief introduction to researcher profiles and how to strategically utilize them. It refers to "Symplectic" which is used at Virginia Tech, except we call it Elements, the system that is used for eFARs and also connects to the public profile system, Virginia Tech Experts.
*Impact can take on many different meanings across disciplines and even within fields and subfields. For example, citations generally carry more meaning and weight in the science disciplines than in the humanities. In addition, certain fields have higher citation counts (such as the life sciences), while others might influence public policy more (such as urban planning). "Impact" is an ambiguous term, and overall, metrics should be used to support impact stories, or qualitative assessment, rather than supplant them.
Resources & Workshop Slides
- Guide to Online Researcher VisibilityThis guide covers how to make yourself most visible and discoverable online as a researcher, such as through Open Access, researcher profiles, and promotion online of scholarly works.
- [Blog post] Comparing Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Mendeley, and ResearcherIDScientometric researchers discuss the advantages and disadvantages of major profile platforms and look at the role of ego in how these services are built and used.
- Professional Online Presence & IdentityWorkshop slides to help you explore your online identity and curate it professionally.
- Introduction to Online Scholarly PresenceWorkshop slides cover: how to take advantage of the growing Open Access landscape, author rights when publishing, researcher profiles, online scholarly communication, and promotion of scholarly works.
- Communicating your Research/WorkWorkshop slides and activities for planning effective research communication, in-person and online.
- Communication your Research WorksheetWorksheet that coincides with the slides for Communicating your Research/Work.
- Last Updated: Sep 10, 2024 2:53 PM
- URL: https://guides.lib.vt.edu/researcher-profiles
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