Researcher
Identifiers, Profiles and Social
Networks
Nadia Grobler
Online Publishing Systems Administrator: South African Journal of Science
Workshop:
Writing for a scholarly journal 10 June 2021
Build your online presence
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Benefits:
Researcher IDs, Profiles and Social Networks
Register for researcher IDs to ensure you get credit for your research, even if other researchers have similar names or if your name or
affiliation changes.
Researcher IDs
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Scopus Author Identifier (Elsevier)
ResearcherID on Publons (Clarivate) Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
Automatically generated
• Unique, persistent identifier which you can link to your other Researcher IDs.
• Profile page which can include your list of
publications, employment history, research interests and links to other profiles.
• Increasingly being used by journals, publishers, funding bodies and university repositories.
https://orcid.org/register
Researcher IDs
Researcher IDs
Google Scholar Profile
Google Scholar Profiles provide a simple way for authors to showcase their academic publications.
• You can check who is citing your articles, graph citations over time, and compute several citation metrics.
• You can choose to have your list of articles updated automatically.
• If you create a Google Scholar profile, your profile will come high up the page rankings if people are searching for your work.
Go to https://scholar.google.com and click on the
“My Profile” at the top of the page to get started.
Google Scholar Profile
Join social networks to share and monitor analytics for your
research publications and connect with other researchers in your field. [Not an academic repository]
Social Networks for Researchers
• Create your profile
• List your research interests
• List your publications, projects etc.
• Connect with co-authors and researchers in your field
• Stay up to date with the latest developments in your field
• Create and receive alerts
• Follow topics/discussion threads
https://bit.ly/3v0v99b
Social Networks for Researchers
Punchy description or question to spark interest
Make use of Hashtags to make your posts
discoverable and form part of a discussion thread.
Tag authors, institutions, stakeholders, funders etc.
to alert them to your post and also so that they can re-share it with their networks.
Image/infographic to draw attention
*Adhering to copyright laws
Link to your article, research, profile etc.
Social Media Posting Tips
CV
Staff profile
Bringing it all together
website Own
/blog
Researcher IDs
• Scopus Author Identifier (Elsevier)
• ResearcherID on Publons (Clarivate)
• Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) Google Scholar Profile
Social Networks for Researchers
• Academia.edu
• ResearchGate
• Mendeley
• LinkedIn Social Media
• Hashtags
• Tagging
Resource list
University of Melbourne Libguides
• https://unimelb.libguides.com/researcher_profiles Texas State University Libguides
• https://guides.library.txstate.edu/researcherprofile University of Reading Libguides
• https://libguides.reading.ac.uk/boost/google-scholar-profile University of Calgary Libguides
• https://library.ucalgary.ca/c.php?g=255602&p=1702235
Reference list
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
ASSAf Research Repository http://research.assaf.org.za/
B. Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) Events I. Other
2021
Writing for a scholarly journal
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2021). Writing for a scholarly journal. [Online]
Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/211 https://youtu.be/GBQK62_qCLw
Downloaded from ASSAf Research Repository, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
