Your Author profile enables you to:
link your publications, identify name variations, group institutions where you have worked, improved impact and assist in author metrics
Avondale recommends that authors create an ORCiD ID, and check their profiles in SelectedWorks and Google Scholar. Authors may also consider creating a LinkedIn profile.
Avondale Selected Works as part of the Expert Gallery Suite showcases and promotes the people and research unique to Avondale. It is a hosted cloud based secure platform that aids in the online visibility of your work and provides impact and usage analytics.
Profile Introduction
Acquaint visitors to your site by adding a descriptive summary of you and your research. Simple editorial icons provide inline editing throughout, allowing you to easily access each section to quickly add, modify, or remove content:
Add Your Biographical Information
While all sections appear to you while logged into your account, only the completed sections will display publicly.
Tip on Positions:
Some authors have multiple positions. To affiliate your profile with your primary position, check the box Affiliate my profile with this Institution. If your institution has a SelectedWorks account, affiliating your profile will also enable institutional colors and logo onto your site.
LinkedIn is a social/professional networking website for people in professional occupations. Privacy settings are controlled by the individual. It is recommended that anyone in professional occupations create a LinkedIn profile. Features of LinkedIn include:
- Helpful resource for recruiting or job-seeking purposes.
- Option to create a custom URL containing your name to your LinkedIn profile
What is ResearchGate?
ResearchGate is a social network for Scientists.
The major disciplines represented in ResearchGate are:
Why create a ResearchGate profile?
You can use ResearchGate to:
Full text publications you upload to your ResearchGate profile are indexed by Google Scholar.
Goes over 7 key features that make ResearchGate a useful tool for students and researchers.
Considerations and Risks
Before you create a ResearchGate profile or upload any publications you should consider the risks and issues involved, such as security, confidentiality and copyright:
ResearchGate is a commercial platform.
Researchers should be aware of their publishers' policies on sharing their publications, i.e. which version/s can be used and on which platforms they can be uploaded.
Coalition for Responsible Sharing
Coalition for Responsible Sharing: Status Report on ResearchGate
Australian Research Council (ARC) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) advise against the use of platforms such as ResearchGate in the specific context of researchers meeting their OA policy coompliance requirements, as they lack the necessary commitment the funders seek to long-term preservation, data reuse, publisher copyright requirements and end-user privacy afforded by institutional repositories. http://www.arc.gov.au/arc-open-access-policy-version-20171
Avondale University has an institutional repository – Avondale Research– which takes care to observe publisher sharing policies and which, in terms of discovery via Google and Google Scholar, compares favourably with RG and Academia.edu
How to create a ResearchGate profile
You should also customise your email notification settings, as with the default settings you may receive many email notifications.
What is Academia.edu?
Academia.edu is a social networking platform for academics.
Its mission is to provide a system for scientists to share their results, independently of the current journal system.
https://www.academia.edu/about
Why create a profile on Academia.edu?
You can use Academia.edu to:
Academia.edu profiles often appear high in Google searches, so a profile can be a great way to promote your research.
Full-text publications uploaded to Academia.edu profiles are indexed by Google Scholar.
Considerations and risks
Before you create an Academia.edu profile or upload any publications you should consider the risks and issues involved, such as security, confidentiality and copyright.
Please note: even though its domain name has the extension: '.edu', Academia.edu is a for-profit company.
Researchers should be aware of their publishers’ policies on sharing their publications, ie. which version/s can be used and on which platforms they can be uploaded.
ARC and NHMRC advise against the use of platforms such as Academia.edu in the specific context of researchers meeting their OA policy compliance requirements, as they lack the necessary commitment the funders seek to long-term preservation, data reuse, publisher copyright requirements and end-user privacy afforded by institutional repositories. See http://www.arc.gov.au/arc-open-access-policy-version-20171
Avondale University has an institutional repository - ResearchOnline@Avondale– which takes care to observe publisher sharing policies and which, in terms of discovery via Google and Google Scholar, compares favourably with RG and Academia.edu
How to create an Academia.edu profile
Using social media effectively can lead to great exposure for your research, providing opportunities for connection, networking, collaboration and impact far beyond the reach of traditional scholarly communications.
TOP TIPS:
Nature Publishing Group gives a good overview of how and why scholars are using social media and research-sharing networks. Scroll down to ‘Ways to get started’, and also check out their tips for using social media to promote your research.
Other useful tips can be found in the Vitae Innovate Handbook of Social Media for Researchers and Supervisors.
ORCID, which stands for "open researcher and contributor identifier", provides a persistent identifier that distinguishes authors from other authors and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated links between authors and their professional activities ensuring that their work is recognised.
ORCID is linked among other identifier systems such as Scopus Author ID, ResearcherID and LinkedIn; publishers such as Nature and APS; and funding agencies such as Australian Research Council and National Health and Medical Research Council.
Registering for an ORCID identifier is free and privacy settings are controlled by the individual.
To register, complete a short 30 second registration form and select Register.
1) Go to the ORCID brand guidelines to view suggested formats. Within this page you'll find the ID icon for download and save (suggested 16x16png)
2) Go to your Outlook and find the Options -Mail - Signatures and paste the ID icon into personal signature
3) Go to ORICD record and copy and past the URL next to your icon ID (adjust size is necessary). It will look like this:
4). Click OK and save.
NOTE: you can also add this into your Selected Works profile and LinkIn profile
There are a number of options available for paper upload, these include manual upload or group upload via Bibtex or auto-upload via Crossref. You will most likely use a combination of methods.
Manual upload:
1) Login to your ORCID prolife
2) Under Works Section click "+Add Works"
3) Review the results and enter works manually to add to your profile
Bibtex format for upload:
BibTex is a particular kind of format that is unique to bibliographic records and can be used for populating the full record into ORCID. BibTex can be exported from your Google Scholar profile,or an ISBN
Google Scholar profile
1) Go to your Google Scholar profile and select the items you would like to download and following the prompts. Save BibTex.bib file to your computer.
2) Login to your ORCID records
3) Under Works section, click "+Add works" and then "Add BibTex"
4) Follow the prompts for Choose BibTex
ISBN - convert to BibTex for upload
1) Convert ISBN to bibtex format by simply putting the ISBN number into Converter and downloading and saving file to computer.
2) Login to your ORCID records
3) Under Works section, click "+Add works" and then "Add BibTex"
4) Follow the prompts for Choose BibTex
It is recommended that authors establish a Google Scholar profile.
Google Scholar allows authors to:
-Create a public profile that appears in Google Scholar results when someone searches for your name. Privacy settings in Google Scholar profiles are controlled by the individual.
-Track citations to check who is citing your publications, especially grey literature publications which are not usually indexed by databases.
-Citation metric tools to use for reporting purposes
-When adding research publications to Avondale's Repository, ResearchOnline@Avondale be sure to add an abstract to enable easier discovery of your research in Google Scholar.
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