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This guide expands on the information in the 'Boost your Academic Profile' booklet that was issued to researchers at University of Reading in 2017. There are still a few paper copies available. Contact the Research Publications Adviser if you would like a hard copy of the booklet. There are suggestions for some simple things that you can do to make your research more visible and so more likely to be cited. |
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Research Publications Adviser (Library)Expert advice on research publications and bibliometrics.
ACT NOW
There are three simple steps that you can take now to make sure that your outputs are attributed to you.
Making sure that you have a consistent digital identity is essential if all your outputs are to be correctly attributed to you.
Use the links below or the drop-down menus to work your way through the three steps and find out more.
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Check your Scopus Author ProfileYou may not know that this profile exists - check it is correct so that your publications and citations are attributed to you
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Create a Google Scholar profileFull instructions on how to set up a Google Scholar profile
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Register for an ORCID IDCreating an ORCID iD will mean that your research outputs are correctly assigned to you
PREPARING PUBLICATIONS
Prepare your publications well and vary your outputs
- Form a reading club with colleagues to get constructive feedback on your outputs before submission.
- Different output types accrue citations at different rates. Consider writing a review or perspective paper, ideally in a high-impact journal.
- Consider provocative debate pieces, inputs into policy, and if appropriate for your field,
- multi-author surveys.
- If appropriate for your discipline, and not considered as prior publication by your chosen journal, post your manuscript to a pre-print server such as arXiv, bioRxiv, PeerJ Preprints or SSRN.
Cite yourself (when appropriate and in moderation)
- Always cite your own work correctly, preferably using the DOI if one was assigned.
- Self-citations can be excluded from citation indices, but advertise your previous relevant work to others.
- Female authors don’t self-cite as often as male authors. Self-citation is OK when appropriate and in moderation.
- Cite your colleagues if appropriate.
Write clear titles and abstracts
- Think what keywords/phrases your audience might search for.
- Use keywords and phrases in the title, and repeatedly in the abstract.
Collaborate
- Co-authors from other countries or other institutions can give a citation advantage (check it out in SciVal).
- Explore opportunities to collaborate across disciplines thereby tapping into multiple citation networks.
- Articles with two authors double citations, on average
Share your data and research materials
- Share your supporting data and other materials, such as software code, using a data repository. Search for a repository at re3data.org, or use the University’s Research Data Archive researchdata.reading.ac.uk
- Cite and link to the data from your publication using a DOI or other unique identifier.
- Contact researchdata@reading.ac.uk for advice and assistance in sharing data.
Standardise names and affliations
- Your affiliation must always be ‘University of Reading’ and this should come first, before any departmental or other affiliation
- Always use the same format for your names and initials on every output.
- Use your University email name@reading.ac.uk
- Use your ORCID iD when you submit your manuscript.
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