I M P A C T A N D V I S I B I L I T Y F O R Y O U R R E S E A R C H
0:00 90:00 min
Pure
Open Access
Altmetrics
3 0 + T I P S
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Guus van den Brekel
Central Medical Library,
University Medical Center
Groningen
GSMS PHD Conference
June 2017
I M P A C T A N D V I S I B I L I T Y F O R Y O U R R E S E A R C H
W H Y ?
• Performance funding policy
UMCG
• The "Worldwide Race on
Ranking of Universities"
• The "Universal Battle for the
Researchers" (and their
citations)
H O W T O I M P R O V E Y O U R R E S E A R C H C I T A T I O N S : 3 0 + T I P S
• BEFORE Publishing
• AFTER Publishing
B E F O R E P U B L I S H I N G ( W H I L E W R I T I N G )
• WHAT to INCLUDE in article?
• WHAT to publish
• WHERE to publish
• HOW to publish
• WHO to publish with
WHAT to INCLUDE in article
• Use unique name ( if possible), and consistently throughout your career
• Use the standardized institutional affiliation, using no abbreviations ( "University of
Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen")
• Repeat key phrases in the abstract while writing naturally
• Assign keywords to the manuscript ( MESH, Web of Science ...)
• Use more references
• Publish a longer paper
• Papers with a larger number of "callouts" are likely to get a higher number of citations
• Avoid using a question type of title
• Get an ORCID ID, connect it to PURE and use it consistantly in all articles
B E F O R E P U B L I S H I N G ( W H I L E W R I T I N G )
http://orcid.org http://pure.rug.nl/admin http://www.rug.nl/umcg/library
WHAT to publish
• Write a review paper
• Present a working paper ( before & after articles are
published)
B E F O R E P U B L I S H I N G ( W H I L E W R I T I N G )
WHERE to publish
• Publish in a journal with high impact
• Publish across disciplines
• Publish in journals everyone in your discipline reads
• Publish in a journal that is included in many
abstracting & indexing services
B E F O R E P U B L I S H I N G ( W H I L E W R I T I N G )
Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports, InCites
http://www.rug.nl/umcg/library
HOW to publish
I N C R E A S E S C I T A T I O N R A T E S
B E F O R E P U B L I S H I N G ( W H I L E W R I T I N G )
http://openaccess.umcg.nl
• The Open Access Citation Advantage Service
http://sparceurope.org/oaca/
Open Access
WHO to publish with
• publish with international authors across multiple institutions
• Team-authored articles get cited more
• Publish papers with Nobel laureates ;-)
• Collaborate with corporate sector
B E F O R E P U B L I S H I N G ( W H I L E W R I T I N G )
S C H O L A R L Y C O M M U N I C A T I O N
D O E S N O T S T O P A F T E R
P U B L I S H I N G Y O U R A R T I C L E
• Profile
• Disseminate
• Promote
• Track & engage
• Post-publication peer review
P R O F I L E
• Make a unique phrase that reflects your research interest & use
it throughout your career
• Keep your corporate & professional profile pages & publication
lists up to date
• Get an ORCID ID, connect it to PURE and use it consistantly in
all articles
• Use online CV option in PURE
• Use academic social networking sites ( ResearchGate,
Academia, Mendeley, Google Scholar, ImpactStory...
D I S S E M I N A T E
• Self-archive articles and research output
(PURE, post-print, pdf, open access repository)
• Share your research data ( open data)
• Publicize yourself ( link your latest articles to your
email signature)
P R O M O T E
• Start a blog ( Wordpress, Blogger are extremely good indexed in major
search engines
• Use Linkedin to promote
• Use SEO techniques on corporate & institute websites
• Contribute to Wikipedia
• Create a podcast, screencast or video and publish on YouTube, Vimeo
...
• Use Twitter & Other social media to share your findings
• Use DOI's in all communications
T R A C K A N D E N G A G E
• Set alerts on new citations
• Track "mentions" about your articles on the Web
(Altmetrics)
• Engage in discussions on the web and in
• Post publication peer review sites
Altmetrics
https://www.altmetric.com/details/3084793
P O S T P U B L I C A T I O N P E E R R E V I E W
• Pubmed Commons http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedcommons
• PubPeer https://pubpeer.com
• Frontiers http://www.frontiersin.org/SearchData.aspx?sq=Groningen&ht=1
• Open Review (ResearchGate)
https://www.researchgate.net/publicliterature.OpenReviewInfo.html
• publons.com https://publons.com/institution/5963/
How to get the PDF? 1/3
http://libguides.rug.nl/medicalejournals/get-the-pdf
How to get the PDF? 2/3
http://libguides.rug.nl/medicalejournals/get-the-pdf
How to get the PDF? 3/3
http://libguides.rug.nl/medicalejournals/get-the-pdf
U S E D
S O U R C E S
• The Open Access Citation Advantage
Service http://sparceurope.org/oaca/
• Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation
Frequency by Nader Ale Ebrahim
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstr
act_id=2344585
• https://library.leeds.ac.uk/researcher-citations
• 101 Innovations in scholary communications
:survey
• Elsevier "Effective strategies for increasing
citation"
http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ies.v6n11p93