Tag: Citations

There are tools that exist on the web right now that you can use to help readers find your work: whether colleagues, researchers outside of your field, the scientific news media, or the general public. Here, we review Kudos, an online platform for this purpose.

To boost your citation count to maximize impact, consider these 10 simple techniques.

Preprints are research papers shared before peer review. Here we discuss the benefits to authors including rapid credit, visibility & feedback.

Here are a few suggestions for using Twitter to find new readers (and potential citations).

This article defines the scope of types of reference manager software and provides details on how to use it effectively.

• Most journals require authors to select 4-8 keywords (or phrases) to accompany a manuscript to facilitate online searches
• In biomedical fields, MeSH terms are a good 'common vocabulary' to draw from
• Try Google Scholar to see what terms are most common in your field

Metrics are often used to quantify the impact of a person's research, but the impact of research goes beyond numbers. In this video, two researchers share how their work is shaping science, as well as how research has impacted them.