Tag: Promoting your research

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.

Make use of online sites and networks like LinkedIn and ResearchGate to improve your online visibility and highlight the information about your research that you want others to see.

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

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.

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

• Effectively sharing your research with a general audience can positively affect funding for your work
• Engaging the general public can further the impact of your research

The ORCID unique identifier helps ensure credit for every researcher. Here is some more about why you should get one.

With digital events increasing in popularity and being the new normal, webinars offer a safe environment for disseminating knowledge while social distancing, which make them a great communication tool among scholars and higher education institutions.

• Neglecting a few factors beyond the research itself can mean that a proposal based on new and exciting ideas may not be funded
• Consider your audience (your reviewers first), get feedback from your peers, and highlight your accomplishments