Measuring Your Research Impact

The main reason for setting up a profile is as a way to have all your publications listed in the one place. This makes it easy for others to easily identify your work. It is also useful for author disambiguation purposes - different databases display author names differently, and if you have a common name it can be difficult for others to easily identify your work. The tools listed on this page allow you to create a profile with a unique identifier that you can use to identify your output. It is important to note, however, that you do need to keep them up-to-date yourself and ensure that all your publications are included.

There are several tools you can use to promote your research. Below is a list of some of them. This page gives more information on each tool:

• Academia.edu
• Google Scholar
• LinkedIn
• ORCID
• ResearchGate
• Scopus

Academia.edu is used by academics to share their research, monitor the impact of their work and track the publications produced by academics they follow.

Watch the brief tutorial on Academia.edu