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Promoting your Research for Maximum Impact: Google Scholar Profile

Introduction

Google Scholar Citations provide a simple and free method for authors to increase their visibility and keep track of citations to their articles. The benefit of GS is its inclusive approach, therefore maximising coverage. You can make your profile public, so that it may appear in Google Scholar results when people search for your name.

You can choose to have your list of articles updated automatically, review the updates yourself, or manually upload articles at any time.

You must have a Google Account to use My Citations.

Example

Here is one of the authors of the sample article referred to in the Stakeholder Mapping section. Note the strength of this profile, including position, email address, areas of interest, publications to date and associated metrics. Another individual can easily track new research added to this account by clicking the follow button.

Remember - this account is public and provides an excellent showcase for research

  1. Remember: strategically building and shaping your audience enables research dissemination to relevant people who have influence
  2. Search and follow relevant stakeholder accounts!
  3. Setup new paper alerts for specific authors