Maximise your visibility as a researcher: An introduction to author identifiers and researchers profiles

Introduction

Key terms: generating impact with your PhD project, researcher profiles, author identifiers, ORCID, Google Scholar Profile, introductory course, relevant for students in any phase of a PhD trajectory

ECTS: 1
Number of session: 1
Hours per session: 3

How can you make sure that colleagues, editors, funders, and others can easily find information about your research and your publications?

Being findable as a researcher can be quite a challenge, because your name might not be unique or because your name changes during your academic career. Databases and publishers try to manage this challenge by using author identifiers and researcher profiles. In some cases you can claim, edit and add information to your profile.

In this workshop we will look at some of these profiles, such as ORCID, Web of Science ResearcherID, Scopus Author Identifier, Google Scholar Profile, and ResearchGate. We will also look into the “people pages” of the EUR, and the EUR & Erasmus MC Research Information Portal (Pure). 

Entry level and relevance

No prior knowledge or experience is needed to participate in this course. This course can be useful for PhD students from all research disciplines and in all phases of a PhD trajectory.

Relations with other courses

There is no overlap between this course and other EGSH courses.

How to prepare

No required preparations