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Research Impact Factors

Preparing for Publication

  1. Use the same variation of your name consistently throughout your academic career.
  2. Use a standardized institutional affiliation and address, using no abbreviations.
  3. Assign keyword terms to the manuscript.
  4. Formulate a concise, well-constructed title and abstract.
  5. Present preliminary research findings at a meeting or conference.
  6. Partner with industry for a research project.

Dissemination

  1. Submit the manuscript to a digital subject repository, such as arXiv or RePEc.
  2. Submit the manuscript to UC's Research Portal.
  3. Publish your work in an open access journal - find options in UC's Open Access Publishing Agreements.
  4. Set up a website or blog about your research
  5. Post manuscripts to social sharing sites such as ResearchGate (where permitted by your publisher).
  6. Be aware of how search engines locate documents and enhance retrieval of your research project web site by search engines.
  7. Present preliminary research findings at a meeting or conference.
  8. Write for The Conversation.
  9. Create profiles in ORCID, ResearcherID (Web of Science), Author ID (Scopus), and Google Scholar.

Keeping Track of Your Research

  1. Keep your ORCID profile up to date.
  2. Sign up for social networking sites such as LinkedIn.
  3. Use ResearcherID in Web of Science and Author ID in Scopus.
  4. Alternative metrics (Altmetrics) via ImpactStory, DataCite, can be incorporated into your browser bookmark bar.
  5. Create citation alerts.
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