Research Profiles and Assessment

Researcher IDs are useful for creating an authoritative identity as a researcher and scholar.  They can prevent you from being confused with other academics with similar names or consolidate papers you may have written under different monikers by linking all of your work to a single profile.

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. ORCID provides two core functions:

(1) a registry to obtain a unique identifier and manage a record of activities, and

(2) APIs that support system-to-system communication and authentication.

Many publishers have begun requiring authors to use an ORCID identifier.

Additional links:

Setting up a Google Scholar account

1. Go to https://scholar.google.com and sign in.
2. Click the "My Profile" link on the top left side. From here, you can set up your basic profile by adding your name, photo, workplace, and interests. Make sure to select the option to make your profile public so other researchers can find and view your profile!
3. To add your university affiliation:
   • Click the three horizontal bars in the top left corner.
   • Click "Settings".
   • Click "Library links" and then search for "Chapman University".
   • Click "Save".

Adding publications to your Google Scholar profile

1. On your profile, click the plus [+] sign icon next to the word "Title", then select "Add Articles".
   • A list of publications that Google Scholar thinks were authored by you will display. Click the checkboxes to select those you want to include on your profile.
   • Click the blue checkmark in the top right corner to save.
2. You can also select the option to "Add article manually" and add the metadata yourself for any publications missing from the list of suggestions.

Maintaining your publication list

Google Scholar may add duplicate records of publications from time to time, or articles you didn't author may end up in your profile if you let Google automatically update things for you. However, you can merge and delete records as needed:

1. On your profile, select the checkboxes next to the records you want to merge or delete.
2. Click the option to "Merge" or "Delete" in the top bar above the list of records. (Note: You can only merge up to 5 records at a time.)

Metrics

Citation metrics about your publication will display in the right sidebar, including:

• The number of citations Google Scholar knows of for your work (divided into two categories: all-time and the last five years ("Since ___")
• Your h-index
• Your i10-index

See the homepage of this guide for more information on these metrics.

A bar graph visualization will also display, as will information on public access to articles based on funding mandates and a list of your co-authors with links to their Google Scholar profiles below that.

Exporting your data

You can export your publication records for use in other programs:

1. Select the checkboxes next to each record you want to export, or click the checkbox in the top bar to select them all.
2. Click the "Export" button that appears.
3. Select the file format you wish to export: BibTeX, EndNote, RefMan, or CSV.

Web of Science Researcher Profiles (formerly called ResearcherIDs) are now managed by Clarivate. They have also merged with Publons profiles, which allowed researchers to track their publications, citation metrics, peer reviews, and journal editing in one place. The Researcher Profile will also help you distinguish your scholarship from any created by an author with a similar name.

You can now sign in to Web of Science, Publons, and EndNote with one email address and password. If you already had an account in EndNote or Web of Science or previously had a ResearcherID, then you can still use those credentials. Otherwise, you can create an account with the link below.

Many researchers have used academic social platforms such as ResearchGate and Academia.edu. However, many publishers have begun cracking down on such for-profit ventures, issuing takedown notices for academic works posted there.

In response, a number of noncommercial research sharing platforms have sprung up, that operate on a not-for-profit basis and with broader support for principles of openness. Though researchers must still be careful to abide by the policies of their publishers when sharing work on these sites, they are good alternatives to the commercial sites that many publishers strictly forbid and useful tools for increasing the discoverability of your research.

(No matter what site you use, consider linking to your works in Chapman University Digital Commons instead of uploading directly. Because the policies for all works in Chapman University Digital Commons are carefully vetted before upload, you can be assured that you will be directing users to a secure, stable version of the work. This will also help you consolidate all your download statistics in one place, rather than having to manage them from several sites.)