Promoting your research is an important aspect of your academic work. Recognised high-quality research can lead to collaboration, more citations, academic promotion, and funding, as well as developing your reputation as a researcher. Promoting your research is also important for increasing its impact. The more visible and widely disseminated your work, the more likely it will have an impact. However, it can be overwhelming and time consuming trying to promote yourself and your research.
Below are some strategic ways you can increase the visibility and dissemination of your research apart from producing really good research! Click the arrow beside each topic to find out more.
An Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) is a persistent digital identifier, unique to you. It ensures that all of your research outputs, grant submissions and professional activities can be linked back to you
Your ORCID will distinguish you from other researchers even if you:
- change your name
- publish under variations of your name (e.g. Jane Smith, Jane F. Smith, J.F. Smith)
- share the same name as another researcher
- move institutions
If you do not already have an ORCID, you can register for one online . Registration is free and takes approximately 30 seconds.
There are various ways you can engage and promote yourself and your research online:
- Use social media such as Twitter
- Contribute to a popular blog or newsletter, or create your own
- Share your presentations or videos on a hosting service such as SlideShare
- Create a researcher profile and connect with other researchers
Remember, engaging online can be time consuming. You do not need to be involved on every social network or create many profiles. Be strategic. Think about what is most valuable for you and your research.
Researcher profiles allow you to present yourself and your research outputs and activities. They also allow you to keep track of your publications and citations, as well as share your research outputs within your network community.
Symplectic
At Manchester Metropolitan University, you have the opportunity to create and build a web profile in Symplectic. Here, you can add your publications, list professional and teaching activities, and create a customised CV to download.
Questions? Email RKE-Systems@mmu.ac.uk
Other researcher profiles
There are many other profiles, but the most common are:
Tips for managing researcher profiles:
- Use your university email account when you register. This can be changed if you move institutions.
- Make sure to add your ORCID to your researcher profiles. This will connect your profiles and make them easier to manage.
- Import your publication lists from databases and other profiles so you don't have to add them manually.
- You can change the privacy settings to public or private. The more public, the more visible your profile.
Conferences are a great way to disseminate your research and meet other researchers working in your field. PapersInvited tells you about forthcoming conferences
Publish Open Access
