Research Impact: Research Visibility

1. Use Experts Directory to Maintain and Share the Definitive Record of Your Work
2. Author Name Consistency
3. Use Unique Authorship Identifiers
4. Oklahoma State University Affiliation
5. Decide Where to Publish
6. Choose a Strong Title and Keywords
7. Add Your Research to a Repository
8. Share and Promote Your Research

Experts Directory provides a single point of organization, presentation and up-to-date reporting of scholarly activities across Oklahoma State University.

Experts Directory runs on Symplectic Elements, an application which harvests publications and other research activities from major research databases, including Scopus, Dimensions, MLA International Bibliography, PubMed and Crossref, and matches them to researchers at OSU. Individual researcher profiles are automatically created and populated with directory information, teaching activities and grants.

Faculty can make their profile public so it is displayed in the OSU Experts online profile system. Public profiles are highly-ranked in Google search results, receiving an average of 14,000+ monthly clicks globally.

Learn how to get started on your profile here.

Benefits to Researchers:

• Create a public profile that highlights your expertise and increases the discoverability of your work.
• Maintain a definitive record of all types of research, teaching, grant and other scholarly activities in a single location.
• Connect to other researchers on campus for interdisciplinary projects.
• Collect publications automatically from major research databases
• Import from/export to citation managers such as Zotero.
• Generate reports and CVs from standard or custom templates.
• Raise the research profile of Oklahoma State University through timely and accurate reporting of scholarly activity
• Easily deposit peer-reviewed manuscripts, conference proceedings, posters, datasets, etc. into Open Research Oklahoma.

Maintaining a consistent form of your name is key in distinguishing your research and publishing from the work of others.

E.g., Always using Henry Zhang, not intermixing H. Zhang and Henry Zhang in different papers.

Unique identifiers like the following help consolidate your publications under one author profile:

• ORCID (Open Researcher & Contributor ID)
  A persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from one another. See the more about adding works to your ORCID record. Also consider allowing your Experts Directory profile to write to ORCID.
   
• Scopus Author Identifier
  An identifier used in Scopus, published by Elsevier. The Scopus Author ID can be linked to ORCID. Also see tips on how to curate your Scopus profile.
   
• Web of Science ResearcherID
  An identifier by Clarivate (which publishes Web of Science) that allows researchers to manage their publication lists and avoid author misidentification. The ResearcherID can be linked to ORCID. While OSU does not subscribe to Web of Science, ResearcherID is a free service (although some features are limited)

Use Oklahoma State University (and your @okstate.edu email) as your affiliation/location for all publishing, journals, or grant agencies. Ensure your research is credited to you and linked to OSU.

The Research Organization Registry (ROR) provides standardized identifiers for research institution. Oklahoma State University's ROR identifier is 01g9vbr38 (note that the OSU system and other campuses have different identifiers)

Where you publish will affect your research visibility (how much it is read, cited, etc.) Our Where Should I Publish My Research guide provides tips on how to select a venue to publish your work.

• Open Access Journals are important to consider when publishing because they are more accessible than journals requiring paid subscriptions.

Using search engine optimization (SEO) principles can help rank your work higher in search results. Try the following strategies:

• Title: Keep the title short and concise (e.g., 7-8 words) and include keywords related to the topic.
• Abstract: Place essential findings at the beginning of the abstract, and use your keywords 3-6 times.
• Headings: Incorporate keywords into your headings.
• Text: Use appropriate and consistent keywords throughout the text; make sure they are a natural part of the text and context.

Deposit Your Published Work

Adding your work to a repository can make it easier to find, which can increase its impact. Many publishers allow you to add a version of your article to a repository, like OSU's Open Research Oklahoma repository. You can also add conference presentation slides and other types of documents.

Deposit Your Data

Consider adding your research data to a repository. This allows other researchers to view and potentially use and cite your data. To learn more about data repositories and data sharing, visit our Managing Research Data guide.

Whether you're in the middle of a research project or have just published an article or a book, you can share and promote your research to connect with a wider audience.

For example:

• Present preliminary findings at conferences.
• Use networking opportunities such as conferences to discuss your work and make new connections.
• Participate in media interviews about your research.
• Post about your research on social media (e.g., 10 tips for tweeting research).

Content in this guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License and is adapted from "Research Impact" by University of Alberta Library Research Impact Services which is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 and their Introduction to Research Impact Tutorial