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Researcher profiles and networks

A researcher profile lists a researcher’s publications, academic and work history. By increasing your online profiles and engagement, you are enabling other researchers or collaborators to find you and see your achievements. This can also have a positive effect on the impact you make as a researcher. By keeping your profiles accurate you have the best chance of widespread impact with other researchers in your field of research.

Researcher networks can assist you to:

  • find and access, communicate and share information
  • engage in outreach activities
  • disseminate research to peers and identify potential collaborators
  • increase the visibility and accessibility of your research outputs
  • know who is reading and citing your work
  • build a community of practice
  • understand your audience
  • track peers working in your research area
  • highlight research in plain language to reach the widest possible audience.

Check the following links for more information about creating and using researcher profiles

Researcher Profiles 

Included below is information about creating your University of Newcastle Researcher Profile, as well as other profile sites that researchers may consider when sharing and promoting their research. Further information can be found on the Researcher Identifiers, Profiles and Social Networks Guide.

Your University of Newcastle Researcher Profile is an individual, publicly accessible profile on the University's website. Researcher profiles are designed to highlight areas of expertise including research, teaching, mentoring, leadership, awards and administrative.  

Your profile is created using NEXUS. Information about University of Newcastle appointments, HDR supervision, grants and your qualifications are populated using data from a number of University systems, such as HR, NURO, NOVA, NUSTAR and RIMS. 

University of Newcastle Researcher Profile - Dr Heather Lee

Build your ORCID Profile by adding details of employment, education and qualifications, publications, and grants, plus link to Scopus Author Identifier and ResearcherID.

 

More information

Check the Researcher identifiers page for details of how to add records to your ORCID profile, and connect your ORCID to Scopus and Web of Science.

 

Example of an ORCID profile

When Google Scholar finds new citations to your publications they are automatically added to your profile and a range of metrics created.


Google Scholar citations can be inaccurate and may cite non-academic sources. Some variation may also occur due to the inclusion of poor-quality data - such as duplicate records, misspelt citations, and missing authors.

More information

Check the Researcher identifiers page for details of how to add records to your Google Scholar profile, and connect your Google Scholar profile to ORCID.
Example of a Google Scholar profile

ResearchGate is a free professional network for scientists and researchers. You can create a profile to share your credentials, biography, and your research outputs and publications. You can then connect and follow colleagues, co-authors, and specialists in your field of research to keep up to date with the latest information on their projects and research outputs.


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More information

Check the Researcher identifiers page for details of how to create a ResearchGate profile.
ResearchGate profile eg

SSRN (Social Science Research Network) is an open access, online, preprint community providing services to leading academic schools and government institutions. Specialising primarily in social sciences, including economics, law, corporate governance, and humanities, it provides an online database of early scholarly research available worldwide through a permanent and searchable online library. SSRN is owned by Elsevier.

More information

Check the Researcher identifiers page for details of how to create an SSRN profile, add publications, and link to ORCID.
SSRN profile example

LinkedIn is a professional networking site that provides a space to share news about your career and research to industry groups and workplaces. LinkedIn is particularly useful for creating connections with industry and other academic and non-academic groups.

20 steps to a better LinkedIn profile in 2022

 

More information

Check the Researcher identifiers page for details of how create a LinkedIn profile.
LinkedIn profile example

Grow Kudos allows researchers to highlight research, build a global audience across multiple sites and track readership and engagement.

Kudos helps the research community communicate for impact, to ensure that knowledge is found, understood, and applied by a broad audience.


Watch a Brief Introduction to Kudos (2 mins)

Kudos profile example

Humanities Commons is a network for people working in the humanities.

Discover the latest open-access scholarship and teaching materials, make interdisciplinary connections, build a WordPress Web site, and increase the impact of your work by sharing it in the repository.

Humanities Commons profile example

ImpactStory is an online tool that allows you to showcase your research outputs (publications, presentations, data, code, posters, etc.) together with measures of their impact.  

ImpactStory profiles can be downloaded as .csv or .json files. Requires a paid subscription.

ImpactStory profile example
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