Why is an “Author Name” Important? Your name as an author is key to establishing a unique public profile for dissemination and promotion of your research. Authors should use the same variation of their name consistently throughout their academic and research careers. Consistency of an author name enhances the discoverability of research. Uniqueness of an [...]
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“Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities: A guide for academics and researchers” by Amy Mollett, Danielle Moran and Patrick Dunleavy. Check out this guide on how get started using Twitter to use for scholarly efforts.
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Check out International Aging Research Portfolio (IARP). The International Aging Research Portfolio (IARP) is an independent joint initiative of government, academic, corporate, patient advocacy and charitable funding organizations. AgingPortfolio.Org system is a flexible system to enable funding organizations to collaborate, track, analyze, structure, make decisions and set directions for future research efforts in aging and also [...]
“In an age when media, business, government and almost every aspect of modern society vies for the users’ attention, how can we ensure that the resources that are being created through public funds reach and engage with their constituent audiences?” See the report “Maximising Online Resource Effectiveness” for “producing, promoting and developing content most effectively.” [...]
Elsevier now participates in CrossRef’s Cited-by Linking Service. The service allows CrossRef member publishers to display links on an article page to other articles that cite that particular document. Elsevier joins over 200 publishers that deposit references from their scholarly content and display citing links from CrossRef publishers back to that content. See the full [...]
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The Toolkit for Making Written Material Clear and Effective is a health literacy resource from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The 11-part Toolkit provides a detailed and comprehensive set of tools to help make written material in printed formats easier for people to read, understand, and use. Toolkit Part 1: About this [...]
Is sharing of data good science? Too Many Researchers are Reluctant to Share Their Data Do Academic Scientists Share Information with Their Colleagues? Not Necessarily Special in Nature: Data Sharing
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Sage Publishers offers recommendations for authors to increase the visibility of published works using social media outlets, “10 Ways to Increase Usage and Citation of your Published Article Using Social Media.”
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Version 1.6 of the NIH RePORTER was released on June 24, 2010. Among the new features include: General Updates: MyRePORTER feature has been added allowing users to create a MyRePORTER account to save and manage queries. When users are logged into their account, the Hit List page now has a ‘Save Query’ button so users [...]
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Tools for Authors libguide is now available. It contains resource for authors such as how to find collaborators, how to comply with the NIH Public Access Policy, how to find who is citing your work, and more.
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