Here you will find information that will help you gain visibility as a researcher. From ensuring that your publications are properly assigned to you through ORCID to understanding citation metrics to assess the impact of your research.
Finally, we tell you how Open Access helps increase the impact of your research and the differences in Open Access choices.
ORCID’s (Original Researcher and Creator IDs) are unique persistent digital identifiers for individual researchers. Previously, different databases and citation sources used different ID numbers for the same researcher and now ORCIDs are becoming the standard identifier for researchers
Check this guide to find out about the most common tools to gauge the impact of your research:
Alternative ways of measuring impact
Nowadays, research is shared in different ways, not just through traditional scholar citations. For example, academic literature might be shared through Social Media or academic portals, such as Mendeley or Academica.edu. The impact of your research may also be measured through downloads and mentions in mass media.
Scimago offers alternative rankings for journals, using metrics outside Web of Science and Scopus (Elsevier).
USW has an Open Access Policy, but make sure you have a look at the benefits of Open Access to your research.
 Gold Open Access is the route whereby, authors make their publications immediately open access. Normally, this requires the payment of an Author Processing Fee (APC). |
With Green Open Access, authors do not pay and make the publication available via submitting their copy to their institutional, normally after an embargo period. |
The Directory of Open Access Journals indexes quality Open Access journals. This tool allows you to choose peer-reviewed journals that are fully Open Access, thus improving the impact of your research.
Many Publishers' Open Access policies can be consulted in SherpaRomeo: this service tells you whether a specific journal accepts Green Open Access and how long embargoes are.