You've Published, Now What? Tools and Techniques for Promoting Research

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You’ve Published, Now What? Tools and Techniques for Promoting

Research

Dr. Lauren Cadwallader & Claire Sewell

Office of Scholarly Communication Cambridge University Library

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Benefits of promoting research

How to find out about new research

Sharing research on social media

Innovative ways of sharing research

Benefits of open research

Topics

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https://svpow.com/2015/06/04/things-to-do-when-a-paper-comes-out-a-checklist/

Mike Taylor via Sauropod Vertebra

This is one researcher’s workflow for promoting their work post publication

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Why?

It lets people know about your work More exposure

leads to higher citation rates

Enhances your reputation both within Cambridge and outside

Can help you find collaborators for future work

Increases your impact beyond academia

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Alert services Citation alerts Social media alerts

University websites and publications Conferences Symplectic Altmetric.com Talking to people!

Sources of information

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Use an advanced system search to find publications for your department

(menu>explore>system search)

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Set the search options to pick your department, the timeframe and the type of output you are

interested in

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OSC Reasons to use social media

Why?

Excellent for professional networking

More exposure leads to higher citation rates

Can reach people all over the world

Can help you find collaborators for future works

Increases your impact beyond academia

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Cambridge profiles

• Symplectic

• VIVO

Online CVs

• LinkedIn

• Personal websites

Resource sharing sites

• YouTube

• SlideShare

Researcher ID services

• ORCiD

• ResearcherID

So many sites…

Based on a list compiled by Hazel Hall, Edinburgh Napier University

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Profile services

• Google Scholar

• About Me

Blogging

• Wordpress

• Tumblr

Collaboration sites

• Citeulike

• Mendeley

Social networking sites

• Twitter

• Google+

…So little time!

Based on a list compiled by Hazel Hall, Edinburgh Napier University

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Scheduling services

Link shortening

Templates

Dedicated groups

Tips and tricks

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When using social media consider the following:

Sustainability

Credibility

Copyright

Spam

Issues to consider

Based on a list compiled KU Leuven

Digital footprint!

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Open Researcher and

Contributor ID

A unique number that belongs to you and moves with you

through your career

Your lifelong digital name

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Your unique ID

Links to your research (all in one place)

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OSC K.I.S.S. Principle

Keep it simple! SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Use keywords in your title and abstract

Include a link to your work in your email

signature Talk to people! Buy them a cup of coffee Present at a conference

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Share it with journalists and the media Platforms between academia and the mainstream media

The Conversation

Make your work more accessible

Kudos

Blog

About both the process and the results

Share your work before publication

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Infographics

Videos/images

Cartoon abstracts

Dance your PhD thesis competition

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OSC Images of Research

Images by University of Exeter via Flickr

OSC Dance, dance, dance

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It’s a GOOD thing!

Helps to advance knowledge Science relies on the principle that we share our findings Fundamental to being a good academic

Open research

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Benefits for you

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Benefits for others

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Remember that simple methods may be the most effective

Think about copyright

Don’t be afraid to try something new

Top takeaways

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