I need an online presence. Now!Social media for scientists.

Wouter Gerritsma, Wageningen UR Library

The power of a tweet

Within 24 h, 900 views, after 30 h 1039 views

Currently over 3000 views

Imagine what happens when Michael Müller tweets about his latest article

Which he actually did

What is important!

@nutrigenomics tweeted about an article published in open access journal!

Any user with a mobile device, PC or other internet connection can access this paper

The fact that the article is in #OpenAccess is relevant

Is this going to fly for Nature?

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But perhaps you don't like twitter

Some essential social media tools for scientists

LinkedIn

●Academia.edu & Researchgate.net

Google Scholar citations

●ResearcherID & ScopusID & ORCID

Mendeley.com

Slideshare.net or prezi

Wikipedia

Blogs

LinkedIn: Your rolodex

With LinkedIn you

Stay connected

Get in touch

Show who you are

Show what you have done

Show where you've been

Show what you capable of

Show what you want

Full screen image with title

ResearcherID profile of Hans Baveco

Scopus ID of Johan van Arendonk

Omnipresent h-index

gerritsma

Google Scholar Citations, Researcher ID, Scopus

Updates Availability

GS Citations Automatic Public

ResearcherID Manually Public

Scopus Automatic Public

Your master number

Make your online presence consistent

ORCiD

LinkedIn <-> Slideshare

On using social media

Melissa Terras' Blog

On using social media

McKenzie and Özler (2011) The impact of economics blogs

Consider the Wikipedia

For better or worse, people are guided to Wikipedia when searching the Web for biomedical information. So there is an increasing need for the scientific community to engage with Wikipedia to ensure that the information it contains is accurate and current.

Logan, D.W., M. Sandal, P.P. Gardner, M. Manske & A. Bateman (2010). Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia. PLoS Comput Biol, 6(9): e1000941 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000941

Take home messages

Profiling of you publication lists is important.

Link these to 'ordinary' social networking sites such as LinkedIn

Connect profiles where possible, e.g. ORCiD

Build a consistent on-line profile

Engage with the lay public by sharing powerpoint presentations

Thank you!

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