Researcher profiles
Online researcher profiles allow you to collate your outputs, making them more discoverable and helping to increase your citations.
Profiles
Systems such as ORCID, Scopus and Google Scholar, collate your research outputs and activities. This can benefit you by:
- Improving your citation metrics
- Making your work more discoverable, accessible and widely-read
- Helping you to make connections with collaborators and potential employers
- Ensuring you get credit for your work
- Helping you to distinguish yourself from other authors
Some profiles are automatically set up for you, others you will need to create yourself. It is important to regularly check and manage your profiles and create links between systems to ensure that they are up-to-date and accurate.
Profiles:
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ORCID
ORCID is a unique persistent identifier, with a linked ORCID record which acts as an online CV for researchers. It lists research outputs, funding information, peer review activities and more. It is free to use and can be linked to many other research systems, including Scopus, Symplectic (Manchester Met’s Current Research Information System or CRIS) and publisher and funder systems.
Create your ORCID ID and record, ensuring that visibility is set to allow everyone to see it, link it to other systems, and fill in as much of the record as possible to accurately reflect all of your activities as a researcher.
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Scopus
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and is a key source of citation metrics. It can be linked to Symplectic
Your Scopus profile is automatically set up. You can check it to ensure you do not have duplicate profiles or publications listed under your profile which you did not author.
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Google scholar
Google Scholar is a web search engine of scholarly outputs. It provides some citation metrics and indexes a wide range of publications, making it a useful source of metrics for the arts and humanities.
You can set up your own Google Scholar profile, which will appear high in the list of results in searches of your name and lists all of your publications together. You will need a Google Account to create a Google Scholar profile.
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Other profiles
There are many other researcher profiles you can create and use, including ResearchGate and Web of Science. When setting up researcher profiles, consider what benefits you will gain from doing so and the time it will take to manage these profiles.
Making the most of your researcher profile
- Allow systems to read from and write to each other. This will save you time by allowing systems to update each other
- Add your ORCID ID to systems when prompted
- Check your profiles regularly to ensure their accuracy
- Include photographs, keywords, biographies and social media links where possible, to help others find out more about you and your research
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