Research Guides: Health Sciences Scholarly Communication: Get Credit for Your Research

Researcher ID

Create an online presecence to distinguish yourself from other researchers

ORCID
A non-profit group that assigns unique digital identifier to researchers
Scopus to ORCID
Authorize Scopus to pull information from your ORCID profile.
SciENcv: Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae
Create an online CV that can be used for grant applications and reports
ResearcherID
Log in to Web of Knowledge then click "My Tools" to create your ResearcherID profile

Altmetric.com
Altmetrics counts views/read/uses of an article using "alternative" (nontraditional) metrics. Most of the services require payment, but a free bookmarklet can be generated to count altmetrics for a single article.

More than just journal citation counts! Altmetrics collects shares on social media, news stories, citation management collection, etc!

9.27 Workshop Slides
Slides from 9.27 Tech Lunch Series workshop "Deep Impact: Maximizing Your Research Impact"

Scopus
Large abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Includes bibliometrics tools to track, analyze and visualize research.

These journal article databases include citation counts

Google Scholar
To set preferences for USC:

Click on Scholar Preferences.
Go to the Library Links section.
Next enter USC, and click Find Library.
Select the boxes for University of Southern California, & click Save Preferences.
Web of Science
Interdisciplinary collection of journal articles, conference proceedings, and books. Collection of seven online database: Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Index Chemicus, Current Chemical Reactions, and Book Citation Index. Coverage is 1900-present.

Dataverse
An open source web application to share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data from all different disciplines. Allows individuals to set up their own data repository. Good for satisfying funder requirements for data management.

Store and share data from your research

Dryad
Curated data from scientific publications
FigShare
Upload any type of research data- presentations, data files, photos, etc.-- and make it available freely here.