2. The 2 Flavors of Research Impact
1. Engage communities, improve the lives of others… change the
world
• Not what this talk is about
• See: FastTrack Impact https://www.fasttrackimpact.com/
2. Measuring distribution and use of scholarly research output
• Promotion and tenure
• Grant applications
• Award nominations
• Book proposals
• Etc.
Today’s
Subject!
4. #1: ORCID (and other Author Identifiers)
• What is an Author Identifier?
• Why ORCID specifically?
www.orcid.org
5. #2: Google Scholar Citations
• What is Google Scholar Citations?
• Why does it matter?
• A note about citation counts…
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LLIkcUMAAAAJ
6. #3: Scholars Archive/Open Access
•What is Scholars Archive?
•What is Open Access?
•Why is this important?
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/
7. #4: Enhance Discoverability/SEO
AKA: How are other researchers going to find your stuff?
• Naming your publication
• Describing your publication
• Making your publication available
• Choosing a Journal
• Open Access availability
8. #5: Altmetrics/Publicity
• What are altmetrics?
• How can they be utilized/leveraged?
• Generating publicity
• Email lists (listservs)
• Social media/blogging
• Collaborative platforms
• “Expert” lists
9. Library Resources!
Scholarly Metrics Guide:
https://libguides.library.albany.edu/citesearch
Consultations:
elasda@albany.edu (or your subject librarian)
Coming in 2021: Blackboard Self-Paced Tutorial
10. Questions?
Elaine M. Lasda, MLS
University Libraries
elasda@albany.edu
https://www2.slideshare.net/librarian68
@ElaineLibrarian