LibGuides: Research Impact: Widening your Impact

Overview

Researchers today can share their work through social networks and scholarly networking tools. Sharing your research through these tools can help increase altmetric scores, citation rates, and raise the visibility of your research.

Social Networks

LinkedIn
The world's largest professional network's mission is to connect the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful.
Faculty Collaboration Database
The MCW community for exchanging information about MCW researchers and their publications.
Academia.edu
Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers.
ResearchGate
Facilitates the sharing of research and collaboration with other researchers in your field.
Twitter
The web, and particularly social media, is a powerful tool for spreading the word about new science. Tweets are one of the altmetric measures of an article.
Research Blogging
ResearchBlogging.org is a system for identifying the best, most thoughtful blog posts about peer-reviewed research.

Research Impact

Sharing your Research

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Overview

Social Networks