Your Academic Professional Identity
If you are considering graduate education or if you are contributing to published research work, you will definitely want to get proper credit for it. Below are three important tools to consider using to ensure that people can find your research output. This can be an important part of your professional identity; many employers will be especially impressed by candidates who have contributed to scientific research.
Be sure to look at Mendeley, since it also offers 'social features' that can help you to network with colleagues and potential employers. It also has Career and Funding sections that can be valuable as well.
- Q&A - Exploring Google Scholar CitationsGoogle Scholar Citations is a profile you can claim and customize to help people find your published research online. Once you claim your account (all you need is a regular Gmail account), you can customize your profile, ensure that none of your publications have been missed and add any contact information you'd like to help professional contacts reach you.
- ORCID
ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher (including those with similar names) and ensures your work is linked to you. You can also adjust your profile to include whatever background, publication history and contact information you wish. Increasingly required by some publishers and funders. - MendeleyMendley is a citation management software program. You can set up an account for free and use it to help organize your references. However there are also valuable added features including a 'social' dashboard to enable you to network with other research professionals, a "Careers" tab with job listings in science and technology and a "Funding" tab with grant opportunities for researchers.