30 tips How to (possibly) Improve Your Research Impact
1. H O W T O
I M P R O V E
Y O U R
R E S E A R C H
I M P A C T ?
W H O I S
T A L K I N G
A B O U T
Y O U R
R E S E A R C H
?
30+ tips to use befóre,
whíle and áfter writing
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“Societal Relevance”
2. IMPACT AND VISIBILITY
FOR YOUR RESEARCH
0:00 75:00 min
Pure
Open Access
Altmetrics
3 0 + T I P S
ORCID
3. 30+ tips to use befóre,
whíle and áfter writing
H O W T O
I M P R O V E
Y O U R
R E S E A R C H
I M P A C T ?
5. W H Y ? 1 / 2
• Research assessment &
performance funding
• The Ranking of Universities
• The "Universal Battle for the
Researchers" (and their citations)
6. W H Y ? 2 / 2
• Research assessment &
CHANGE
• DORA
• “Room for everyone's talent”
position paper
https://sfdora.org/
https://www.vsnu.nl/en_GB/news-items.html/nieuwsbericht/543-kennissector-zet-grote-stap-
vooruit-in-nieuwe-manier-erkennen-waarderen
7. P O S I T I O N P A P E R
Diversifying and vitalising career
paths
Focusing on quality
Achieving balance between
individuals and the collective
Stimulating open science
https://sfdora.org/
https://www.vsnu.nl/en_GB/news-items.html/nieuwsbericht/543-kennissector-zet-grote-stap-
vooruit-in-nieuwe-manier-erkennen-waarderen
8. U M C G & I M P A C T
OASIS project
Website live
Selfservice portal
(https://umcg.topdesk.net/)
https://www.umcg.nl/EN/Research/InstitutesProgrammes/impact/
9. U M C G & I M P A C T
Selfservice portal (https://umcg.topdesk.net/)
10. HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR RESEARCH IMPACT:
30+ TIPS
• BEFORE Publishing
• AFTER Publishing
11. B E F O R E P U B L I S H I N G ( W H I L E
W R I T I N G )
• WHAT to INCLUDE in article?
• WHAT to publish
• WHERE to publish
• HOW to publish
• WHO to publish with
12. WHAT to INCLUDE in article
• Use unique name ( if possible), and consistently throughout your career
• Use the standardized institutional affiliation, using no abbreviations ( "University of
Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen")
• Repeat key phrases in the abstract while writing naturally
• Assign keywords to the manuscript ( MESH, Web of Science ...)
• Use more references
• Publish a longer paper
• Papers with a larger number of "callouts" are likely to get a higher number of
citations
• Avoid using a question type of title
BEFORE PUBLISHING (WHILE WRITING)
13. WHAT to INCLUDE in article
Get an ORCID ID, connect it to PURE and use it consistantly in all
articles
BEFORE PUBLISHING (WHILE WRITING)
http://orcid.org
http://pure.rug.nl/admin
Our ORCID Guide:
https://libguides.rug.nl/researchers_guide/orcid
ORCID
• Already 1609 researchers UMCG registered
• Total at RUG: 3511
14. WHAT to INCLUDE in article
BEFORE PUBLISHING (WHILE WRITING)
http://orcid.org
http://pure.rug.nl/admin
http://www.umcg.nl/cmb or www.rug.nl/cmb
ORCID
24. Measuring impact is generally based on past performance, but
with new tools and new indicators it is possible to measure it
sooner and –very interesting- even look in future & predict
(Trends-module Scival, Elsevier)
25. WHAT to publish
• Write a review paper
• Present a working paper ( before & after articles are
published)
B E F O R E P U B L I S H I N G ( W H I L E
W R I T I N G )
26. WHERE to publish
• Publish in a journal with high impact
• Publish across disciplines
• Publish in journals everyone in your discipline reads
• Publish in a journal that is included in many
abstracting & indexing services
B E F O R E P U B L I S H I N G ( W H I L E
W R I T I N G )
Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports, InCites (Clarivate)
Scopus, CiteScore, Scival (Elsevier)
http://www.rug.nl/umcg/library
27. HOW to publish
I N C R E A S E S C I T A T I O N R A T E S
B E F O R E P U B L I S H I N G ( W H I L E
W R I T I N G )
openaccess.umcg.nl
• The Open Access Citation Advantage Service
http://sparceurope.org/oaca/
Open Access
30. • Only corresponding authors are eligible for the openaccess deals
• Use your umcg-computer & email for submitting
• Use correct affiliation detail and order:
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen,
Dept.......
O P E N A C C E S S G O L D E N T I P S
openaccess.umcg.nl
31. • During submission it is important to choose the correct route.
Details on submission process per publisher at openaccess.nl
• Use ”Act On Acceptance” actonacceptance@umcg.nl
and you will get info about deals and advice & we put it in Pure
• For all info & support : openaccess@umcg.nl
O P E N A C C E S S G O L D E N T I P S
openaccess.umcg.nl
32. WHO to publish with
• publish with international authors across multiple institutions
• Team-authored articles get cited more
• Publish papers with Nobel laureates ;-)
• Collaborate with corporate sector
B E F O R E P U B L I S H I N G ( W H I L E
W R I T I N G )
33. S C H O L A R L Y C O M M U N I C A T I O N
D O E S N O T S T O P A F T E R
P U B L I S H I N G Y O U R A R T I C L E
35. P R O F I L E
• Make a unique phrase that reflects your research interest & use it
throughout your career
• Keep your corporate & professional profile pages & publication
lists up to date
• Get an ORCID ID, connect it to PURE and use it consistantly in all
articles
• Use online CV option in PURE
• Use academic social networking sites ( ResearchGate, Academia,
Mendeley, Google Scholar, ImpactStory...
36. D I S S E M I N A T E
• Self-archive articles and research output
(PURE, post-print, pdf, open access repository)
• Share your research data ( open data)
• Publicize yourself ( link your latest articles to your
email signature)
37. P R O M O T E
• Start a blog ( Wordpress, Blogger are extremely good indexed in major
search engines
• Use Linkedin to promote
• Use SEO techniques on corporate & institute websites
• Contribute to Wikipedia
• Create a podcast, screencast or video and publish on YouTube, Vimeo ...
• Use Twitter & Other social media to share your findings
• Use DOI's in all communications
38. T R A C K A N D E N G A G E
• Set alerts on new citations
• Engage in discussions on the web and in
• Post publication peer review sites
• Use research analytic tools to monitor …
39. P O S T P U B L I C A T I O N P E E R
R E V I E W
• Publons https://publons.com/institution/5963/
• PubPeer https://pubpeer.com
• Frontiers http://www.frontiersin.org/SearchData.aspx?sq=Groningen&ht=1
• Open Review (ResearchGate)
https://www.researchgate.net/publicliterature.OpenReviewInfo.html
40. T R A C K A N D E N G A G E
• Track "mentions" about your articles on the Web
(Altmetrics)
43. WHY?
W E W A N T T O
• E X P L O R E T H E B E N E F I T S O F I M P L E M E N T I N G
A L T M E T R I C D A T A I N T H E H O S P I T A L ,
• I N C R E A S E A W A R E N E S S O F A D D I T I O N A L M E T H O D S
O F M E A S U R I N G I M P A C T T O O L S ,
• I N C R E A S E A W A R E N E S S O F T O O L S T O I N F L U E N C E
V I S I B I L I T Y O F T H E U M C G R E S E A R C H & I T ' S O U T P U T
• D I S C U S S C U R R E N T U S E O F B I B L I O M E T R I C S I N
E V A L U A T I O N S I N C L U D I N G T H E G R O W I N G I N T E R E S T
I N M E A S U R I N G / V I S U A L I S I N G T H E " S O C I E T A L
I M P A C T " O F S C I E N T I F I C R E S E A R C H .
50. USED
SOURCES
• The Open Access Citation Advantage Service
http://sparceurope.org/oaca/
• Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation
Frequency by Nader Ale Ebrahim
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstra
ct_id=2344585
• https://library.leeds.ac.uk/researcher-citations
• 101 Innovations in scholary communications
:survey
• Elsevier "Effective strategies for increasing
citation"
http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ies.v6n11p93
51. I F Y O U W A N T T O B E S E E N A S A N E X P E R T . . .
. . . T H E N Y O U R E X P E R T I S E H A S T O B E S E E N
L O R C A N D E M P S E Y H T T P : / / W W W . S L I D E S H A R E . N E T / L I S L D / T H E - I N S I D E - O U T - L I B R A R Y