Google Scholar for researchers
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Outcomes for today...
Why
create a
Google
Scholar
profile
Creating
a profile
Making
use of
your
profile
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Who doesn’t use Google Scholar?
Do you use it?
How do you use it?
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Google Scholar search results
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Your profile
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar help
http://scholar.google.com.au/intl/en/scholar/citations.html
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Details required
First, sign to your Google account, or create one if you don't yet have one. Consider using a
personal account ‘…. so that you can keep your profile for as long as you wish’.
Once you've signed in to your Google account, the Citations sign up form will ask you to
confirm the spelling of your name, and to enter your affiliation, interests, etc. Adding your
university email address makes your profile eligible for inclusion in Google Scholar search
results.
On the next page, you'll see groups of articles written by people with names similar to
yours. Click "Add all articles" next to each article group that is yours, or "See all articles" to
add specific articles from that group. If you don't see your articles in these groups, click
"Search articles" to do a regular Google Scholar search, and then add your articles one at a
time.
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Details required
You will be prompted regarding what to do when the article data changes in Google
Scholar. You can either have the updates applied to your profile automatically, or you can
choose to review them beforehand. In either case, you can always go to your profile and
make changes by hand.
Finally, you will see your profile. This is a good time to add a few finishing touches - upload
your professional looking photo, check your university email account and click on the
verification link, double check the list of articles, and, once you're completely satisfied,
make your profile public. Voila - it's now eligible to appear in Google Scholar when
someone searches for your name.
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Metrics provided
h-index is the largest number h such that h publications have at least h citations. The
second column has the "recent" version of this metric which is the largest number h such
that h publications have at least h new citations in the last 5 years.
i10-index is the number of publications with at least 10 citations. The second column has
the "recent" version of this metric which is the number of publications that have received
at least 10 new citations in the last 5 years.
The h-index provided by Google Scholar is based on different data to that used by WoS or
Scopus.
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This Information prepared by
Contact: Greg Fry
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+61 2 6051 9977
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Presented by
Karen Mackney
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+61 2 6933 2130
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+61 4093 12276
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