Close sidebar Home » Research » Library » Publishing and Open Science » Cultivate an Online Scholarly Presence Open sidebar menu Cultivate an Online Scholarly Presence Cultivating your researcher online identity is an essential component of communicating your research and presenting yourself as a scholar. Whether you’re a junior researcher, you’re well into your postdoctoral work, or you are an established scholar, being present online effectively, contributes to your impact within and beyond academia. Consider the following aspects when building your online identity. ...and if you haven't yet, get in the game with the 2022 EUI Impact Challenge! Create an ORCID If you wonder how you can uniquely identify yourself as a researcher and author, ORCID is the standard in academia The Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) is a unique 16-digit researcher ID number associated with you and only you. Advantages An ORCID is increasingly requested by publishers and funding agencies to ensure that scholarly works are accurately associated with, and attributed to, you. The EUI is an ORCID institutional member: all your publications in Cadmus appears automatically on your ORCID profile once you connect your ORCID to the EUI and Cadmus Use your ORCID profile page as an online public academic CV visible to all and throughout your career How Create and connect your ORCID to Cadmus Discover more in the EUI ORCID Guide Create a Google Scholar profile If you wonder about where you are being cited (and by whom), setting up a Google Scholar profile is a good place to start Google Scholar is the Google initiative to track, index, and search research publications globally and across all disciplines. Advantages Google Scholar populates your profile automatically with all the publications deemed to be yours and tracks their citations. Through your profile you can also set up alerts to be notified when new citations are included or when new research in your domain is published. Your Cadmus publications are indexed in Google Scholar How Learn how to create a Google Scholar profile in the Library Impact Challange Social media in academia Social media can amplify the reach of your research and engage with your fellows academics of the broader society. Advantages They are effective means to keep you abreast of ongoing research and discussions in your field and beyond. They allow for reaching to a broader audience and maximise impact of your research They allow for engagement with the broader society How to See examples of how to approach social media in academia in the Library Impact Challenge Personal pages and blogs Creating your own website and using insitutional profile pages gives you a chance to present yourself and your research in the way that you feel more appropriate. Advantages Showcase your research and professional experience and expertise on the web the way you want Check the automatically created insitutional profile pages, at the EUI these will display your publications in Cadmus Use your blog to publish previews, commentaties or entire contributions related to your research endeavors Link to social media to maximize reach and impact How to Explore how this approach works in the Library Impact Challenge Browse the EUI Profile Pages Learn how to set up an EUI Personal Website and Blog Page last updated on 28 October 2022