How to use Google Scholar to boost your academic profile?

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How to use Google Scholar to boost your academic profile?

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Gareth DykePaleontologist, Editor-in-Chief, Historical Biology, Taylor & Francis

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Understand how you can use this top academic search engine to highlight your research publications, citations, and achievements and connect with top publishers, universities, societies, and peers.

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8 mins

English

video

Online, On-demand learning

Access on any device

What you learn

Understand the purpose and advantages of Google Scholar

The anatomy of a Google Scholar account for researchers

How to use available metrics to determine research impact

How to strengthen your researcher profile with Google Scholar

Description

Wondering if there is a way to boost your online profile? Wish you had a networking platform that could showcase your research publications, citations, and career growth all in one place? If you nodded yes, then this program on the popular Google Scholar search engine for scholarly literature is perfect for you!

This short video program introduces you to Google Scholar, one of the most comprehensive repositories of academic articles with over 389 million records across subject areas. You will understand how to use this free tool to consolidate and present your publication data to your peers, collaborators, institutes, and others in the academic community. This program also illustrates the benefits of setting up a Google Scholar account, and covers the basic components and features available with your profile. By the end of the program, you will be able to discover where your work has been cited, calculate your impact with the help of key metrics, and understand how to leverage your academic achievements effectively.

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Gareth Dyke - R Upskill Training Instructor

Gareth Dyke

Paleontologist, Editor-in-Chief, Historical Biology, Taylor & Francis

7 courses by this instructor

Gareth Dyke manages the Taylor & Francis journal Historical Biology as Editor-in-Chief. His research has been widely covered in the media and he is often invited to present talks and lead workshops around the world, most recently in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China, Colombia, Spain, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia.

A regular contributor to The Conversation, he has also written numerous news…

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