The advent of Internet has triggered academia to play important roles in scholarly publication activities leading to the use of academic profiling sites for researchers to exchange and share research ideas. However, several studies have claimed that many of the academic scholars especially in Malaysia have remained conservative and have refused to fully acknowledge the real potential of this new gadget, . Since there are few written papers on online visibility in Malaysia particularly in academic scholars’ context, the study aims to highlight the extent of online visibility among academic researchers in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Perlis Branch. By examining five common basic online profiling sites (i.e. ResearchGate, Academia, Google Scholar, ResearcherID and ORCID), it was found that only 31.4% of researchers at UiTM, Perlis Branch had at least one profile, the Faculty of Applied Sciences and the Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences were the top two online profiling site users and Google Scholar was the most widely used platform. In terms of the institutional position, Senior Lecturers appeared to be the top users of profiling sites compared to Associate Professors and Lecturers. The implications of these findings were discussed.
3. Academics store data online,
communicate via e-mail, and of
course, read scholarly articles
published online. As with any
other job, it’s very important for
academics to control their own
online presence.
When someone enters your
name into Google,
- What will they find you
academically?
- What do you want them to find?
5. 'Digital Academics’ can be depicted as
someone who uses digital tools to
enhance and connect their research
and teaching activities virtually. In this
regard, every aspect of academic
practice is influenced by digital
technologies whereby we can use a
range of digital tools to create and
share the fruits of our academic
labour.
#digitalacademicteam
7. Teaching & Knowledge…
Prophet (blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) said:
“Allah, the angels, the
inhabitants of heaven and
earth, even the ant in its hole
and even the fish in the sea,
send blessings upon the one
who teaches the people good.”
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi.
In Saheeh al-Bukhaari
(3461) it is narrated from
‘Abd-Allah ibn ‘Amr (may
Allah be pleased with him)
that the Prophet (blessings
and peace of Allah be
upon him) said:
“Convey from me, even if it
is a verse”.
8. Why do we publish?
Fallacy
Are we as prominent as those
of Muslim scholars of the
yesteryears?
Will people be waiting for our
words of wisdom or for
worldview?
Why do we publish?
9. "ILMU YANG DIMANFAATKAN...“
“Kebanyakkan daripada kita mungkin terlepas pandang
akan kaedah ilmu yang boleh dimanfaatkan melalui hasil
penulisan artikel dan jurnal yang sebelum ini hanya berada
di dalam lingkungan elit cendikiawan dan bertaraf esklusif
(berbayar) untuk dibaca dan dimanfaatkan oleh orang
awam atau pelajar.
Terdapat kaedah yang membolehkan artikel atau jurnal
anda yang telah diterbitkan/belum diterbitkan untuk
dimuat-turun secara percuma dan patuh akta hakcipta
bagi membolehkan ilmu yang telah digarap rapi dalam
artikel/jurnal anda disebarkan seluas-luasnya secara
online ke seluruh dunia tanpa had...hatta setelah anda
tiada lagi di dunia ini.”
#digitalacademicteam
13. Why we did this?
Academic
Visibility
Academic
Impact
Prominent
Scholars
14. What did we want to find
out?
Which scholarly profiles are the most popular
among academic scholars?
How many scholarly profiles are the scholars
willing to maintain?
What are the demographic profiles of the
scholars?
How representatives are the scholars in term of
publication and h-index?
15. How we do it?
Analysis
Database
Data Cleansing
Online repository
Institutional Repository
19. Table 2
The correlation among the number of citations, the number of
publications and the h-index score.
What we found out?
20. Variables
No. of publication
(Eta)
No. of citation
(Eta)
h-index
(Eta)
Gender (Eta) .053 .094 .064
Faculty (Eta) .197 .160 .224
Post (Eta) .233* .317* .273*
Table 3
Eta association between nominal data (gender, faculty and
position) and the interval data (number of publication, citation
and the h-index).
What we found out?
21. What have we learnt?
Half-
cooked
Isolated
Single
dimension
Trend
22. What should be done?
Academic
Scholars
Connection
Reputation
IdentityPresence
Sharing
