This presentation was given as part of the GREENELIT Webinar on 1/24/2022. The Webinar was: “How to raise a research profile?” in the framework of the project “Twinning for reaching sustainable scientific and technological excellence in the field of Green Electronics”, GREENELIT, H2020-WIDESPREAD-05-2020 - Twinning Many of us nowadays invest significant amounts of time in sharing our activities and opinions with friends and family via social networking tools such as Facebook, Twitter or other related websites. However, despite the availability of many platforms for scientists to connect and share with their peers in the scientific community the majority do not make use of these tools, despite their promise and potential impact and influence on our careers. We are already being indexed and exposed on the internet via our publications, presentations and data and new “AltMetric scores” are being assigned to scientific publications as measures of popularity and, supposedly, of impact. We now have even more ways to contribute to science, to annotate and curate data, to “publish” in new ways, and many of these activities are as part of a growing crowdsourcing network. The stable of web-based platforms that can be used continues to expand but with only so much time available to share publications, presentations, data and activities how does a scientist shortcut their way to understanding what is available and the benefits of use. Participating online, whether it be simply for career advancement or for wider exposure of your research, there are now a series of web applications that can provide a great opportunity to develop a scientific profile within the community. This presentation will provide an overview of what is available and the potential benefits of investing a small amount of time in developing an online profile especially as an increasing number of potential employers and collaborators utilize the web to research scientists. This abstract does not reflect U.S. EPA policy.

1. Sharing Yourself and Your Science
using Social Media Tools for Scientists
Antony Williams
Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure
GREENELIT Webinar: “How to raise a research profile?”
24th January 2022
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, nor does mention of trade names or products represent endorsement for use.
ORCID 0000-0002-2668-4821

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Various Versions of This Talk
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A related publication…

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Some Questions for you…
•Consider…
– How many of you have an ORCID?
– How many of you have LinkedIn?
– How many of you have SlideShare?
– How many of you have published >3 papers?
– How many of you share your work online?
•Maybe after this it will change…

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Who markets your work???
If not you, then who?
•“It's not the job of researchers to become
experts in public relations — that's why
universities have press offices, says Matt
Shipman, research communications lead at
North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
But he recommends scientists toot their
own horns as well. ”
• http://www.nature.com/news/kudos-promises-to-help-scientists-promote-their-papers-to-new-audiences-1.20346

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My Hopes for Today
• Encourage you in the “era of participation”
• Provide an overview of some tools available
• Share some stories, statistics and strategies
• Encourage you to “share for the sake of
community/science as well as for yourself”
• OUTCOMES
• You will claim an ORCiD
• You will invest ~2 hours per month on your profile
• You have a bigger “Impact” online….

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ORCID – The Scientists SSN

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What’s the value of ORCID?
• ORCIDs are now expected for many publications
• Single click through to your ORCID page – how
rich is your ORCID biography??? See
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2668-4821

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Publishers Requiring
ORCIDs…
https://orcid.org/content/mandating-orcid-publication-
workflows-open-letter

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It’s a Scientists SSN – use
it in various places

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Use ORCID on all products
• Use your ORCID on everything you produce that
will be indexed:
–Presentations
–Posters
–Your profiles

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Google will index all of your
works…even if ORCID doesn’t

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Scientists are Evaluated: “Statistics”
•Research datasets
•Scientific software
•Publications – peer-reviewed and many others
•Posters and presentations at conferences
•Electronic theses and dissertations
•Performances in film and audio
•Other forms of research
•CAVEAT: Make sure you are allowed to share

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LinkedIn: Career Networking Tool
http://www.linkedin.com/in/AntonyWilliams

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Something I worked on…

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Ability to Highlight Projects

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Manage Articles Here Too…

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Your Postings Get Networked

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Ask for Recommendations

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Ask for “Endorsements”,
or get them…

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Instant Summary as a PDF

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Presentations

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Sharing your works online –
can get 1000s of views

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Analytics

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Slideshare – Highly Accessed

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Slideshare – NOT Just Slides

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We also use “FigShare”

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Presentations and Datasets

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Including all Posters…
everything gets DOI’ed

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DOI everything if you can

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DOI your research outputs and
put online… Don’t Wait!

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ResearchGate for Networking

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Add MANY Flavors of Research

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ResearchGate for Sharing a PROJECT

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ResearchGate for Networking

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Prompts you to Improve Your Profile

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What about “Data Sharing”?

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Supplementary Data Access

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“Personal Data Sharing”?

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Credit for Reviewing Papers?

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Your PUBLIC review record

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Linked in ORCID too..

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Alt-Metrics Manifesto
http://altmetrics.org/manifesto/

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https://impactstory.org/u/0000-0002-2668-4821

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AltMetric Scores and “Donuts”

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Google Scholar Tracks
Publications and Citations
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=O2L8nh4AAAAJ

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Try Twitter
• Connect and communicate
• Use a “brand name” on Twitter
• Greatest value for me – leading people into information I
wish to share including my presentations and publications
• Think amplification of your work….

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Use Twitter to Awaken Old Articles

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Book Chapters on Amazon

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Branding: I am ChemConnector

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My Primary CV is my Blog

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But the top of my CV…

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What Next?
My Recommendations
• Register for an ORCID ID
• Enhance your LinkedIn profile
• Use Google Scholar Citations and curate
• Choose: ResearchGate or Academia.edu
• Use: Publons
• Participate building your profile – share data,
papers, presentations, etc..

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Various Versions of This Talk
www.slideshare.net/AntonyWilliams
Email: williams.antony@epa.gov