1. STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE RESEARCH
& ACADEMIC VISIBILITY AND RESEARCH
ETHICS
Dr. Santosh Kr Tunga
Associate Librarian and IQAC Coordinator
Rishi Bankim Chandra Evening College
Naihati, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5534-4861
https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/176188
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2. OUTLINE OF TODAY DISCUSSION
 Academic Institutions, Community, Activities
 Strategies for Increasing Research Visibility
 Academic Identity-Meaning, Importance & Types
 Tools used for Polishing your Research Papers
 Points to be Remembered for Increasing Research
Visibility
 Role of Academicians & Researchers
 Conclusion, Acknowledgement
 References
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3. ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH VISIBILITY
ONLINE PRESENT/VISIBILITY
 Research and academic visibility relates to the
dissemination, accessibility and recognition of
research outcomes/outputs produced by the
researchers in terms of promotion and development
of research and academic rank.
 The research visibility is the Process of making the
research findings visible to the scholarly community
using Academic, Social Networking Sites (ASNS).
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4. ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH VISIBILITY CONT..
 Activities aimed at promoting research are
increasingly important in researchers' work.
 By making your research visible and accessible you
increase chances of your research being noticed,
used and having impact, thus increasing your own
reputation and chances of success in your
academic work.
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5. CREATION OF ONLINE AUTHOR PROFILE
 Personal Information
 Short Biography
 Employment/Experiences
 Education Qualification
 Invited Positions & Distinctions
 Membership in Professional Bodies
 Membership in Committees/Sub-committees
 Honours & Awards
 Publications/Academic Works/Research Works
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6. WHERE TO CREATE ONLINE AUTHOR PROFILE
 Institutional Website
 Personal Website/Blog/Twitter/FaceBook
 Blog- Create personal Blog, Research Blog &
ScienceBlog
 Author Identifier- National & International: ORCID,
VidwanID, Google Scholar Profile
 Online/Sites.google
 Social Networking Sites- ResearchGate, LinkedIn,
Academia.edu, Mendeley
 Create Web CV
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7. STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING
ONLINE ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH
VISIBILITY
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8. STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING RESEARCH
VISIBILITY
1. Share Outputs of your Research: Input research publication
in an open repository so academic identity like Google will
track your publication when you have been cited:
(a) Institution Repository (IR) and provide full text of it (if
publisher allows)
(b) Subject Repositories such as
 AgEcon (Agriculture & Applied Economics)
 arXive.org (Pre-prints in Physics, Math, Comp Sc)
 CiteSeer (Computer & Inf. Science)
 PhilPapers (Philosophy)
 RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
 SSRN (Social Science ResearchNetwork)
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9. STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING RESEARCH VISIBILITY
SHARE OUTPUTS OF YOUR RESEARCH
(c) Sharing Research Data: General science
repositories such as Figshare, Dryad Digital
Repository, Mendeley Data, etc.
(d) Sharing Other Research Outputs: Slideshare,
F1000Research, GitHub, etc.
(e) Open Access Repositories: Open DOAR
(Directory of Open Access Repository): It
is a comprehensive database of open access
repositories. http://www.opendoar.org
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10. STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING VISIBILITY
2. Publish your research outputs in an Open Access
Journal or Shelf-Archive of it (If publisher allow)
3. Share research publications using Academic Social
Networking Sites (ASNS) tools such as
Academic.edu, ResearchGate, Facebook,
Slideshare, blogs, etc.
4. Create an Online Presence utilizing academic and
research identity tools such as Vidwan ID, ORCID,
Google Scholar ID, WOS Researcher ID, Scopus
Author ID, etc.
5. Create and keep up to date Online Profile (or Web
CV): Google sites/www, etc
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11. INSTITUTION REPOSITORY (IR)
 An IR is an archive for collecting, preserving and
disseminating digital objects of the intellectual
outputs of an Institution, directly accessible through
online to the users.
 IR provides a method of sharing scholarly content
written by Faculty members, E-thesis &
Dissertation, e-learning study materials for different
audiences.
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12. CONTRIBUTORS OF IR
1) Faculty Members: Journal pre-print articles, Book
Chapter, Conf. articles, Magazine articles,
Newspaper articles, Project Reports, Scientific
News, etc.
2) Research Scholars: Research output/work/
reports on Ph D, D Litt. D Sc. etc
3) Students: Project Reports on UG/PG and MPhil
4) Institutions: Institution’s act, Statutes, Regulations,
Ordinance, Newsletter, Newspaper Report,
Historical record, Convocation address, etc.
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13. EXAMPLES OF IR
 IR @ INFLIBNET: http://dspace.inflibnet.ac.in
 IR@ IISc: http://eprints.iisc.earnet.in
 IR@IIT Bombay: http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in
 IR@NIT Rourkela: http://dspace.nitrkl.ac.in
 IR@IIM Kolkata: http://dspace.iimk.ac.in
 IR@Delhi Univ.: http://eprint.du.ac.in
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14. SUBJECT REPOSITORIES
AGECON SEARCH
 AgEcon Search: Research in Agricultural and
Applied Economic, is a non-profit subject repository
co-sponsored by the Department of Applied
Economics and the University Libraries at
University of Minnesota, operating with guidance
from an international Advisory Board and partners
 It collects, indexes, and electronically distributes full
text copies of scholarly research in the broadly
defined field of agricultural and applied economics.
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15. SUBJECT REPOSITORIES
AGECON SEARCH CONT…
 Content includes conference presentations, working
papers, journal articles, government documents,
and theses and dissertations.
 Please visit: https://ageconsearch.unmn.edu
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16. SUBJECT REPOSITOIRES
REPEC (RESEARCH PAPERS IN ECONOMICS)
 RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) is a
collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 102
countries to enhance the dissemination of research
in Economics and related sciences.
 The heart of the project is a decentralized
bibliographic database of working papers, journal
articles, books, books chapters and software
components, all maintained by volunteers.
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17. SUBJECT REPOSITORIES
REPEC (RESEARCH PAPERS IN ECONOMICS) CONT..
 The collected data are then used in various
services that serve the collected metadata to users
or enhance it.
 So far, over 2,200 archives from 103 countries have
contributed about 3.8 million research items from
3,750 journals and 5,400 working paper series.
Over 64,000 authors have registered and 80,000
email subscriptions are served every week.
 Visit: http://repec.org/
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18. SUBJECT REPOSITORIES
SSRN-SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK
 SSRN is an open-access online pre-print
community providing valuable services to leading
academic schools and government institutions.
 Specializing primarily in social sciences, including
economics, law, corporate governance, and
humanities, SSRN is branching out into other
science disciplines, providing opportunities for
scholars to post their early research.
 SSRN is instrumental as a starting point for PhD
students, professors, and institutional faculties to
post early-stage research, prior to publication in
academic journals.
 Visit: https://www.ssrn.com/
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19. ACADEMIC SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
Name of Sites URL
Academia.edu https://academia.edu/
Figshare https://figshare.com/
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/
LinkedIn https://in.linkedin.com/
Mendeley https://www.mendeley.com
ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/
Slide Sahre https://www.slideshare.net/
WOS ResearchID https://www.researcherid.com/
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20. AUTHOR / RESEARCH PROFILE CREATION
TOOLS
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21. AUTHOR / RESEARCH PROFILE CREATION TOOLS
 Vidwan ID
 ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)
 Google Scholar ID
 WOS Researcher ID
 Scopus Author ID
 Microsoft Academic Searcher ID
 SSRN Author ID
 ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier)
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22. AUTHOR/RESEARCH PROFILE AND URL
ACADEMIC IDENTITY URL
VIDWAN ID https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/
ORCID (Open Researcher and
Contributor ID)
https://orcid.org/
Google Scholar ID https://scholar.google.com/
Web of Science Researcher ID https://www.publons.com/
SCOPUS Author ID https://www.scopus.com/
Microsoft Academic Searcher ID https://www.academic.microsoft.com/
SSRN Author ID https://papers.ssrn.com/
ISNI (International Standard
Name Identifier)
https://www.isni.org/
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23. IMPORTANCE OF AUTHOR/RESEARCH PROFILE
TOOLS
 Showcase their research work to the world
academic environment
 Manage your research publication lists
 Help to be identified by potential collaborators,
 Increase the chance of research collaboration
 Serve the society better
 Help to avoid misidentification
 Create an online presence/visibility in digital
environment
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24. IMPORTANCE OF AUTHOR/RESEARCH PROFILE
CONT…
 Enable research output to be attributed to your
Institution
 Trace the number of citation and track citation
counts.
 helped as online presence for enhancing visibility
and impact of your research works.
 Link to your profiles on your institutional webpage,
individual webpage and more.
 Share your IDs link on social media such as Face
book, WhataApp groups, Telegram, etc.
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25. VIDWAN ID
A UNIQUE ACADEMIC IDENTIFIER IN INDIA
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26. INDIAN RESEARCH INFORMATION NETWORK
SYSTEM (IRINS)
 IRINS is a web-based Research Information
Management (RIM) service developed and
provided by INFLIBNET centre in collaboration
with the Central University of Punjab.
 Financial supported by National Mission on
Education through ICT (NME-ICT), MHRD,
Govt. of India
 IRINS developed a database called “VIDWAN:
Expert database and National Research
Network”
 Please visit for details at:
http://www.irins.org/irins/
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27. VIDWAN ID
 ‘VIDWAN: Expert Database and National Research
Network- Research Profiles of
Scientists/Researchers and Faculty members
working in leading academic institutions.
 Vidwan: Expert Database & National Researcher’s
Network is the premier database of profiles of
scientists / researchers and other faculty members
working at leading academic institutions and other
R & D organization involved in teaching and
research in India.
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28. VIDWAN ID CONT…
 The VIDWAN ID: a unique identifier in India
 Researchers will be able to create, edit, and
maintain VIDWAN identifier and record free of
charge.
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29. COMPONENTS OF VIDWAN ID
 Subject Expertise
 Personal Information
 Experiences- past and present
 Qualifications- Master, M Phil, Ph D, etc
 Membership in professional Bodies
 Membership in Committees, sub-
committees, etc in your Institution
 Publications/Works
 Link with other Academic Identities
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30. VIDWAN ID CONT…
 Please visit and registered your name at:
https://vidwan,inflibnet.ac.in
 You must Login through Institutional Email/ Gmail
account
 Login IDs and passwords have been issued to
experts whose profile is available in the database
with a persistent URL and VIDWAN ID enabling
them to update their profiles.
 The database integrated with ORCID ID to update
publications from the ORCID database.
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31. ORCID (OPEN RESEARCHER &
CONTRIBUTOR ID) ID
A UNIQUE, GLOBAL, PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER
FREE OF CHARGE TO RESEARCHERS
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32. ORCID
OPEN RESEARCHER & CONTRIBUTOR ID
 It is an non-proprietary alphanumeric code to
uniquely identify scientific and other academic
authors and contributors. For example
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5534-4861
 We can connect our ID with our Personal
information, professional information,
affiliations, Grants/Awards, Publications, etc.
 Please visit and registered your name at:
https://orcid.org/
 You must register through Institutional Email or
Gmail account
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33. ORCID
 Researchers will be able to create, edit, and
maintain an ORCID identifier and record free of
charge.
 Existing academic identity providers such as
Thomas Reuters and SCOPUS have integrated
their identity system with ORCID to exchange
bibliographic information with each other.
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34. COMPONENTS OF ORCID ID
 Name
 A short Biography
 Activities- Employment, Education and
Qualifications, Invited Positions and Distinctions,
Membership and Service, Funding and Works
 Website & Social Links
 Keywords
 Countries
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35. GOOGLE SCHOLAR CITATION PROFILE
GOOGLE SCHOLAR AUTHOR ID
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36. GOOGLE SCHOLAR ID
 Google Scholar Citation (GSC) lets authors set up a
profile page that lists their publications and citation
metrics.
 The citation metrics are updated automatically, and
you can choose to have your list of publications
updated automatically or update them yourself.
 Researcher can sign up for a GSC profile as
following steps:
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37. STEPS IN CREATING GOOGLE SCHOLAR ID
(a) Sign into your Google Account (Gmail), or create
one if you do not have one.
(b) Go to Google scholar and click on the My Profile
link.
(c) Follow the promotes to set up your profile and
add your publications.
(d) Review and complete your profile
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38. STEPS IN CREATING GOOGLE SCHOLAR ID
CONT…
(a) Ensure you make your profile public if you want
other people to be able to view it, and
(b) Visit your e-mail inbox and click on the verification
link.
(c) Please visit and registered your name at:
https://scholar.google.com/citations/
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39. WEB OF SCIENCE (WOS)
RESEARCHER ID
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40. WEB OF SCIENCE RESEARCHER ID
 A Web of Science ResearcherID is a unique
identifier that connects you to your publications
across the Web of Science ecosystem (e.g., Web of
Science, Publons, and InCites) and provides the
global research community with an invaluable index
to author information.
 Web of Science Group products (Web of
Science, Publons, InCites, EndNote) use a Web of
Science ResearcherID to match and disambiguate
researchers across products.
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41. RESEARCHER ID
 Researcher ID is an identifying system for scientific
authors. The system was introduced in January,
2008 by Thomson Routers.
 Researchers around the world use Researcher ID
track their research publications across Web of
Science collections.
 Please visit and registered your name at:
http://www.researcherid.com/
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42. RESEARCHER ID CONT…
 Researcher ID profiles moved to Publons on 15th
April, 2019.
 The Publons is a free online system that provides
services for researchers to track and share their
research impact and contributions.
 Publons is the new environment where you can
benefit from the improved Web of Science
Researcher ID, add your publications, track your
citations, and manage your web of science record.
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43. RESEARCHER ID CONT…
 The information about publications, citation metrics
from the web of science core collection, peer-
reviews and journal editing works of one person
can be located in one Publons profile.
 Through the Publons, a researcher can express
his/her interest to be a reviewer for a journal
available in the Publons database.
 To have the Publons profile, registration is required
at : https://publons.com/about/home/
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44. SCOPUS AUTHOR ID
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45. SCOPUS AUTHOR ID
 Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation
database of peer-reviewed research literature
with 22,000 titles from more than 5,000
international publishers.
 A Scopus Author ID is automatically generated the
first time one of you publication is indexed in
Scopus.
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46. SCOPUS AUTHOR ID
 To find your Scopus ID, you may search for your
name or one of your indexed publications in Scopus
and go to your Author Details Page, where you will
find your Scopus Author ID.
 Due to variant publishing names Scopus may
generate multiple IDs for the same author. Ensure
you merge all your IDs to optimize your citation
matrix.
 Please visit and registered your name at:
 https://www.scopus.com/
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47. SSRN ID
OR
SSRN AUTHOR ID
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48. SSRN ID
SSRN AUTHOR ID
 The SSRN, formerly known as Social Science
Research Network, is repository for preprints
devoted to the rapid dissemination of scholarly
research in the social sciences, humanities, life
sciences, health sciences, and more
 Elsevier bought SSRN from Social Science
Electronic Publishing Inc. in May 2016
 SSRN is devoted to the rapid worldwide
dissemination of research and is composed of a
number of specialized research networks.
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49. SSRN AUTHOR ID
 SSRN provides an ‘Author Home Page’ for every
author with publications indexed in the SSRN
eLibrary.
 You can access the home page for an author by
clicking their name wherever it appears as a
hyperlink in the SSRN system.
 Each Author Home Page includes:
 Complete affiliation and contact information,
 A list of their abstracts and full text documents
available in SSRN,
 Download counts for papers with full text
documents, and Citation counts.
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50. RESEARCHGATE: FIND & SHARE RESEARCH
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51. RESEARCHGATE: FIND & SHARE RESEARCH
 ResearchGate is a European commercial social
networking site for scientists and researchers to
share papers.
 Discover scientific knowledge and stay connected
to the world of science, Discover research, Connect
with your scientific community, Measure your
impact.
 ResearchGate is the professional network for
scientists and researchers. We help researchers
connect and make it easy for them to share and
access scientific output, knowledge, and expertise.
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52. IS RESEARCHGATE FREE?
 Creating an account on ResearchGate is free.
 All ResearchGate members will be able to access
content from the participating open access journals.
 You may follow: www.researchgate.net
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53. RESEARCHGATE CONT…
 The site creates profiles with information harvested
from literature databases and other sources, while
permitting researchers to create profiles by
registering on the site.
 Standard elements of a profile include a dashboard-
like overview, citations to published work, contact
and career information, research interests, links to
citations of potential interest, and selected impact
metrics.
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54. FEATURES OF RESEARCHGATE
 Profiles can be augmented by including contact
information, a photograph,
 citations to work that has not been discovered by
ResearchGate, and
 full-text article content for sharing with other
members.
 Site members can follow other researchers and
their work, identify colleagues and coworkers such
as lab personnel,and share details of current
projects.
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55. TOOLS USED FOR POLISHING YOUR
RESEARCH PAPER
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56. TOOLS USED FOR POLISHING YOUR
RESEARCH PAPER
 Use Proper Reference Styles
(APA, MLA, IEEE, Chicago, etc.)
 Use Reference Management Tools
(Mendeley, Zotero, EndNote)
 Use Language Correction Tools
(Grammarly, Ginger, Pro Writing Aid, White Smoka,
Language Tool, etc.)
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57. TOOLS USED FOR POLISHING YOUR
RESEARCH PAPER
 Many commercial publishers provide charged
Author Support Services like Language Editing,
Scientific Editing, Statistical support/analysis, etc.
 Plagiarism Detection Tools/Software
 Language Editing Services :
http://webshop.elsevier.com/languageservices/lang
uageediting
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58. REFERENCE/CITATION STYLES
NAME OF CITATION STYLES URL
American Psychological Asso.(APA) https://www.apa.org
American Anthropological Asso.(AAA) https://www.americananthro.or
g/
Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) http://www.chicagomanualofst
yle.org
Harvard Referencing Style https://www.citethisforme.com
IEEE Style Manual https://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.o
rg
Modern Language Association (MLA) https://www.mla.org
Society for American Archaeology (SAA) https://www.saa.org
Modern Humanities Res. Asso. (MHRA) http://www.mhra.org.uk
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59. REFERENCE MANAGEMENT TOOLS
BIBLIOGRAPHY & CITATION TOOLS
BibMe: https://www.bibme.org
Citavi: https://citavi.com
Cite This For Me (Formerly RefMe):
https://www.citethisforme.com
Easy Bib: https://www.easybib.com
EndNote: https://www.myendnoteweb.com)
Mendeley: http://www.mendeley.com
Refwork: https://refwork.com
Zotero: https://www.zotero.org/)
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60. LANGUAGE CORRECTION TOOLS
GRAMMAR & SPELL CHECKER
NAME OF CHECKERS URL
Corrector https://www.corrector.co
Ginger Software (Free & Online) https://www.gingersoftware.com
Grammarly https://www.grammarly.com
Grammar Check https://grammarcheck,net
Language Tools (Free & Online) https://languagetool.org
QuillBot AL (Free & Online) https://quillbot.com
Spell Checker- Reverso https://www.reverso.nt
Spell Check Plus (Free & Online) https://spellcheckplus.com
Workspace (Free & Online) https://workspace.google.com
Writer (Free/Online) https://writer.com
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61. AUTHOR SUPPORT SERVICES
 Many commercial publishers provide charged
Author Support Services like Language Editing,
Scientific Editing, Statistical support/analysis, etc.
 Language Editing Services :
http://webshop.elsevier.com/languageservices/lang
uageediting
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62. PLAGIARISM DETECTION TOOLS
1. Commercial Plagiarism Checking Software
2. Open Source Plagiarism Checking Software
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63. COMMERCIAL PLAGIARISM CHECKING
SOFTWARE
Turnitin (https://www.turnitin.com)
iThenticate (http://www.ithenticate.com)
Urkund (https://www.urkund.com)
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64. OPEN SOURCE PLAGIARISM CHECKING
SOFTWARE
Dupli Checker: https://www.duplichecker.com/
Copyleaks: https://copyleaks.com/
PlagScan (https://www.plagscan.com/plagiarism-
checck/ )
Plagtracker (www.plagtracker.com )
Plagiarism Detector
(http://www.plagiarismdetector.com )
Plagiarism.org (www.plagiarism.org )
Quetext: https://www.quetext.com/
Viper: https://www.scanmyessey.com/
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65. TECHNIQUES FOR AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
• The best practice is to cite original source
• Paraphrased information and direct quotations must
always be presented in text with proper quotation
marks and cited in reference section
• Avoid changing, copying and rearranging the words
of another writer’s work
• Acquire good writing skills
• Must have sound domain knowledge of your own
subject field
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66. TECHNIQUES FOR AVOIDING PLAGIARISM CONT…
 Put the copied text in quotation ( “ …….” ) marks
 Better understanding of copyright rules
 Avoid outsourcing work of someone else
 Proper funding, incentive and encouragement for
original research work
 You must acknowledge your sources of information
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67. CHECK YOUR PAPER BEFORE FINAL
SUBMISSION
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68. CHECK YOUR PAPER BEFORE FINAL
SUBMISSION
 Proof read your own paper
 Spelling/grammar correction
 Avoid unintended typo-errors
 Cross-check Tables and also Figures with caption
numbers and descriptions
 Cross-verify mathematical & statistical formulae
and present results
 Better show the draft to fresh pair of eyes
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69. TO MAXIMIZE YOUR PUBLICATION OUTPUT AND
CITATION RATE YOU NEED TO:
CHOOSE THE RIGHT JOURNALS
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70. FINDING A RIGHT JOURNAL
 ISSN or Peer-reviewed /Refereed Journal
 Publisher website, Journal Website
 Peer-reviewed process
 Constitution & Members of Editorial Board
 Published in Print or Online or Both
 Listed in UGC-CARE List
(https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in/)
 Is the Journal included in Databases mentioned on
its website? (Scopus, WOS, EBSCO, JSTOR, LISA,
Google Scholar, Emerald insight, ProQuest
D&Theses, Ethos, etc.)
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71. FINDING A RIGHT JOURNAL CONT…
 Listed in UGC-CARE (Consortium for Academic
and Research Ethics) List
(https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in/)
 The UGC-CARE list has only two groups:
(i) UGC-CARE List Group-1: Journals found
qualified through UGC-CARE protocols.
(ii) UGC-CARE List Group-II: Journals indexed in
globally recognized databases like SCOPUS, WOS,
etc.
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72. FINDING A RIGHT JOURNAL CONT…
 Check whether your journal indexed/abstarcted or
not? Various Indexing system are Scopus, WOS,
Google Scholar, EBSCO Discovery, Summon
(ProQuest), DOAJ, Indian Citation Index, ISA, ILSA,
LISA, Index Copernicus, etc.
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73. FINDING A RIGHT JOURNAL CONT…
 Is the Journal published by well-known publisher?
(i) Commercial-Taylor & Francis, Springer, Wiley,
Sage, Elsivier, MacGraw-Hill etc.;
(ii) Learned or Scholarly Societies-AMS,
ACS,APS, etc.; and
(iii) University Press-OUP, CUP, etc.
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74. FINDING A RIGHT JOURNAL CONT…
 Verify the member of the publisher or the journal in
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association
(OASPA)
 Is he publisher or the journal a member of the
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
 Check who are the members of Editorial Board and
peer review process, are these information
mentioned in journal’s website ?
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75. JOURNAL FINDER/ SUGGESTOR/
RECOMMENDER /SELECTOR/GUIDE TOOLS
USEFUL TOOLS FOR IDENTIFYING TRUSTED JOURNALS AND
PUBLISHERS
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76. USEFUL JOURNAL FINDER TOOLS FOR
PUBLISHING YOUR RESEARCH
Name of the Jounrnal Finder URL
Open Journal Matcher (OJM) https://ojm.ocert.at
Journal/Author Name Estimator(JANE) https://jane.biosemantics.org
Think.Check.Submit https://thinkchecksubmit.org
Journal Guide https://www.journalguide.com
Elsevier Journal Finder https://journalfinder.elsevier.com
Springer Nature Jl. Suggester https://www.springer.com
IEEE Journal Selector https://publication-
recommender.ieee.org
Wiley Journal Finder https://journalfinder.wiley.com
Cofactor Jl Selector https://cofactorscience.com
WOS Master List https://www.mjl.clarivate.com
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77. ROLE OF ACADEMICIANS AND
RESEARCHERS
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78. ROLE OF ACADEMICIANS AND RESEARCHERS
 Participate training programmes, workshops,
seminars on topics like Plagiarism, Academic
Writing, UGC-CARE, E-Content Development,
Open access publishing, Research visibility,
Research Metrics, etc.
 Join professional networks to keep yourself update
 Follow and active participation in Academic Social
Networking like Academic.edu, LinkedIn, FigShare,
ResearchGate, etc.
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79. ROLE OF ACADEMICIANS AND RESEARCHERS CONT…
 Consult with peers, senior professionals, subject
experts of your subject domain
 Go for a plagiarism check your research findings
before publication
 Learn new technologies and various research tools,
latest trends/ developments in your subject
 Be a lifelong learners
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80. PUBLICATION ETHICS
 Duplicate/Multiple submission
 Data fabrication & falsification of results
 Duplicate Publication
 Plagiarism & Self-plagiarism
 Conflict of interest
 Author attribution (Author involvement/ contribution)
 Do not gamble by submitting your manuscript to
more than one journal at a time
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81. PUBLICATION ETHICS CONT…
 Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
(https://publicationethics.org)
 International ethics standards prohibit
multiple/simultaneous submissions, and editors DO
find out! (Trust us, they DO!)
 Permission to publish from concerned authorities
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82. CONCLUSION
 The use of various academic identifiers should be
made mandatory field in various applications such
as research grant, project proposal, ranking
system, honours and awards application, etc.
 Academic institutions and R&D organizations
should encourage faculty members, researchers
and students to get these academic identifiers
specially ORCID, Vidwan and make it as a
mandatory field in the research ecosystem such as
research management systems, faculty profile
management, institutional repositories, e-theses
and dissertations, etc.
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83. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 I would like express my sincere thanks to various
Internet sources and also authors of those Internet
sources used to prepare this presentation.
 This presentation is mainly prepared to create an
awareness among faculties, students and research
scholars about the various academic and research
identities.
 These slides have been/being used in my various
talks and presentations both online and offline
mode.
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84. REFERENCES
 https://orcid.org/
 https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/
 https://www.academic.microsoft.com/
 https://www.publons.com/researcher/
 https://scholar.google.com/
 https://www.irins.org/irins/
 www.isni.org/
 https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in/
 https://publicationethics.org
 http://webshop.elsevier.com/languageservices/lang
uageediting
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85. THANK YOU
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT “STRATEGIES TO
ENHANCE RESEARCH & ACADEMIC VISIBILITY
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