This document provides an overview and explanation of the different sections and features contained within a researcher profile on the Research Networking Software (RNS) system. It describes the demographic information, publications, awards, and other positions that can be included in a profile. It also explains the passive networks that are generated based on a researcher's publications, including co-authors, department members, and other researchers with similar keywords. Finally, it outlines the various views for visualizing a researcher's co-author network, including a list, radial graph, and map view.

1. Profiles
Research Networking Software (RNS)
Tutorial
Anatomy of a Profile
Academic Computing Services
Information Services

2. Anatomy of a Profile
Search box appears
above menu when you
are viewing a Profile.
Demographic information is pulled from a
database and cannot be edited by you. If
you have more than one affiliation, it will
show up under Other Positions.
Navigational tabs
allow you to jump
down the page.
Other information may
include:
• Photo
• Awards and Honors
• Narrative (
research, biography, a
dditional photos, etc.)
• Post Doc Positions
• Rotations
• Publications
Passive Networks are
listed on the right side
of the page.

3. Passive Networks
Top keywords associated with a
researcher’s publications. You
cannot add, delete or edit these
keywords.
Your co-authors
Researchers who have publications
with the same keywords as you.
Researchers in the same
department as you.
All your co-authors will not
appear in this Passive
Network, only those that are
loaded into the UMMS
Profiles database.
Researchers at the same
physical location.

4. Keyword Cloud
The font size and boldness of a keyword indicates its prominence in your publications. The intensity
is determined by the algorithms that take into account several factors. For example, Profiles looks at
each at the publication date and give a lower weight to the keywords associated with older
publications. It is also at your order in the list of authors.

5. Keyword Categories
Keywords listed here are grouped according
to their semantic categories. Within each
category, up to ten keywords are shown in
decreasing order of relevance.

6. Co-Authors: List View
Note there are three tabs for co-authors.
This slide shows the List View. The
following slides show the Network View
and the Map View.

7. Co-Authors: Network View
Radial Graph
Shows Co-Authors
The size of the red circles is
proportional to the number
of publications the profiled
researcher has.
Note: You must have Adobe Flash
Player installed in order to see the
Network View.
The profiled
researcher
The thickness of the line
between people is
proportional to the number
of publications that they
share.
The person at the center of
this radial graph is the
researcher whose profile is
being viewed.
The profiled researcher’s
co-authors
If you click on a co-author,
they move to the center of
the graph.
The co-authors’
co-authors

8. Co-Authors: Network View
Filter the network here by
number of
publications, number of coauthors, publication year

9. Co-Authors: Network View
Mouse over the
profiled researcher

10. Co-Authors: Network View
Mouse over a co-author
and that co-author’s
network is highlighted. If
you click on the coauthor’s name, they
move to the center of the
radial graph.

11. Co-Authors: Map View
This map is a Google map generated by
specific latitudes and longitudes that are
determined by what is stored in the
Profiles database.
The red markers (push pins) indicate the
profiled researcher and his/her coauthors. You can mouse over each one to
see who it represents.
Blue lines connect all people who have
published together.

12. Similar People: List View
This list is ordered by decreasing
similarity.
If you click on “See all (xxx) people”
under the Department passive
network, information is displayed in
the search results page, not a list
view page.
The people with an asterisk next to
their name are also co-authors.