Keeping track of where your publications are being used

As a researcher in a university, one of the key things you are asked to do is to keep track of whether your research has influence or impact.  There are lots of ways of doing this, but we thought it would be useful to highlight two of the ways of discovering how and why your publications have been used.

Altmetrics

The Altmetric service is available via the ILS webpages and you can also log in directly to their website using your usual YSJ details. Altmetric tracks mentions and references to individual pieces of research across news sites, social media, blogs and much more.  You can set up a personal account to track specific works if you wish.

Google metrics

If you have a Google account, you can set it up to monitor citations to any of your research it has picked up in its Google Scholar service.  Just go to Google Scholar and click on 'My Citations' option.

Your academic liaison librarian would be happy to go through these and other tracking options with you.

Creating your RaY profile

RaY allows you to create a profile page, like the one above, which displays your publications and lets you add a photo, biographical details, qualifications and research interests.

Setting up a profile is easy. When you log into RaY, you are taken into your Homepage. Use the Edit Profile button to create your profile and the Profile Picture button to add a photo. Ensure you make your profile publicly visible so it can be seen by the wider world:

It is also possible to embed a summary of your user profile in a webpage using the code which you can find in the   button on your Homepage. It also explains how you can customise what you personally see on your Homepage, such as how many times your items have been downloaded.


You can search for profiles from the RaY menu: Browse profiles by York St John author or by expertise here: Browse profiles by expertise


If you have any questions about creating a profile please email RaY