Research Guides: Boost Your Scholarly Profile!: Task 2: Update or create your Google Scholar profile

What is Google Scholar and how can it help me increase my scholarly reach?

Google Scholar is a freely available tool that indexes scholarly publications. Researchers can increase the status and reach of their scholarship in academia and industry by putting a bit of work into crafting their profiles in Google Scholar.

About Google Scholar Overview and features of Google Scholar, from Google Scholar site.

1. Sign up for a Google Scholar profile

2. Make that profile public

Make your Google Scholar profile public and searchable
A Google Scholar profile is visible only to you (the profile's owner) until you make your profile public.

3. Find the scholarly impact of your work

Explore citations of your work
How often has your work been cited and by whom. Includes multiple citation metrics.

4. Keep your profile up to date

Update your Google Scholar profile
Make sure your Google Scholar profile and citations are up to date.
How to add (or remove) citations in Google Scholar.

Boost Your Scholarly Profile!: Task 2: Update or create your Google Scholar profile

What is Google Scholar and how can it help me increase my scholarly reach?

1. Sign up for a Google Scholar profile

2. Make that profile public

3. Find the scholarly impact of your work

4. Keep your profile up to date

5. Now search yourself on Google Scholar!

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