Q. How can I promote my research?

Managing your research identity using the Research Profiles and Repository is an important aspect of research activity and can lead to new collaborations and opportunities.

Researchers are increasingly utilising social media to raise awareness of their profile, research activities and outputs, in both scholarly and non-scholarly communities.

It is important to select and maintain the most appropriate social media platforms for your discipline.

• Find out where your peers in your field of research are participating.
• Join relevant communities of practice.
• Establish relationships with potential collaborators.
• Promote news of your research activities and outputs.

Examine your engagement and reach of your research outputs by using Altmetric Explorer as it collects and collates a wide range of online activity including:

• Tweets
• Facebook mentions
• News items
• Inclusion in policy documents
• Blog
• Wikipedia mentions
• Shares on academic networking sites such as Mendeley

An Altmetric Score is included for individual research outputs once indexed in the Research Profiles and Repository, where applicable.