Methods for increasing visibility (and their acceptability) vary in each discipline.The following are merely suggestions/ideas to get you thinking:
- Include publications in an Institutional Repository - such as the Digital Repository @ ISU - and provide full-text of it (if publisher allows).
- Include publications in an online Subject Repository - such as AgEcon Search, arXiv.org, RePEc, SSRN, etc.
- Publish in an Open Access journal or self-archive it (if publisher allows).
- Publish/share data associated with your research - for more information see Data & Text Repositories guide.
- Publish in an online journal with search features allowing users to find articles that cite it. For example, see "cited by" features in Highwire Press journal articles.
- Share publications using social networking tools such as Mendeley, ResearchGate, SlideShare, figshare, blogs, etc.
- Create an online presence utilizing tools such as ORCiD ID, Researcher ID, Google Scholar Citations profile and link to your profile on university webpages, vitae, and/or within email signatures.
- List/link publications on personal websites or university webpages that are trawled by Google Scholar - specifically not behind a login screen such as that of Canvas or Moodle.
- List as recommended reading on a website (but not buried behind a login).
- Bone up on how to influence Google page rankings - Facebook shares, back links, and social media mentions are the top ways to increase page visibility in search engine result pages.
- Keywords and abstracts play a vital role in researchers retrieving an article - especially for indexes or search engines that do not have the full-text of the article available. Be sure to identify numerous synonyms and use terms that you used in conducting your own literature review.
- Publish thought-provoking, critical pieces or literature reviews - these traditionally have higher citation rates as do those dealing with hot topics.
For additional information specific to a given discipline, we recommend consulting senior faculty in your department.
