Academics and Researchers should have presence on various social media to develop an online presence which is very necessary now-a-days. Just writing papers and publishing is not enough. Online presence on various social media is ‘almost’ mandatory.
- Quantity and Quality of Publications
- Keynote Address and Invited papers
- Publishing Peer Reviewed Papers in National/International Journals
- Paper Presentation in National/International Conferences
- Abstracts in National/International Conference Proceedings
- Accepted but Unpublished Conference Papers in National and International Conferences
- Articles in various print and electronic media National and International
- Lectures at various platforms for external audience National and International
- Included in Syllabus National and International
- Institutional Repositories: Preprint and Post Print
- Cited in Research Reports, White papers, Policy Documents etc
- Citations
- Impact Factor
- Traditional:A to Z Impact Factors http://files.figshare.com/1067961/56_impacts_preprint_5_26_13.pdf
- Altmetrics: Seen, Acknowledged, Mentioned, Praised/Trashed, Positive/Negative Comments, Recomended, Forwarded, Downloaded on various Social Media
Various Social Tools that can be used
- Social Tool: Facebook
- Professional Tool: LinkedIn
- Academic, Research, Collaborative Tool
- Academia.edu
- Google Scholar
- ResearchGate
- Research ID
- Orcid
- ResearcherID
- Impact Measurement Tool: Klout
- Collaboration Sites: Mendeley
- Resource Sharing Tools:
- Blogging: WordPress
- Microblog: Twitter
- Image: Flickr
- Video: YouTube
- Sound: SoundCoud
- Presentation: Slideshare
- Multimedia Presentation: Prezi (14 days free)
- Book Marking: Delicious
- Website: About.com
Tips
- Share and re-share links
- Link to various directories
- Have patience – building followers takes time

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