Library support for Academic Promotions: metrics and author profiles
Did you know that the Library can support you with your Academic Promotions application? We provide resources and tools to help researchers access and understand research metrics and author profiles. Explore the list of steps below to ensure you get the most out of the Library’s support during Academic Promotions season.
Setting yourself up for Academic Promotions
1. Maintain accurate and up-to-date author profiles: A well-maintained author profile doesn’t just enhance your professional credibility. It facilitates the discovery of your work by colleagues, collaborators, and potential employers. We strongly recommend that you review and ensure the completeness of your author profiles across platforms such as:
- Elements: ensure your publications are claimed and deposited in Elements. The data in Elements feeds into the Find an Expert profile and DRO (Deakin’s Research Repository). Contact your Scholarly Services Librarian if you need help keeping your Find an Expert profile up to date.
- Google Scholar: you are required to include the link to your Google Scholar profile in the Statement of Achievement in your academic promotion application.
- ORCID: Create your unique ORCID ID and connect it to your Deakin Elements profile. This will enhance the ability of Elements to find and match your publications.
- Scopus: Ensure your Scopus Author Profile accurately includes all your publications indexed in Scopus. Then, add your Scopus author ID to the automatic claiming section of your Elements profile. This step will facilitate obtaining accurate Scopus metrics.
2. Access the Research Metrics Dashboard: To assist you in understanding and showcasing your publication metrics effectively, please visit the Library’s Research Metrics Dashboard. Here, you can access comprehensive insights into your list of publications from Elements, their citation counts, and journal rankings. It also provides a summary report of your publications and metrics, based on your Scopus author profile.
3. Use altmetrics: It’s important for researchers to have a holistic picture of their metrics. In today’s diverse scholarly landscape, traditional metrics like citation counts are complemented by altmetrics, which capture the broader impact of research across various platforms and social media channels. Deakin University maintains institutional subscriptions to both Overton and Altmetric Explorer. These powerful altmetrics tools enable you to track and analyse the visibility and influence of your research across a wide range of sources, including social media mentions, news coverage, policy documents, and more.
4. Explore additional research metrics: explore the Library’s Research Metrics Toolkit, which provides valuable information and tools to help you understand and effectively utilise various research metrics. For detailed guidance on metrics for non-traditional research outputs (NTROs), visit the NTROs impact section of the toolkit.
Need more help?
For more information about metrics and author profiles, please see our Research Metrics Toolkit or contact your librarian for a discussion.
Please note that the Library does not produce customised research metrics reports for the purpose of academic promotion.
For support with academic promotions more broadly, please see further help and support on People Connect’s Academic Promotions page.