Sunday, 19 February 2017

ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS & RESEARCHERS CONNECT PLATFORMS

ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS & RESEARCHERS CONNECT PLATFORMS
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INTRODUCTION
I am Mani, Research Scholar, LIS, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. Under the guidance of Dr.A.Thirumagal, Librarian, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli.  In connection to that, it’s my great pleasure to share the following information which can have a great impact among the research community.
The following are some of the important Citation and Scholarly databases for Academic Professionals and Researchers to connect with the likely minded people and to create an impact on your scholarly productivity. 
1. Vidwan Expert Database (https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/)
VIDWAN is the premier database of profiles of scientists / researchers and other faculty members working at leading academic institutions and other R & D organisation involved in teaching and research in India. It provides important information about expert's background, contact address, experience, scholarly publications, skills and accomplishments, researcher identity, etc. The database developed and maintained by Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET) with financial support from the National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT). The database would be instrumental in selection of panels of experts for various committees, taskforce, established by the Ministries / Govt. establishments for monitoring and evaluation purposes.
Who Can Join?
Post-Graduate / Doctorate Degree in Their Respective Subject with 15 Years of Professional Experience. National / International Awardees and Citation Laureates /Associate Professor / Professor / Senior Scientist or Equivalent Positions In Teaching & Research.
Need of Vidwan:
Expert and Research Scholar:
v  Find potential scholars with similar expertise.
v  Showcase your expertise to the research community, funding agencies, policy makers, etc.
v  Linking to the other databases and external resources.
v  Profile enriched via automatic update also integrates with ORCID, Researcher ID, Google Scholar ID, etc.
Institutions / Organisation:
v  Find experts in a given research area / geographic area.
v  Improve faculty collaboration across organisations in India and abroad.
v  Identify institutional strength in a given subject area.
v  Visualizations of co-author network, map of science network.
Policy Makers and Funding Agencies
v  Identify experts for committees, expert panels and project proposals.
v  Identify funding opportunities and associated experts.
v  Identify areas of intensive research activities.
v  Visualise research activities within an organisation.
2. Open Researcher and Contributor ID ORCID (https://orcid.org/)
ORCID is a non-profit helping create a world in which all who participate in research, scholarship and innovation are uniquely identified and connected to their contributions and affiliations, across disciplines, borders, and time. ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized.

Register for an ORCID

ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized.
3. Research Gate (https://www.researchgate.net/)
Research Gate is a social networking site for scientists and researchersto share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators. According to a study by Nature and an article in Times Higher Education, it is the largest academic social network in terms of active users, although other services have more registered users and more recent data suggests that almost as many academics have Google Scholar profiles.
  4. ResearcherID (http://www.researcherid.com/)
ResearcherID provides a solution to the author ambiguity problem within the scholarly research community. Each member is assigned a unique identifier to enable researchers to manage their publication lists, track their times cited counts and h-index, identify potential collaborators and avoid author misidentification. In addition, your ResearcherID information integrates with the Web of Science and is ORCID compliant, allowing you to claim and showcase your publications from a single one account. Search the registry to find collaborators, review publication lists and explore how research is used around the world!
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in   the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts   and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and   visualize research.
As research becomes increasingly global, interdisciplinary and collaborative, you can make sure that critical research from around the world is not missed when you choose Scopus.
 6. Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.co.in/)
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes most peer reviewed online academic journals and books, conferencepapers, theses and dissertations, preprints, abstracts, technical reports, and other scholarly literature, including court opinions and patents
7. Academic Room (http://www.academicroom.com/)
Academic Room is a great example of the transition from open content to open communities in the open education space. Sites like Academic Room will support the free flow of ideas in ways never possible before.

Through LinkedIn we can enlarge our professional knowledge and friendship.


9. Personal Website & Blog (Ex.Webnode, Weebly, Google site, etc.,)
Every Academician may have an own website to exhibit their talents and achievements through this. Nowadays there are lot of free portals are available.
10. Social Networks Membership (Ex. Facbook, Twitter,)
The Social Networking Websites help us to express our opinion about various issues.  

Acknowledgement & References:
1.      Acknowledgement to: Mr.J.Arumugam, Librarian, DLISC, GRD Memorial Library PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
3.      https://orcid.org/


Research Guide:
Dr.A.THIRUMAGAL,
Librarian,
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,
Tirunelveli.
Mobile.No: 9487909000.

Research Scholar:
M.MANI
Research Scholar,
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,
Tirunelveli.
Mobile.No: 9361248931


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