Sharing your research on academic network sites, or more broadly on social media is a consideration. This engagement with your research may lead to future collaborations as well as enable give access to a wider audience.
Two common academic networks and file-sharing sites are ResearchGate and Academia.edu. It is important to remember that an academic social networking site is not a repository, and uploading published work to these sites does not fulfil your institutional or funder obligations. For more information on this see A social networking site is not an open access repository.
For green open access, RMIT University encourages researchers to deposit a copy of the 'accepted manuscript' version of your output in the Research Repository. Email your manuscript to repository@rmit.edu.au.
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RMIT Research Repository / Figshare |
Academia.edu / ResearchGate |
Supports exporting or harvesting
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yes
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no
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Long-term preservation |
yes |
no |
Business Model |
Nonprofit |
Commercial- sells job posting services |
Sends you lots of emails (by default) |
no |
yes |
Wants access to your address and contact books |
no |
yes |
Depositing your work fulfills your ARC and NHMRC policy requirements |
yes |
no |
Acknowledgement University of Melbourne Library