At RMIT University all academic researchers are encouraged to establish researcher profiles and identifiers. An identifier is a persistent URL or a unique number (e.g. 16-digit ORCID iD). Whilst a profile is the body of information that is associated with an identifier.
A researcher profile is the publicly accessible profile of your professional academic works and achievements.
A researcher profile enables information about you, your work and career to be visible and accessible, encouraging collaboration, and providing measures of your impact and engagement.
A researcher profile will bring together your research outputs on a single platform, making your work easier to find, it connects you to the world and maximises the visibility of your research outputs and impact.
Each researcher profile has different strengths, together they can:
The most common researcher profiles include:
All academic researchers at RMIT University have an academic profile page.
Look to the Other profiles page in this library guide to explore academic and professional networking sites.
What should I do if I see my papers on another person's profile?
If you notice your papers incorrectly attributed to another researcher's Web of Science Researcher Profile or Scopus Author Identifier it may have occurred because the database algorithms have inadvertently assigned the publication(s) to the wrong profile. You can contact the platforms directly to request corrections:
Where there are inaccuracies in Web of Science Researcher Profiles or Scopus Author Identifiers, the incorrect attributions may flow through to the researcher's ORCID profile. In this case you can request corrections directly with ORCID.
Having a researcher profile will enable information about you, your work and career to be visible and accessible, encouraging collaboration, and providing measures of your impact and engagement.
Commit to maintaining your profiles regularly to ensure they are accurate, current and complete.
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