1. Create your unique researcher identifier and profile under which you gather all your publications to facilitate their findings and enhance visibility in the research community, to remove author ambiguity (due to variations in spellings), and to ensure your work is correctly attributed to you. An example is Open Researcher Contributor ID (ORCID).
2. Be consistent in writing your name, your institutional and departmental address and do not use abbreviations.
3. List your email correctly and open it frequently.
4. Publish in Journals that have at least one of these:
for more information, check:
a- Blobaum's checklist for submission of scholarly manuscripts
b- JANE:Journal/Author Name Estimator
c- Publisher Evaluation Tool Checklist: From Nina Collins at Indiana Tech McMillen library
5. Check Scopus or Web of Science to see if all your citations have correct author and affiliation address. If there are mistakes, contact us to help you correct them.
6. Create your profile in Google Scholar and preferably to also create a professional web-page and keep it up-to-date.
7. Join academic social networking sites ex. Academia, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, Mendeley, Publons, etc.
8. Participate in a professional listserv in your specialized area.
9. Retain your right to place a copy of your publication at AUB Institutional Repository.
10. Create your own website (you can use free resources for that like WordPress).
last updated Jun 3, 2020
