AN INTRODUCTION SEMINAR ON:

How to Enhance Research Visibility & Citations

Time : 10:00am 13:00pm
Speaker : Nader Ale Ebrahim, PhD
Venue
Lecture Hall , Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Medicine., University of
Malaya
Organizer :
Research Support Unit & Journal club, Pharmacology Department, Faculty of
Medicine, University of Malaya

1. Introduction:
Publishing a high quality paper in scientific journals is not the final step. And, the next step is to
inform other scholars from our research outputs and publications. The balance of the journey is
completed by advertising and disseminating the publications by using the proper Research
Tools. Familiarity with the tools allows the researchers to increase their h-index in a short time.
H-index shows the academicians influence in the specified field of research. Therefore, an
academician with a higher level of h-index is deemed to have publications of higher quality
resulting in higher citations.
The number of citations contributes to over 30% in deciding the ranking of a university.
Therefore, most of the scientists are looking for an effective method to increase their citation
record. Nader has developed and introduced a method for increasing the visibility of the research
which directly affects on the number of citations. The following examples (Figure 1) of two
researchers prove that publication marketing is indeed effective. Both researchers have used the
Publication Marketing Tools since the beginning of 2012.
In this seminar you will learn effective technique in increasing the visibility of articles. This
technique will greatly increase the chance of being viewed and/or cited in another work. From
the other hand, citation indexes have already figured in many disciplines as a measure of an
articles value; there is evidence that article views/downloads are also beginning to count in the
same way. The crucial area for optimization is your articles abstract, title and keywords, which
are freely available to all online.



Figure 1: The Google Scholar citation trend for researcher A &B, the data retrieved on 25 February 2013


2. Objective
The workshop seeks to serve introduction to the following objectives:
To increase the published papers visibility, accessibility
To increase the chance of publications getting cited
To make your research and teaching activities known
To disseminate the publications by using Research Tools in order to increase
citation
To increase the chance of new contacts for research cooperation
To trace the citation

3. What will we learn?
This course includes:
Introduction to preparing for publication
Optimizing the article for search engine by abstract-title-keyword
Optimizing the article for search engine by meta data
Some recommendations to maximize visibility
The role of keyword in visibility
Publishers role in higher citation
Citation trends for different types of publication
Some recommendations to increase the availability and visibility
Introduction To Networking And Bookmarking
Academic Networking Tools
Bookmarking Tools
Introduction To Tracking The Citations
Why You Should Keep Track Of Your Research
Keeping Up To Date
Bloggers
Documents and E-Book Publishing Tools

4. Who should attend?
The workshop is aimed at senior and junior researchers along with supervisors, professors,
lecturers, postgraduate students, researchers who have published any papers and would like to
increase their papers visibility and number of citations. The publication marketing tools
uncovered at the workshop is useful across various research disciplines and research institutions.
Participants should be familiar with using scientific databases and reference management
software. Basic computer skills are a prerequisite to attend this workshop.
5. Tentative program
Time Activity
10:00 Why increase citation? Definition of h-index and g-index and How to measure h-index?,
How to use Research Tools Mind Map
10:15 Optimizing Title/Abstract for Search Engines, Selecting keywords
10:30 Target Suitable Journal,
11:00 Online CV.
11:15 Select the best paper repository
11:30 Document Publishing
12:00 Networking,
12:30 Trace published article citation
13:00 Q&A and closing


6. Speaker profile
Nader Ale Ebrahim is currently working as a
research fellow with the Research Support
Unit, Centre of Research Services, Institute of
Research Management and Monitoring (IPPP),
University of Malaya. Nader holds a PhD
degree in Technology Management from
Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya.
He has over 19 years of experience in the field
of technology management and new product
development in different companies. His
current research interest focuses on E-skills,
Research Tools, Bibliometrics and managing
virtual NPD teams in SMEs R&D centers.
Nader developed a new method using the
Research Tools which help students who
seek to reduce the search time by expanding
the knowledge of researchers to effectively use the "tools" that are available on the Internet. Research
Tools consist of a hierarchical set of nodes. It has four main nodes: (1) Searching the literature, (2)
Writing a paper, (3) Targeting suitable journals, and (4) Enhancing visibility and impact.
He was the winner of Refer-a-Colleague Competition and has received prizes from renowned
establishments such as Thomson Reuters. Nader is well-known as the founder of Research Tools
Box and the developer of Publication Marketing Tools.