Abstract
This chapter presents the ways in which researchers can promote their publications through academic social networks. In the academic world, the visibility of the scientific activity and the impact factor of the publications are extremely important, a challenging and difficult reality that researchers face when they start academic writing. In order to have greater visibility and notoriety in the academic and scientific world, it is necessary to have publications in journals with impact factor. Sharing publications through academic social networks also contributes to a wider recognition and visibility as a researcher. In a society where researchers are dismayed by the need for publications with impact factor, it is important to highlight the concern for an efficient use of academic social networks. Sharing articles through these networks will result in larger visibility of the scientific work of the researcher, projection of his or her scientific writing, and in a higher possibility of being cited by peers, thus enabling an h-index or i10.
TopThe Importance Of Writing And Publishing To A Researcher
Writing is not an easy process. Often it is not possible to transmit what has meant by lack of communication, grammatical errors or even by not having a fluid writing in which what is intended is transmitted. According to Albert Mehrabian (1981) in his book Silent Messages: Implicit Communication of Emotions and Attitudes that resulted from a research on nonverbal communication, the 7% rule was born, in which the words used have a communication weight of 7%, the body language a value of 55% and the voice tone the remaining 38%, this in an oral presentation. Although there are other studies that refute these percentages, it is indisputable that there should be some care in verbal communication. It is not surprising that the concern in written communication has to be redoubled by the fact that this communication is made only by words and that poor choice of them can lead to misinterpretations or can change the meaning of the message. You should also be careful about using punctuation correctly.
Writing is the form the researchers have to use to communicate their scientific work, because it is the best way to share their findings or show other ways of thinking. In the academic world, this requirement goes through an evaluation or a necessity on the day of the public defense of a graduation work. The publication for junior researchers also has the functionality of obtaining recognition and certification as experts and specialists in a specific area, both nationally and internationally. In this sense, it is important to evaluate the scientific production through bibliometric indicators, which are divided into indicators of quality, importance, and scientific impact (Lopes, Costa, Fernández-Llimós, Amante, & Lopes, 2012).
Writing an article for a magazine or for a scientific book is not the same as writing a novel. It requires research, bibliographic review, and reflection, and at the end an academic text worthy for publication may emerge. For a young researcher, it is a great pressure to write for magazines and wait for publication decision.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Research Networks: It is use web-based tools to discover and use research and scholarly information about people and resources.
H-Index: H-index is the index that quantifies the productivity and impact of articles by a researcher.
Social Networks: The social network consists of the network that is created by the individuals for an interaction with other individuals with common interests.
Impact Factor: The impact factor is an instrument for comparing scientific journals and evaluates the importance of each according to the articles published and the citations they have.
Web 2.0: A term created by O’Reilly in 2004 that represents the evolution and interaction of individuals with the internet these days.
Social Software: Consists of all applications that exist on the internet the concept of Web 2.0.
Social Web: The web social is a environment that brings people together to talk, share ideas and common interests, or make new friends, for collaboration and sharing of data.