Training

Visibility and impact indicators

Visibility and impact indicators

Activity addressed to PDI and PhDs from the UPC. For doctoral students, this workshop is part of the "Your doctoral thesis" itinerary. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Sign your publications correctly
  • Recognize major author identifiers (ORCID, etc.)
  • Know the institutional deposit UPCommons and other thematic and data repositories, as well as Futur
  • Identify the role of social media and academic social networks in the visibility of research
  • Describe the main indicators of author and article impact
  • Characterize alternative metrics (altmetrics)

Contents:

1. Visibility of researchers
   1.1. Signature and institutional affiliation
   1.2. Author identifiers (ORCID, ResearcherID, Scopus Author ID)
   1.3. Deposits and Future.upc.edu
   1.4. Social media for research and academic social networks

2. Evaluation and impact of scientific activity
   2.1. Author and article impact indicators (citations received, h-index)
   2.2. Alternative metrics: altmetrics (usage, downloads, visits, social networks)
   2.3. Assessment and accreditation



Price: Free for members UPC. External, 25 eur/h.

Addressed to: PhD, PDI

Keywords: Evaluation and impact of research, Your doctoral thesis

Upcoming sessions:
Data Hours Campus Location Language Places Places sold out?
2024-11-20 12: 00 - 14: 00 h. Online training Coming soon Catalan Spanish 40 No
2024-11-21 11: 00 - 13: 00 h. Online training Coming soon Anglès 40 No
More information: 

L'ICE will issue a certificate of attendance to participants, provided they have previously registered through the established means (electronically through the web) and have been accepted.

The teaching and research staff of the UPC who participates in the activity, a few days after the end, will automatically have the information in DRAC.

For PhD students, this course is recommended in an initial phase of thesis preparation and is part of the 'Your Doctoral Thesis' itinerary, made up of the following courses:

  1. Start the thesis on a good footing: organize the information
  2. Data management plan
  3. Reference managers
  4. Scientific publication
  5. Visibility and impact indicators
  6. Elaboration of the manuscript of the thesis
  7. Open science
  8. DRAC for PhD students