When you work as a researcher, you are frequently asked to prove the impact of your research – whether in a grant proposal or for an individual or group evaluation. The traditional way of determining the impact of your research is by counting the number of citations to your scientific…
Perhaps you have heard of ORCID: the unique, persistent identifier for researchers. ORCID distinguishes itself from other initiatives such as Academia and ResearchGate in how it identifies researchers; and this brings with it many advantages. This blog post introduces ORCID and explains how you can use it to its fullest…
In modern academia, there’s a great deal of competition for research funding. NWO accepts only a quarter of the proposals and for their major research programmes (Basic Research and Talent) this is even lower. For the EU Horizon 2020 program, the figures look even less promising. Only 14% of the…
Most researchers at Wageningen University and Research are familiar with the bibliometric analysis provided in Staff Publications, but the library also offers another tool to use for the evaluation of your publications. This tool is called SciVal. SciVal is based on the publication database Scopus and therefore covers more output…