Research profiles

A trusted user is someone you invite to take control of your user account and who can then perform the same tasks as you in ResearchNow. This allows you to delegate control of your account to someone else; for example, when you will not be accessing the system for a period of time or if there is someone who will usually be performing ResearchNow activities on your behalf.

For instructions on how to add someone as a trusted user please refer to the Managing trusted users guide.

ResearchNow uses a 'fingerprint' mechanism to facilitate collaboration between researchers worldwide. A fingerprint is an index of terms visualised according to their weight and is built using the Elsevier Fingerprint Engine (Elsevier is the ResearchNow software provider). It analyses research output abstracts to define the fingerprint “concepts”, which become the key subjects of each individual researcher.

A fingerprint can be created for an individual researcher or for a College / other organisation unit and appears on the researcher or organisation unit profile on the ResearchNow Portal.

As a researcher a set of fingerprints are automatically created for you based on the abstracts of your research outputs. You have the option to review these fingerprints and decide if you would like to sort them differently or remove them altogether. For instructions on this please refer to the Review and omit fingerprints from your profile guide.

Fields of Research (FoR) codes implement a hierarchical research activity classification defined in the Australia and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC) 2008, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Statistics New Zealand. The ANZSRC provides 22 two-digit FoR codes, 157 four-digit FoR codes, and an extensive range of six-digit codes.

ERA uses FoR codes to evaluate research output data that is submitted from institutions at the 4 digit level. Each ERA round uses a different set of FoR codes. A researcher or research support person can (optionally) assign FoR codes for ERA reporting when they add a research output. The RDS Data Administration team will review these FoR codes if already populated, or will enter the FoR codes if not populated. Each FOR code that is entered for a research output will need to have a percentage apportionment set so that they in total add up to 100%.  Note that the system will not enforce the totals to add up to 100% so you will have to check and make sure that the totals add up to 100% when entering FOR's.

Before a research output can appear on the ResearchNow Portal it needs to go through an internal verification process. When a research output has been entered into the system and is ready to be verified it has a Status of “For validation”, which indicates that it is ready to be verified internally. The ResearchNow Support team (key people in Library and RDS) is responsible for verifying the research output for accuracy and completeness.

After the research output is verified to the extent that it can appear on the ResearchNow Portal, the ResearchNow Support team sets its Status to “Validated”. After validation, the research output appears on the ResearchNow Portal. Once a research output is Validated you will no longer be able to edit it.

The H-index metric on the ResearchNow Portal is based on your research outputs that are in ResearchNow that have a Scopus ID associated with them. You need to ensure that you have imported all of your Scopus candidates into ResearchNow (refer to the Claim a Scopus Candidate Research Output Quick reference guide) for both of the H-indexes to match. Data from Scopus that updates Citations (which are used to calculate H-indexes) and data that updates H-indexes in ResearchNow is only updated once daily so there may be discrepancies between the two H-indexes at any one time as a result. 

The following links will provide more information on keeping your Scopus profile up to date and more information about the H-index.

• Check, Correct, Submit: How to ensure accuracy in your Scopus Author Profile
• How can I use a H-graph?
  

PhD students may be given access to ResearchNow at a later stage but currently access is limited to Flinders staff.

This is currently under review with OCME.