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Research profiles

Research support ResearchNow Research profiles

When you start to use ResearchNow, you should make sure your researcher profile is accurate, and that the system is setup to notify you of important events. The following guides are the minimum required to configure ResearchNow for your use:

  • Edit your profile information
  • Enhancing your profile
  • Configure your notification settings (email)
  • Configure your notification settings (messages and tasks)

Once you have worked through those, you may also want to

  • Create, add and link your ORCID
  • Review your Fingerprints

If you have any questions, you can always contact the ResearchNow team.

     Frequently asked questions  Get help

Quick reference guides

All users

     Configure notification settings (email)  Configure notification settings (messages and tasks)  Search by fingerprints on the public portal

Researchers

     Create a dynamic Curriculum Vitae (researchers)  Create a personal FAAR (Faculty Activity & Academic Report)  Create, add & link your ORCID  Edit profile information  Enhance your profile  Review and omit fingerprints from your profile

Frequently asked questions

What is a trusted user and how do I set one up on my user account?

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.

 

What is fingerprinting and how does it work?

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.

What are fields of research disciplines and how are they used?

Fields of Research (FoR) codes implement a hierarchical research activity classification defined in the Australia and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC) 2020, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Statistics New Zealand.

Add the research area(s) for the project by selecting ‘Add Field of Research (FoR)’ when you enter research applications in ResearchNow. New 2020 FoR codes are available in ResearchNow, replacing the previously used 2008 codes. All research is required to have a 6-digit 2020 FoR code allocated. Historical 2008 codes can be left as is. More information can be found in the Researcher Application QRG.

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.

I have entered my research output into ResearchNow but it is not appearing on the ResearchNow portal. Why is it not appearing?

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.

My H-index on the ResearchNow Portal does not match my H-index in Scopus. What do I do?

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?
Do PhD students have access to ResearchNow?

Yes, Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students can create and maintain their research profile to build connections with potential collaborators, including industry partners, and as a platform for communicating their research. Refer here for more information.

What is going to happen to the existing staff profile pages vs the ResearchNow Portal profiles?

This is currently under review with OCME.

I notice that some research outputs in the ResearchNow Portal have 'altmetric' icons next to them. What are these and how are they calculated?

Altmetrics are measures of research impact online which are complementary to the more traditional research impact metrics like Citations and H-Indices (which are also shown on the ResearchNow Portal). Altmetrics can be calculated for a research output if it has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) associated with it in ResearchNow. Examples of altmetrics are Twitter retweets, Facebook likes, news articles, blog mentions, captures (e.g. number of clicks, downloads, views etc).

ResearchNow displays altmetric metrics from two different altmetric organisations, Altmetrics and PlumX.

Altmetrics

Altmetrics displays altmetrics using a 'donut' shape with a different colour representing an online 'mention'. 

The following link will explain the donut and score in further detail:

  • The donut and Altmetric attention score
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PlumX

PlumX displays altmetrics using a 'star' shape representing 5 different altmetrics categories including citations, captures, usage, mentions and social media. 

The following link will explain the star and score in further detail:

  • Learn about PlumX metrics
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If you hover over the PlumX  star or Altmetric donut for a research output on ResearchNow you will see more detail on the individual metrics for the research output and you can link to the Altmetric and PlumX sites for further details.

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Need further information or help?

For questions relating to using ResearchNow, please raise a request through Service One

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