The following are some tips about how to get out word about your research and enhance its accessibility or visibility.
Make a version of your research open access
Open access was covered elsewhere in the guide, but (again) consider posting a version of your article in the Lehigh Preserve or an online article repository such as SSRN or Arxiv. The Romeo/Sherpa website, or checking author guidelines of a journal webpage, can help you identify publisher permissions to post a version of your article in an open access (freely accessible) archive. (Try negotiating these rights *before* you publish; see the Sparc author addendum information earlier in this guide. Otherwise, you're stuck with the journal "default" permissions.)
Put your research in Research Gate/Academia.edu
Some academic or research focused social networking sites for disseminating your work are Research Gate and Academia.edu. For information, here are links to information from Digital Research (UCL):
Use Social Media
Consider also the use of social networking technology. Search on Google or Google Scholar for resources and articles. Samples:
Popular Publications
Consider popularizing your research via university publications, newspapers or popular science magazines. In the popular account of your work, it helps if there a link to the article’s webpage or at least information (e.g., title of the journal, date of publication) that will help folks find your article.
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