Overview
A free bibliography database that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature in a variety of formats and disciplines. It includes a feature where a scholar can construct a personal profile of published works that will gather citations in as they are discovered by Google and creates metrics like the H-index and a graph of the number of times the scholar is cited.
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UCM Profile Pages46 scholars with a UCM connection have at least started a Google Scholar profile.
How to build a profile
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How to Build a Google Scholar ProfileSlide show giving step by step instructions on setting up your profile.
How will people find it?
Once you have made your profile public it will appear near the top of searches made on your name.
Pros
- Free
- Easy to search and add publications without manual entry
Cons
- Does not integrate with search platforms other than Google Scholar.
- No ability to import or export data files
- Anyone can claim they are the author of any publication.