Exposure

Social media has emerged as a useful strategy for researchers to disseminate their research to a wider audience.

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1. Find new research

Keep abreast of recent research and developments in your field. Social media is also a great way to find out about new projects trends or ideas and to see what industry partners are doing; demonstrating real-world applications of people's research.

2. Increase visibility and credibility

This can lead to further citations, which in turn, increases your research's visibility and credibility.

3. Network and collaborate

Social media is a great way to collaborate with your peers and build your professional networks. In our videos the researchers talk about these collaborations and how this led to undertaking further research around Australia and the world.

4. Speedy distribution

Social media is a quick and easy way to get your message out there.

5. Broaden your audience

Who knows where that next collaboration will come from. Social media can broaden your audience and connect your research with people you may not have known were interested in it.

Altmetric Explorer is a tool that allows you to find alternative metrics to help you measure the impact of your research. Altmetric Explorer monitors and tracks the online attention and engagement of your research indexed in the Research Outputs Repository. In particular, it captures data related to how your publications are shared, discussed, and referenced on social media, in news media, and within policy.

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In Altmetric Explorer you can also see what part of the world engagement is coming from. For your research to be tracked you need:

1. An output (journal article, dataset, etc)
2. An identifier attached to the output (DOI, RePEc etc)
3. Mentions in a source it tracks (Twitter, Facebook etc)

You can find out more from the Metrics and Impact Guide's Altmetrics page:

For more ways to make your research visible, visit the Visibility page of the Publishing Guide. This includes information on:

    Open Access scholarly works are available online at no cost to anyone interested in viewing them.

ORCiD is a unique 16 digit identifier that you can use to distinguish yourself from other researchers and ensure your outputs are correctly attributed. Have a look at our guide to find out more.