You can create an expert/researcher profile with the Researcher’s Profile Tool in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Research.fi service. All researchers in higher education and research institutions and those working in expert positions, regardless of their title, are welcome to use it.
With a Researcher profile you can promote your competences and expertise the way you want. Profile information is available to you regardless of changes in affiliations or job titles.
To create a Researcher profile, you will need an ORCID profile. To access your Researcher profile in Research.fi, you must use a strong Suomi.fi e-Identification.
See instructions below
The international ORCID researcher identifier is a persistent and unique digital identifier for researchers. It is a 16-digit number that distinguishes researchers from each other.
By creating an ORCID profile for yourself and linking it to your professional information you will ensure that your research outputs are correctly attributed to you. ORCID is in a sense a signature that you can attach to your online presence, such as your web pages, blog posts, social media, CV, and email signature.
ORCID is a non-proprietary and community-based registry of unique identifiers for researchers and authors. Community members include individual researchers, authors, publishers (e.g. Elsevier), universities (e.g. MIT), research institutes (e.g. CERN), and scientific associations.
More information on the ORCID researcher identifier:
ORCID and Turku UAS
Save your ORCID identifier in the Turku UAS Saima HR system, so that the identifier can be used automatically in the following services:
How to create an ORCID id
Boost your visibility by creating an ORCID and register free of charge:
How to add your ORCID identifier to Saima HR system
More information and help
Contact us by email julkaisutiedonkeruu@turkuamk.fi.
You cannot add information directly to your Researcher profile, because all of it is imported from other sources:
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Research activities are a part of your visibility as an expert. A research activity is an expert task related to RDI, teaching, or your other professional activities. It can be, for example, a conference poster, a lecture, or thesis supervision.
Research activities are often comparable merits to other expert outputs, such as publications. Therefore it is advisable to collect and show information on them to promote your merits and the visibility of your expertise.
Save your research activity information to the Research activity service in the Turku UAS JUSTUS service. You are responsible for the accuracy of your research activity information, and it is up to you to decide which activities you choose to show in your expert / researcher profile.
NOTE! Library saves publication information in JUSTUS service for the publication data collection by the Ministry of Education and Culture. You do not need to save your publication information by yourself.
See below instructions on how to create an expert / researcher profile and how to save research activities in JUSTUS service.
Please read the privacy notice of JUSTUS service.
More information in Research.fi: research.fi/en/mydata.
Social networking sites for researchers are platforms like ResearchGate and Academia.edu. However, they are not publishing platforms that meet the criteria of open access publishing and can even decrease the positive effects of open access.
For example, in ResearchGate you can create your profile, link to your publications, follow the latest research in your field, create groups and participate in discussions. It helps you to gain visibility for your research and find collaborators.
Check the publisher policies before uploading your paper into social networking services
Always check publisher policies before uploading articles and publications into e.g. ResearchGate. In most cases, the author's rights to use the publication are described in the publishing agreement or funding decision. Often these agreements restrict the right to share the publication to the publisher/funder. Also, remember to check that the uploaded publication does not have any limitations because of the confidentiality of the material.
Check what you can do with publications found on social networking sites
When downloading publications from e.g. ResearchGate, to share with fellow researchers, remember to check the terms of use of the publication from the original source (e.g. journal/publisher) or, if necessary, ask for permission or more specific information from the person who uploaded the publication into the social networking site.
You can link the self-archived version of your publication in a researcher social network. This way you do not have to worry about publishing agreement limitations.
In self-archiving, the Turku UAS Library and Information Services is responsible for depositing the articles, asking for permissions and embargoes. When using a commercial channel of distribution, like researcher networking services, authors must take care of these themselves when following the instructions of the publisher.
An self-archived version of your publication in Turku UAS’s OA repository Theseus has a permanent URL address. Self-archived publications in repositories are also findable with search engines.
Is sharing the article in ResearchGate and Academia.edu enough in terms of self-archiving?
No.
These researchers’ social media services entail challenges:
Uploading your publication in research networking services is not considered self-archiving in the MINEDU instructions on collecting data on publications, either.
Read more in the article by Irene Ylönen ResearchGate vai julkaisuarkisto - vai molemmat? (in Finnish)
| Pros | Cons |
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Probably increases your research's impact and visibility. The services are primarily for communication and networking, they should not be used for long-term preservation of your publications. Remember to first self-archive your publications to an open institutional repository (Theseus in Turku UAS). |
Long-term preservation and access is not guaranteed. Usually no persistent identifiers, version control, CC licensing, or descriptive metadata available. Usually requires logging in and creating a personal profile, which is against Open Science principles. |
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Commercial services and apps offer many interactive features, like comment sections and the ability to follow what your colleagues are working on and for them to follow you back. |
The services require you to give your personal information and any data you share or create to the service provider. Sensitive data management may not be protected. Your and your contacts' data may be sold to third parties. Most of the services operate outside the EU/EEA area. |
| Gaining new contacts and community building. Makes direct feedback and discussion possible in the research community. | Business logic: Service provider can be sold to a multinational company whose operations you may not want to support. |
| Opportunity to save teaching resources, drafts and other materials. |
Service or parts of the service may change without notice and turn from free to fee-based (cf. Spotify, Academia.edu). Services include ads and send you spam. |
Source: Helsinki University Library: Open Access: Self-archiving (Green OA), CC BY.
This guide has Turku UAS's instructions on open access. Among others, the following themes are covered:
Contact our experts on collecting data on publications by email julkaisutiedonkeruu@turkuamk.fi
Contact our experts on open access publishing by email openscience@turkuamk.fi.
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