Reflective Questions
Identify which specific areas of scholarly impact you currently want to address:
- Building Scholarly Identity: creating an ORCID or Google Scholar profile
- Determining Scholarly Impact: gathering or using scholarly metrics
- Considering Publication Options: maximizing impact through publication choices
- Increasing Digital Visibility: expanding the audience and reach of your work
What scholarly impact information do you need for your tenure and promotion dossier?
- Article/book/publication metrics (author h-index, citations, usage, altmetrics, etc.)
- Journal metrics (Journal Impact Factor, h-indexes, rankings, percentiles, etc.)
- Conference/presentation metrics (attendance, citations, online mentions, etc.)
- Reviews of my scholarship
What are your primary purposes in publishing or disseminating your work right now?
- Publications needed for promotion or tenure review (short or set term)
- Impact on my field of study (longer term)
- Scholarly conversation with others in my field
- Presenting new scholarship in creative or innovative formats
- Learning about the publication process
What audience(s) are you most interested in reaching with your current work?
- Scholarly/academic
- Professional/corporate
- Government/policy/activist organizations
- Students/Teachers
- General public
- International
What types of publication would most suit your needs at this time?
- Academic (peer-reviewed) journals
- Trade publications in my field
- Popular magazine or newspaper
- Scholarly blog, website, or online community
- Book chapter or monograph publication
- Conference or other presentation venue (including conference proceedings)
What issues or concerns are most important to you in publishing your work?
- Reaching the target audience in my field
- Reaching interdisciplinary or broader audiences
- Getting credit towards promotion or tenure
- Publishing in a highly ranked or well-regarded journal
- Finding venues for innovative work (digital scholarship, multimedia, etc.)
- Providing broad or affordable access to my work
- Increasing my visibility and scholarly profile
- Maintaining author’s rights and control over the use of my work
