1. How to create your own Google scholar profile
How to create Google Scholar Profile
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How to create your own Google scholar profile
Monit Cheung, PhD, LCSW, Professor
Patrick Leung, PhD, Professor
University of Houston
Graduate College of Social Work
© 2017, 2013
(Under “Journals in Child Welfare and Related Fields, click at “Create Your Google Scholar Profile”)
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(c) 2017 Drs. Cheung & Leung

2. How to create Google Scholar Profile
Step 1 – Sign In
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Go to:
Sign in your Google or Gmail account
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(c) 2017 Drs. Cheung & Leung

3. How to create Google Scholar Profile
Step 2 – Get Started
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While on Google scholar, click “My Citations” and enter your login information
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(c) 2017 Drs. Cheung & Leung

4. Step 3 – Edit Your Profile
How to create Google Scholar Profile
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d. If you are in the tenure/promotion review process, make sure to select “My profile is public” for your external reviewers
a. Change Photo
b. Update Profile
c. Add up to five areas of interests e.g., Title IV-E, Child Welfare
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(c) 2017 Drs. Cheung & Leung

5. Step 4 – Add Your Publications
How to create Google Scholar Profile
Step 4 – Add Your Publications
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Under “Action”, select “Add” to select additional articles from Google Scholar
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(c) 2017 Drs. Cheung & Leung

6. How to create Google Scholar Profile
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d. When you are done, click your photo to return to your profile
b. Search articles
a. Type your name here
c. Add your article
e. If you are not able to find some of your articles, you may add them manually to your list.
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(c) 2017 Drs. Cheung & Leung

7. Step 5 – Add Articles Manually
How to create Google Scholar Profile
Step 5 – Add Articles Manually
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Note: Manually added articles may not increase your citations, h-index, or i10-index
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8. Step 6 – View Your Profile
How to create Google Scholar Profile
Step 6 – View Your Profile
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Click here to see your colleagues’ profiles in each area of your interest, e.g. Title IV-E
Number of citations, h-index, and i10-index
Click either “Cited by” or “Year” to sort your publications
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(c) 2017 Drs. Cheung & Leung

9. How to create Google Scholar Profile
Step 7 – Inform Your Colleagues
How to create Google Scholar Profile
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Click EDIT to add your homepage URL and other information.
If You chose “public” under EDIT, people can find you with your name via Google Scholar. You may also find that and copy your Google Profile URL for your CV.
After you log out, your profile can be retrieved in the future.
Repeat step 1 and 2 to update your Google scholar profile, if needed.
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(c) 2017 Drs. Cheung & Leung

10. How to create Google Scholar Profile
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Example: To access Title IV-E scholars’ information, when on any profile, click: Title IV-E (result is in next slide)
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(c) 2017 Drs. Cheung & Leung

11. How to create Google Scholar Profile
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Click at your area of interest and you can see Google Profile of other colleagues in the same field
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(c) 2017 Drs. Cheung & Leung

12. Be a productive scholar!
How to create Google Scholar Profile
Questions
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Be a productive scholar!
Disclaimer: This PowerPoint presentation is only an example to help scholars build their profile in a centralized location across disciplines. The authors do not endorse the use of any specific scholar index or search engine.
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(c) 2017 Drs. Cheung & Leung