Digital Tools for Research and Researcher Profile

This presentation focuses on the modern tools available for research, including databases, reference management tools, and plagiarism prevention software. It also addresses the creation of a digital researcher profile on platforms like ORCID, Scopus, and Google Scholar to maintain an online academic presence.

Key Concepts:
Research Tools: Various tools for conducting qualitative and quantitative research are introduced, such as Zotero, Mendeley, and Turnitin. Databases like Google Scholar, JSTOR, and Web of Science are discussed for accessing high-quality academic papers.
Researcher Metrics: The importance of metrics like the h-index, g-index, and journal impact factors is emphasized for evaluating research impact.
Digital Profile Management: Scholars are encouraged to create profiles on platforms such as ORCID, Scopus, and Google Scholar to interlink their research accounts and track citations.

1. Digital Tools for Research and Digital Profile for Research Scholar Dilip Barad Dept. of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University Gujarat www.dilipbarad.com

2. Researcher Profile | Digital Platforms ORC ID Web of Science – Clarivate Researcher ID Scopus | Elsevier Inflibnet Vidwan Google Scholar Research Gate Academia IRINS

3. Research Metrics Journal Impact Factor Research metrics are measures used to quantify the influence or impact of scholarly work.  Some examples of this are bibliometrics (methods to analyze and track scholarly literature), citation analysis, and  altmetrics  (a more recent set of alternative methods that attempt to track and analyze scholarship through various digital media.) The development of electronic indexes, Science Citation Index (1963) and Social Sciences Citation Index (1973), that traced citations to scholarly articles led to an offshoot database, Journal Citation Reports (1975), that displayed the  journal impact factor .  The journal impact factor is a widely used research metric though its use is often criticized.

4. h-Index [Jorge Hirsch – / Hor -he/] Jorge Hirsch in 2005 published a methodology called the  h-index  as a citation-based measure of a scholars total output.  This has become a required measure in some fields. For example, if an author has five publications, with 9, 7, 6, 2, and 1 citations (ordered from greatest to least), then the author's  h -index is 3, because the author has three publications with 3 or more citations. However, the author does  not  have four publications with 4 or more citations.

5. g-Index The  g -index  is an  author-level metric  suggested in 2006 by Leo Egghe .  The index is calculated based on the distribution of  citations  received by a given researcher's publications, such that given a set of articles  ranked  in decreasing order of the number of citations that they received, the  g -index is the unique largest number such that the top  g  articles received together at least  g 2  citations. Hence, a g-index of 10 indicates that the top 10 publications of an author have been cited at least 100 times (10 2 ), a g-index of 20 indicates that the top 20 publications of an author have been cited 400 times (20 2 ).

6. i 10-index The  i 10-index indicates the number of academic publications an author has written that have been cited by at least 10 sources. It was introduced in July 2011 by  Google  as part of their work on  Google Scholar .

7. IRINS https://iimb.irins.org/ https://mu.irins.org/ https://vnsgu.irins.org/

8. Digital Tools for Research Search Tools : Scientific Knowledge Graphs – SKGs | Databases of Research Publications G-Scholar, T&F, SCOPUS, WoS, Open Alex, Citation Gecko, Microsoft Academic, CrossRef, Semantic Scholar, long list of academic database and search engines Qualitative Analysis: Nvivo , ATLAS.ti , MAXQDA, Voyant Reviewing Tools: Paperpal , Elicit, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, MS Copilot, scholarcy , chatpdf , Mendeley+Word Reference Management Tools: Zotero Mendeley EndNote Survey Tools: Survey Monkey, Jot form, Google Form Writing Tools: MS Word, G-Doc, LaTeX , 365 Office Plagiarism Prevention Tools: Drillbit Tirnitin / urkund Grammarly Plagium Advacheck

9. Finding Research articles made easy by digital tools | Scientific Knowledge Graphs - SKGs Citation Gecko - https://citationgecko.azurewebsites.net/ Open Alex - https://openalex.org/ Semantic Scholar - https://www.semanticscholar.org/ Google Scholar : Comprehensive search engine for academic publications JSTOR : Database of journals and ebooks across various disciplines ScienceDirect / Elsevier : Database of scientific and technical journals and books Web of Science : Citation database for tracking the impact of research publications Taylor and Francis - https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/publishing-your-research/choosing-a-journal/journal-suggester/

10. Journal Finder / Suggester Tool https://jane.biosemantics.org/ https://journalsuggester.springer.com/ https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/ https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in/Apps1/User/WebA/ CAREList https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/publishing-your-research/choosing-a-journal/journal-suggester/

11. Reference Management Tools: Zotero (Free, open-source): Organize references, create bibliographies, and collaborate with others Mendeley (Freemium): Similar to Zotero , with additional features like social networking and cloud storage. EndNote (Paid): Powerful tool for managing large libraries of references, especially useful for complex citation styles. Citation Machine (Freemium)

12. Survey Tools: Survey Monkey Jot form Google Form Always remember, the quality of Questionnaire is important than the tool used… followed by semi-structured interview.

13. Writing Tools: MS Word G-Doc LaTeX - https://www.overleaf.com/ 365 Office

14. Plagiarism Prevention Tools: DrillBit Turnitin / Urkund Grammarly Plagium Advacheck Citation Machine

15. Originality Checker / Plagiarism Check Tools - Software https://www.duplichecker.com/ https://www.quetext.com/ https://plagiarismdetector.net/ https://www.prepostseo.com/plagiarism-checker https://www.check-plagiarism.com/

16. Researcher Profile | Digital Platforms ORC ID Web of Science – Clarivate Researcher ID Scopus | Elsevier Inflibnet Vidwan Google Scholar Research Gate Academia IRINS