Abstract

Increasing technological advances and its applications in library and information centres and services have enabled users to access voluminous quality information through Internet. No doubt, World Wide Web (WWW) can be considered as one of the most innovative, magnificent and remarkable service of the 21st century. It has become most popular and convenient to share, publish, communicate and disseminate information instantly among researchers, scientist and academic community. The library profession, researchers and scientist are anonymous to agree that social networks and social media have completely revolutionise the ways and means to access, communicate share, and disseminate nascent thoughts, ideas, and information at much faster pace. This networking of information and communication facilities build rapport, connections and collaborations with peer groups, similar organisations and institutions which in turn promotes academic, research and development. The article provides in brief different networking resources, tools and techniques and the significant role of played by social media on researchers and scientist for academic progress and developments.

Highlights

  • CITATION COUNTThe qualitative and quantitative novel research findings, output and publications of any academic and research institutions based on standard criteria of evaluation reflects the quality of the research as well as the institution rating

  • The number of citation of an article cited helps to rely on publications in as quality indicators that show the quality of authors/ contributor as well as the institution-author affiliation

  • The online portal, or web service that attract to develop a social relationship among group of individual with same interests are a group of professionals interested in the same subject field is known as social networking sites

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INTRODUCTION

The qualitative and quantitative novel research findings, output and publications of any academic and research institutions based on standard criteria of evaluation reflects the quality of the research as well as the institution rating. The online portal, or web service that attract to develop a social relationship among group of individual with same interests are a group of professionals interested in the same subject field is known as social networking sites. It is a relationship between individual with common or same purpose. Social media marketing is a free method for authors, researchers, and scientists to reach out to the world and promote their work. Social media provide a forum to promote your research to a wide audience and increase the opportunity of your publications being cited. It helps cultivate creativity and new methodologies social media helps to promote research and its impact

ACADEMIC SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES FOR RESEARCHERS
SOCIAL CITATION MANAGEMENT TOOLS
GENERAL SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING TOOLS
TICTOCS
SETTING UP JOURNALS ALERTS
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