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There are many options for tracking and maintaining a record of your scholarship online. Management of your online scholarly presence is an important part of creating a record of continuous, engaged scholarship for rank, promotion, and tenure.
ORCID, which stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID, is a free, unique, persistent identifier (PID) for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. Think of it like a DOI for a researcher. This persistent identifier helps make sure that your work is always associated with you, not another person with the same name!
You can include your ORCID when submitting articles to journals and you can also link it across other scholarly profile systems.
Google Scholar allows you to make a profile and "claim" your scholarship. You can check who is citing your work, view your citations over time, and compute impact measures like your h-index. If your Google Scholar profile is set to public, it will appear in Scholar search results when users search for your name. You can add your ORCID to your Google Scholar profile for crosslinking.
ResearchGate goes beyond a scholarly profile. This site is designed to encourage networking among researchers as well as promote sharing publications.
Share wisely; check your rights before uploading!
Copyright, open access, and self-archiving policies vary by journal. Before uploading any copies of your work to ResearchGate or another site, use Open Policy Finder (formerly SHERPA/RoMEO) to check your specific legal rights. If your journal is not listed in Open Policy Finder, check the journal or publisher website or contact the journal directly.