In addition to providing a academic search platform, Google Scholar allows you to showcase your papers and the citations they’ve received. Google Scholar also calculates a platform-dependent h-index, which many researchers love to track (for better or for worse).
In today’s challenge, we’re going to get you to use Google Scholar, so you can up your scholarly SEO (search engine optimization, aka “googleability”), more easily share your publications with new readers, and discover new citations to your work.
Head to scholar.google.com and click the “My Profile” link at the top of the page to get your account setup started. You can follow these step-by-step instructions if you need a hand (in particular, don't forget Step 3: Make your profile public!):