Research Tools By: Nader Ale Ebrahim
This Mind Map is designed to help students who seek to reduce the search time by expanding the knowledge of researchers to more effectively use the "tools" that are available through the Net.
Search for proper article
Keyword
Google Keyword Tool, Google keyword Training video
WordTracker
keywords map
Microsoft adCenter Labs, Search Funnels
KEYWORDS LIST
Free keyword tool
iSpionage keyword tool
What are the emerging research areas, Research Evaluation Tools, Essential Science Indicators
boardreader, Example
social mention
Good Keywords
Springer Realtime - Keywords
Google Trends
The Art of Keyword Searching
InstaGrok
Google Web
Google scholar
Translate text, webpages and documents
Microsoft Academic Research
Arnetminer: search and mining of academic social networks
Example
© Q-Sensei
Example
Thomson Scientific
Scientific WebPlus
Essential Science Indicators
ScienceWatch
SAGE Research Methods Online
Publish or Perish
The Predictive Power of the H-Index
Other software for indexes check, QuadSearch, Nader, h-index by Frederic Moisy, HView Visualizer, scHolar index, Nader
ReaderMeter
Example
Scirus
SciFinder®-American Chemical Society
Product Overview With a single source, you can explore scientific information in journal and patent literature from around the world: References from more than 10,000 currently published journals and patents from more than 60 patent authorities Important scientific discoveries from the present to the mid-1800s The latest scientific breakthroughs almost as soon as they are published with references added daily and some patent information as recent as 2 days ago The world's largest collection of organic and inorganic substance information Features and Benefits SciFinder is easy-to-use and enables your research process to be more creative and productive by offering you: Access to current, high-quality scientific information Links to more relevant journal articles and patent documents than any other source Content indexed by scientists An intuitive interaction Time savings, with speedy access to more than a century of scientific information A novel approach to problem solving by linking related concepts Strengthen your research and your academic program with SciFinder. Explore: Scientific principles, how they evolve as new discoveries are made, and how these principles transcend traditional scientific disciplines A wealth of information for more than 52 million organic and inorganic substances By chemical structures or biological sequences By substructures or reactions By research topic, author, company, or substance name SciFinder prepares students for the workplace where SciFinder is used in companies throughout the world.
University Ranking
World University Rankings 2010 THE Times Higher Education’s annual World University Rankings
Web of Science
Times Cited
Analyze Results, Document type, Country, Conference title, Author, Publication Year, Citation Report, Eigenfactor™ Score(EF)
Web of Science® Training
Research Front Map
List of all the cited works in Web of Science.
Add the Web of Knowledge search widget to your desktop
The new Web of Knowledge platform
Other Search Engine
Visual Search Engines, Middlespot, Kartoo, Webbrain, Nexplore, RedZ, Reverse Image Search Engine
Meta-search engines, Metacrawler, Dogpile, Fefoo, Yippy, Info.com, QuadSearch
Ebook-PowerPoint-pdf search-engine, ebook-search-engine, Library Genesis, PowerPoint Search, download-book, pdf-seek-engine, Google Books, SlideShare, China/Asia On Demand (CAOD), pdfgeni, Search-ebooks, E-doc-find, Download Free PDF, Cari Buku Baru, Khup.com, Free Australian e-Books, Computer Science books, eBook Search, © 2010 BitLibrary, Book Finder
Computational knowledge engine, WolFramalpha
100 Useful Tips and Tools to Research the Deep Web
World Digital Library
People search engine
Comprehensive list of Search Engines
List of academic databases and search engines
Academic and Scholarly Search Engines
THE REFERENCE IN SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENT SUPPLY
CompleteSearch
Scitopia
iSEEK™ Education
Other DataBases
Scopus, Analyze Results feature
Scopus TopCited
JSTOR's Data for Research (DfR), Tips and Tools
JSTOR
SSRN eLibrary
Directory of Open Access Journals
J-Gate
Cranfield Collection of E-Research - CERES
SciVerse
The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
CiteSeerX
WorldCat
List of academic databases and search engines
Medknow Publications
CABI
Free medical journals
List of Open Access Journals and Databases
SAGE journals online
University Library of Munich-MPRA
on-line Economics working papers
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
Scientific Information Database (SID)
PubZone-Basic search for publications
OpenSIGLE - System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe
© Q-Sensei
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
A collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science
Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR)
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Scientific Information Database(SID)
Databases for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Theses and Dissertations
ADT Database
University of Malaya Theses and Dissertations
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
Top 30 Web Tools to Search, Download and Review Dissertations Online
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
Compare
Index to Theses
Cranfield Collection of E-Research - CERES
University of Pretoria's electronic theses and dissertations service (UPeTD)
Durham University e-Theses
THE LIBRARY OF TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Aalto University Schools of Technology electronic academic dissertations
Polytechnique Montréal
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Search all digital Australian theses via Trove
Doctoral Theses-Biblioteca Digital de Teses
ITS Library
University Portal
University of St. Gallen
Forschungs Portal
Virtual Teams will become as important as Web to companies (Nader Ale Ebrahim)
The Best Virtual R&D Teams Papers (Nader Ale Ebrahim's Publications)
Target Suitable Journals
Do you need to do any of the following? Identify which journals to send your articles for publication. Identify journals relevant to your research.
Journal Citation Reports®
Journal Summary List, Journal Title, Total Cites, Citation Reports, Impact Factor, h-index, How to calculate the h-index?, Immediacy Index, The Eigenfactor™ score, Cited Half-Life
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH, Journal Ranking, Impact Factor Trend
Journal Ranking
Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) Training
Journal Ranking
Eigenfactor™ Score and the Article Influence™ Score
Journal Quality List - Anne-Wil Harzing
Journal-Ranking.com
SCImago Journal & Country Rank
SCOPUS Journal Analyzer
The Journal Quality List
Genamics JournalSeek
Genamics JournalSeek Genamics JournalSeek is the largest completely categorized database of freely available journal information available on the internet. The database presently contains 95670 titles. Journal information includes the description (aims and scope), journal abbreviation, journal homepage link, subject category and ISSN. Searching this information allows the rapid identification of potential journals to publish your research in, as well as allow you to find new journals of interest to your field.
Master Journal List
Example
Emerald journals
All Information Systems Journals
Science & Engineering Journal Abbreviations
Directory of Open Access & Hybrid Journals
Others
IndexCopernicus
MedSci
NewJour
How to Write a Research Paper
How to Write a Biomedical Research Paper
Developing an Effective Title
Focusing on your Central Message
Eight Steps to Developing an Effective Outline
Ten Steps to Writing an Effective Abstract
Fourteen Steps to Writing Clearly
Effective Word Usage in Scientific Writing
Twelve Steps to Writing an Effective Materials and Methods
Elsevier New Author Packs
© European Association of Science Editors - Guidelines for Authors
Courses, Writing in the Sciences, Guide to Scientific Writing
Selecting a Journal
Journal Selector
Springer Journal Selector
The trend of increasing open-access Journal
SAGE
Advertising (disseminate results)
Citation = Quality of work * Popularity of topic. A higher rate of downloads in the first year of an article could predict a higher number of eventual citations later, what makes people to download a paper
Web Page
Nader
Professor T. Ramayah
Aleebrahim @ Yola
Activities on the web
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Search Engine Optimization Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines. The following steps can greatly improve your website’s search results.
Submit your site to Google
Submit your site to Bing, Submit your site to Yahoo!
Post updates to your Facebook page
Search Engine Ranking Check
Submit a Web site to Scirus, Nader
Optimizing Your Article for Search Engines
Basics of SEO - An Article
Strategies to increase citations
Strategies to increase citations to your publications Target a journal with a high impact factor, or, in fact, with any impact factor at all! Choose a new, rapidly growing field of research. Articles on hot topics tend to cite much more recent references than those in more traditional fields. Target journals in rapidly growing research fields because they tend to publish papers with a short time interval from submission to acceptance. Write research articles, technical notes and reviews. For the purposes of calculating citations, these are considered “citable” items. Editorials, letters, news items and meeting abstracts are “non-citable items”. Write reviews in addition to research papers. Reviews are more likely to be cited than original research papers. Write at length. Longer articles are cited more often. Make it easy for others to access your work. Online availability of articles clearly increases citations (and therefore, the journal’s impact factor). It helps if researchers can find relevant articles and access them instantly, rather than working their way through barriers of passwords and technicalities. This effect will increase with the availability of search engines like Google Scholar. Target “open access” journals (especially if they have an impact factor). Make your work available via the QUT ePrints archive, remembering that Google searches ePrint archives. Put the address for your ePrints page into your email signature as a clickable link. Don’t write as a member of a consortium. It’s better to be one in a list of individual authors. Some evidence shows citations to articles written by consortia have been undercounted
10 Ways to Increase Usage and Citation of your Published Article
Strategies for Enhancing the Impact of Research
A good follower
Academica
Mind Map
ResearcherID
Examples of high cited article
CURRICULUM VITAE
Nader Ale Ebrahim
On-Line repository (Papers storage)
The effect of open access and downloads ('hits') on citation impact: a bibliography of studies
Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Nader, Institute of Business Escuela Argentina
getCITED, Nader
CiteULike by Springer, Nader
CiteSeerX Crawler, Nader, Nader Ale Ebrahim, E-print Network, Nader
The Berkeley Electronic Press, Nader
Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA), Nader, EconPapers, Nader, IDEAS, Nader, RePEc (Research Papers in Economics), Nader, universia, Nader, Nader Ale Ebrahim, Результаты поиска (Socionet), Nader, Q-Sensei, Nader, sciencegate.ch, Nader, EconBiz, Nader
PubZone, Nader
Add References to the Computer Science Bibliography Collection, Nader
Social Science Open Access Repository, Nader, WorldCat, Nader
HAL, Nader, isidore, Nader, Nader Ale Ebrahim, DRIVER, BASE, TICE, Nader
WebCite®,, Nader
Registry of Open Access Repositories
UM Research Repository, Nader
Scholarius, Nader
The University of Edinburgh, Nader
Cogprints (University of Southampton), Nader, CORE, Ale Ebrahim
EdITLib Digital Library, Nader
arXiv, Nader, DBLP, Nader, FacetedDBLP, Nader, eprintweb, Nader, Pubget, Nader
Dryad- In biosciences
EconStor, Nader
Reference Management, Zotero, Nader, © WizFolio, Nader
e-LiS, Nader
On-line Curriculum vitae
ResearcherID, Nader, Training, Steps to create a free ResearcherID account
Microsoft Academic Search, Nader
PublicationsList.org, Nader
My Citations, Nader Ale Ebrahim
Mind Map, Nader
Arnetminer (arnetminer.org), Nader, Nader Ale Ebrahim
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), Nader
WiKiPedia, Nader, User: Nader Ale Ebrahim
NetWorking
MicroBlogging, twitter, Nader, Yasni, Nader, Identi.ca, Nader
Malaysian Experts, Nader
Social Network, Facebook
Open Cobalt
Society of Collaborative Networks Members
ResearchGATE!, Nader
Ecademy, Nader, Virtual R&D teams
Academia.edu, Nader
Creative Commons, Nader
Methodspace By SAGE, Nader
The Berkeley Electronic Press, Nader
FAQS.ORG
IAMOT forum, Nader
Virtual Collaboration Network, Nader
Scoop, Virtual R&D Teams, Nader
Bookmarking, Diigo, Nader, Delicious (social bookmarking service), Delicious-The tastiest bookmarks on the web, Nader, Digg, BibSonomy, Nader, ScienceWISE, Nader
MyNetResearch, Nader
Linkedin, Nader
JournalFire, Nader
Peer Evaluation, Nader
BiomedExperts
publisher's copyright transfer agreement
Obtaining permission to self-archive
Copyright Clearance Center
RoMEO
Promoting Your Publication
Wiki
Wikipedia, Nader
Creative Commons, Nader
WikiDot, Nader
Blogger
WordPress, Nader
Blogspot, Nader
Weebly,, Nader Ale Ebrahim
Translate
Nader
Document Publishing
Scribd, Ale Ebrahim, Nader
Docstoc
Prezi, Nader
Calameo, Nader
Issuu
Docs, Nader
WePapers, Nader
Udemy, Nader-1, Nader-2
SkyDrive, Nader
Box
Google Drive, Nader
Book Publishing, Lulu, GRIN Publishing GmbH., Nader, Nader's Books on Google, InTech, Article Processing Charge, Lambert Academic Publishing’, VDM Publishing Group, © Pandamian, Nader
Article Publishing, EzineArticles
Internet Archive, Nader, Ale Ebrahim
SEO Scores, Nader
GitHub Inc., Nader
figshare, Nader
Survey
SurveyMonkey
he Easiest Way to Get the Answers You Need. Ask Questions Over 15 Types of Questions Survey Templates Use Custom Themes Support Any Language Advanced Skip Logic Add Your Logo Save Survey as a PDF Collect Responses Multiple Collection Methods Email Your Survey Create a Custom Link Create Popups Set Collection Restrictions Manage Your List From Shared Computers Analyze Results Real-Time Results Browse Individual Responses Download Your Results Create Graphs & Charts Filter & Cross Tab Responses Save Results as a PDF Share Reports
Example
FormSite
Create Forms and Surveys Since 1998 FormSite.com has helped people build professional online html forms and web surveys. We have over 100 pre-built forms that you can customize for registrations, reservations, secure orders, customer surveys and payment collection.
SurveyShare
SurveyShare is the easiest way to collect information online. You can design surveys, send e-mail invitations to potential respondents, and view responses in real-time
Google Docs
There are a number of survey tools available that you may want to examine, though only Google Docs provides a high quality service at no charge.
Example 1
Example 2
eSurveysPro
eSurveysPro.com will help you design your surveys with our easy to use survey editor. We offer you 18 question types and the possibility to control the flow of your surveys.
Example
ThesisTools Online Surveys
ThesisTools Create & distribute your online survey for free! Are you writing your dissertation or doing an internship? At thesistools.com students can create an online survey for free.
Free Online Surveys
Create your own Free Survey inUnder 10 Minutes! No software to install Very easy to use Create e-mail or website surveys 100% secure and confidential Live results - collected automatically (you don't have to do anything!)
Example
Infopoll
Welcome to Infopoll Infopoll offers online survey software and services enabling anyone to easily create professionally looking questionnaires, collect instant feedback and business intelligence from customers, partners and employees and deliver real-time customized reports anywhere and anytime. We have everything you need to conduct a survey or poll successfully.
Example
How To Write A Good Survey
How To Write A Good Survey Words are often used in different ways by different people; your goal is to write questions that each person will interpret in the same way. A good question should be short and straightforward. A questionnaire should not be too long, use plain English and the question shouldn't be difficult to answer. Only through careful writing, editing, review, and rewriting can you make a good questionnaire. The following provides you with guidelines for conducting your surveys: Table of contents Write a short questionnaire Use simple words Relax your grammar Assure a common understanding Start with interesting questions Don't write leading question Avoid double negatives Balance rating scales Don't make the list of choices too long Avoid difficult concepts Avoid difficult recall questions Use Closed-ended questions rather than Open-ended ones Put your questions in a logical order Pre-test your survey Naming your survey Cover memo or introduction
FormSite
Example
LimeSurvey (formerly PHPSurveyor)
Kwik Surveys
Example
Example 2
QuestionPro
Example
MailChimp
Recorded Webinars
General
Microsoft Office Outlook
Adobe Acrobat Professional
Google Chrome
Synchronizes or Backs Up Files
Super Flexible File Synchronizer Features
Types of paper
Short Communications
Regular articles
Reviews
Note
Data Bank
ViewPoint
Keeping up-to-date Alert services
Google Alert
ScienceDirect
IngentaConnect
SpringerLink
Taylor and Francis
Wiley InterScience
Blackwell Publishers
MIT Press
PubMed
ISI Web of Knowledge
Conference
Conference Alerts
WikiCFP
Conferencealert
Economics Conference Directory
AllConferenceAlerts
IEEE Conference Alerts
Bibliogo
Keeping Up-to-Date in EECS
Citation tracking
Scopus Citation Tracker
Web of Science
Academic Research Microsoft
JSTOR
Links
Books Resources
Gigapedia
Finding Journal Articles
Academic Research Tools in Web 2.0
Training
Online Workshops
eSKILLS Plus
eSKILLS UNE
Thomson -Live Sessions
Scopus - increase your chances of citations
Web of Knowledge Frequently Asked Questions - Answers
MIT OpenCourseWare
The new Web of Knowledge
Helping you get published by: Elsevier
Microsoft Office Add-in
Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS
Microsoft Math
Remote Desktop Control
TeamViewer
List of free and open source software packages
Resources related to content analysis and text analysis
QS World University Rankings Results 2010
URL redirection service
Let me Google
Nader
World-Research-Tips
San Francisco Edit.
We specialize in editing and proofreading manuscripts for submission to peer reviewed journals. A high percentage of the papers we have edited have been successfully published, and many were accepted by the journal initially targeted by the author.
PhD Research Proposal Guidelines
Nader
Nader won the second prize of the EPD 2010 challenge
Research Tools Tutorial, Fees
aleebrahim.com
Winner of Refer-a-Colleague Competition
Budapest Open Access Initiative
Recommendation, Hossein, Arezoo, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, pistoning in transtibial prostheses-Seal- In x5 and Dermo liner
Cited, Publishing on internet, Literatūras izpēte un analīze, Writing in and for Virtual Teams, Organizational Behavior, My Life Travelog, Brad Mehlenbacher, PhD, Citations Mining
CC wiki
Nader Ale Ebrahim's Activities on the Web
Dictionary
How to Write a Thesis
How to Write Your Thesis
Document Sharing
Dropbox
Viva
Tips for dealing with the Ph.D. viva
How to Survive Your Viva
i-Teach-u-English Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi
Synchronizer
Best Free Folder Synchronization Utility
SyncToy 2.1
ICT Tools and Resources for Schools, Teachers and Educators
Writing a paper
Desktop search
dtSearch, Direct download link, Download
Google Desktop search
Windows Desktop Search
Compare Desktop Search Tools
Copernic Desktop Search (CDS)
Writing/Editing Tool (Proofreading Tool)
WhiteSmoke Writer, Grammar Capabilities
Microsoft Word, a comparison
Windows Office Live
Ginger's Proofreading Software
perfectit
StyleWriter
SpellChecker, Spell Checker, Online Spell check
PaperRater
SpringerExemplar, Example
Ghotit Spell Checker
Remove Line Breaks with paragraph restoration
The Best Spinner
Paraphrase, Paraphrase with Microsoft Translator, Paraphrase Software, Paraphrase self-test
Academic Phrasebank
Editing & Converting tool
Adobe Acrobat Professional
Concurrent editing, Google Docs
Advice on Academic Writing
How to write good English Scientific papers
Advice on Academic Writing
Summarizer
Microsoft Office Word 2007- Automatically summarize a document
Copernic Summarizer
Summarizes text documents
ISCE Library
Tools 4 noobs
Free Summarizer
Smmry
Plagiarism Tools
Plagiarism, as defined in the 1995 Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, is the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."[1] Within academia, plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers is considered academic dishonesty or academic fraud and offenders are subject to academic censure, up to and including expulsion.
Dupli Checker.
Viper
A list of Plagiarism Tools
project form the University of Maryland
Plagiarism Detect
PaperRater
iThenticate
Turnitin, WriteCheck
Stop Plagiarism, Special Note about Plagiarism, Educational tips on plagiarism prevention, Plagiarism Tutorial - Leeds.ac.uk, Paraphrase: Write it in Your Own Words
Plagiarisma.Net
CrossCheck
COPE’s advice when faced with cases of suspected misconduct, What to do if you suspect plagiarism, What to do if you suspect fabricated data, What to do if you suspect redundant (duplicate) publication, Translations, Persian (14 flowcharts), Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian
Docoloc KG
Mind Map
Collaborative Online Mind Mapping MindMeister brings the concept of mind mapping to the web, using its facilities for real-time collaboration to allow truly global brainstorming sessions. Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow MindMeisters from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on the same mind map and see each other's changes as they happen.
A list of mind mapping software, Second list
Text2Mindmap, Example
TheBrain
XMind
Debategraph
Popplet
MindMaple Lite
Mindmeister
Mindomo
SpicyNodes
Reference Management
Reference management software, citation management software or personal bibliographic management software is software for scholars and authors to use for recording and utilising bibliographiccitations (references). Once a citation has been recorded, it can be used time and again in generating bibliographies, such as lists of references in scholarly books, articles and essays. The development of reference management packages has been driven by the rapid expansion of scientific literature.
EndNote, Configuring Google Scholar to Work with EndNote, EndNote Web, EndNote Web® Training, Product Training, Downloading references from Emerald to EndNote, Use Predefined Manuscript Templates, Direct Export with PubMed
Comparison of reference management software
WizFolio
Microsoft Word, Insert Citation
Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh]
Mendeley
Bibliogo
Papers 2 for the Macintosh
ReadCube
JabRef
Qiqqa
Download
Mind Map
"Research Tools" Presentation file
"How to increase h-index" Presentation file
Alternative link 1
Alternative link 2 (Pdf)
h-index
Finding h-index
Finding your h-index in Web of Science
Add-on for Firefox-Scholar H-Index Calculator
Quadsearch, Example
Scholarometer-add-on for the Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome
Microsoft Academic Search
Publish or Perish
Web application to calculate the single publication
Experts ranked by H-index
scHolar index, Example
Google Scholar Universal Gadget
Predicting scientific success
Increase h-index
Help Readers Find Your Article
10 Ways to Increase Usage and Citation of your Article Using Social Media
Strategies for Enhancing the Impact of Research
Optimizing Your Article for Search Engines
Download Presentation file
Track citations
My Citations - Google Scholar
Citation Workshops
Analyze and improve your citation counts, News on Blog
On the Web
How to Maximize Citations
Improving Your Impact
Optimize citations
Strategies for Enhancing the Impact of Research
Optimizing Your Article for Search Engines
10 Ways to Increase Usage and Citation of your Published Article Using Social Media
h, g & hg Indexes of the Researchers
Making Research Count
Scimago Institutions rankings World Reports
Citation Competition
Citation Improvement
Graduate Student Workshop Series Citation Metrics
Publisher copyright policies
RoMEO
Other Meters
ReaderMeter By Mendeley
Total Impact
Google Scholar Metrics for Publications, Example
ImpactStory
