Faculty Services (Law Library)

To publicize and share your scholarship, follow these steps (links are to sections of this guide, not to the service itself):

1. Step One: Set up a Google Scholar Author Profile. Google Scholar pulls in works from HeinOnline and other publishers. It generates a list of works that it thinks belong to you, and you can select which ones you actually wrote.
2. Step Two:  Set up an Orcid Id, and import your works from Google Scholar into Orcid. See the instructions in the Orcid section below on how to export works from Google Scholar into Orcid using a Bibtex file.
3. Create an SSRN author page. You can import works from Orcid.
4. Create your Selected Works Profile (this is going away, so don't. The library is looking for substitutes). But you still want to make sure your works are in the institutional repository, IdeaExchange.
5. Create your HeinOnline Profile. You can import works from Orcid.

If you already have a Google Scholar Profile, access it by going to https://scholar.google.com/, make sure you are signed into your Google Account, and click on My Profile in the upper left.

What does it do? 

• Lists and links to your works, along with the number of times each work was cited.
• Has citation stats for each year.
• Others can get email alerts for new articles and/or new citations.
• Automatically finds new works and adds them. You have the option to review the automatic updates, or to manually update yourself. 

Creating a profile:

If you do not have a Google Account (gmail address) you will need to create one. If you do not want to use Gmail, you can create a Google account using a different email address. GO to accounts.google.com/SignUpWithoutGmail Use a personal email address in case you change jobs, retire, etc.

(Example: Vera Korzun's Google Scholar Profile) 

Steps to create your Google Scholar Profile:

• Go to https://scholar.google.com/
• Look in the upper right corner. If you are not signed into your Google Account, sign in. You should use your Akron Law Email address for the Google Scholar Profile, so you may have to create another Google account using your Akron Law Email address.
• In the upper left corner, click on My profile
• FIll out the information, then you can select from a list of publications Google thinks might be yours. Google pulls from SSRN, HeinOnline and other publishers.
• After clicking on the blue arrow at the top, Google will ask you how you want to do updates. Pick  "Don't automatically update my profile. Send me email to review and confirm updates" so you can double check what Google  is adding to your profile. If you want to change this, in the grey bar above your publications list, click on the plus sign and select Configure Article Updates.

To make your profile public:

•  Click the pencil icon next to your name. Click on the box in front of "Make my Profile Public" (you can also click on the pencil and edit your research interests)

Add articles manually:

• In the grey bar above the publication list, click on the plus sign. Select Add article manually.

• Register for an ORCID ID, a unique identifier to ensure proper attribution and author association. You can add a trusted individual to your account, such as a librarian, to assist in managing your publication list.
• More information: Orcid for Individuals; and Registration help
• (Hint: set visibility to Everyone or Trusted Parties in order to connect Orcid to HeinOnline)
• Be sure to confirm your registration via the confirmation email Orcid will send.

Add works to Orcid

Example: Orcid Record for Sue Altmeyer

SSRN (Social Science Research Network) is an open access site for prepublication and published works.
Author download statistics, and stats for each article.

Example: SSRN Author Page for Mike Gentithes

SSRN Author Page

• Once logged into SSRN, click on your initials in the upper right. 
• Click on My Papers
• At the top, there is a link for View Author Page
• You can also change your institutional affiliation from the initials in the upper right, by clicking on Affiliations.

Link your ORCID Id

• Once logged into SSRN, click on your initials in the upper right. Click on User Home.
• On the left side, click on My Account
• Scroll down until you get to ORCID. Click on Connect to my ORCID record. (You need to be signed into Orcid too). 
• Click on authorize access
• Your ORCID Id should then appear in SSRN My Account.

Link your ORCID Id to your HeinOnline Author Profile

FIRST, Sign into your ORCID account

• In the top right, click on your name.
• Click on account settings
• Click on Visibility and make sure it is set to Everyone or Trusted Organizations. (Most people make the visibility set to everyone)

NEXT, Go to our school's HeinOnline 

• Click on MyHein Profile in the top right and log in to your personal profile
• Click on Author Portal on the left (or from the pulldown menu in the upper right that says (Your Name's) Profile.
• Click on View Profile next to your name.
• Click on Register or Connect your ORCID Id.
• Click on Authorize Access

Note that you can send works from Hein to ORCID by Viewing your Profile.

Example - HeinOnline Author Profile for Tracy Thomas