Blowing Your Own Trumpet: How to Increase the Online Visibility of Your Publication?

ABSTRACT

After seeing one’s manuscript in the print form in a journal, the author feels a sense of elation which is indescribable. However, if one reallywant peers and other researchers to take note of the work, some more effort is needed. With the massive increase in the number ofbiomedical journals in print – supplemented by another large chunk online – quite a few published papers remain unread by majority of thereaders. The availability of social sites, persistent identifiers, and manuscript-sharing sites has simplified the job of increasing the impactof an article. We herein share some of these tricks-of-the-trade