Skip to Main Content

Scholarly Impact: Disseminating Scholarship

Action Items to Improve Your Scholarly Visibility

Introduction - Impact Measures and Published Scholarship - Evansville - Ivy Tech Libraries at Ivy Tech Community College
  1. Establish and/or Enhance Your Online Accounts
  2. Disseminate Your Scholarship Strategically
  3. Informative reading:
                                

Library Contacts

Circulation Desk

  • Phone: (478) 301-2612

Reference Service

Law Library Website

LAWCAT online catalog

Mercer University Libraries

Librarians

Sharon Bradley

Ismael Gullon

Staff

Amberly Cole

Brenna McNulty

Julie Register

Disseminating Scholarship

Step 1 - Retain Copyright

Inform the publisher that you are retaining copyright ownership and may post your work electronically in addition to publishing in their journal. Most law reviews will not have a problem with this as long as you include the journal citation when you post.

Search the SHERPA/RoMEO database to retrieve a publication's policies on copyright and self-archiving, but note that not all law reviews are represented in the database.

SHERPA/RoMEO

Step 2 - Write an Abstract

Prepare an abstract that:

  • frames the issues discussed in the article and why they are important
  • summarizes your approach, results, and the implications of your findings

Include keywords that researchers are likely to use as search terms to increase the likelihood that your article will be retrieved through database and search engine searches.

Most platforms require an abstract but even for those that do not, it is a good idea. Otherwise the first two or three paragraphs are likely to be used as the abstract.
Step 3 - Submit Article See the information under Submission tab.
Step 4 - Post to SSRN

SSRN is a repository of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers. Anyone may post papers after establishing a free, individual account but all papers must be posted in a PDF format. While logged in to your account, use the affiliations link to associate your account and publications with Mercer University.

See the information under SSRN tab.
Step 5 - Consider posting in other repositories

When applicable, also consider posting to other repositories, for example:

SocArXiv is an Open Science Framework project that includes pre-print works in the social sciences.

  • SocArXiv
  • Click the sign up button to create an account.

ResearchGate is a network of over 10 million scientific researchers that academics can join for free. The site allows you to post work at any stage in the research cycle. Make sure you list Mercer University as your institution when you create an account.
Step 6 - Update Faculty Profile

Email Sharon Bradley the citations for new publications. She will update the scholarship portion of your online profile.
Step 7 - Post to Digital Commons Digital Commons is the law school's institutional repository. Send any documents you want included in your personal archive to Sharon Bradley.
Mercer University Law Library |  Mercer University School of Law  |  Non-Discrimination Policy  |   ABA Required Disclosures  | Contact Site Administrator 
Mercer University School of Law - 1021 Georgia Avenue Macon, GA 31207 | 478-301-2605 |  All rights reserved.